Deadline: 01-Jun-2025
The Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) has launched a call for proposals to provide grants to local civil society organizations in Moldova focused on peacebuilding and recovery of displaced women and girls with local women and young women’s rights organizations.
The call for proposals specifically contributes to WPHF’s overall goal of contributing to peaceful and gender equal societies.
Initiatives should aim to reach those women and girls experiencing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, such as those excluded due to geography, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, age, migratory status, HIV status, among others and which is in alignment with the 2030 Agenda and the principle of leaving no one behind.
This Call for Proposals is part of the Funding Initiative on Forced Displacement that is managed by the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) and linked to the Action Network on Forced Displacement.
Funding Information
- Type of Funding Available
- Institutional Funding: (USD $2,500 – $20,000)
- Aims to reinforce the institutional capacity of women’s rights/led organizations that have a specific focus on women and young women in forced displacement in their mission, that have project activities that are led by women and young women who are forcibly displaced and/or that have displaced women and young women as staff members. It aims to ensure they are able to sustain themselves and to improve their impact.
- Programmatic Funding: (USD $30,000 – $75,000)
- This funding stream will finance projects which aim specifically at funding programmatic activities aligned with the following impact area(s):
- WPHF Impact area 6
- Improved socioeconomic recovery and political participation of women and young women.
- Institutional Funding: (USD $2,500 – $20,000)
Duration
- CSOs can apply for a project duration of a maximum of 12 months.
Geographic Focus
- The WPHF will fund qualifying projects in any location in Moldova only.
Eligibility Criteria
- Who can apply and receive funding?
- National, regional or local/grassroots women or young women led, women’s rights, youth rights, feminist, or civil society organizations with a proven track record working with women, young women and girls in forced displacement, are eligible to apply. Organizations who are led by women who face multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination are encouraged to apply, including displaced persons, LGBTQI+, disabilities, ethnic minorities, etc.
- The lead applicant organization must have legal status with the competent national authority in the eligible country of project implementation and must submit proof of legal registration with the application package
Ineligibility Criteria
- The following are not eligible to apply for a grant from the WPHF:
- International non-governmental organizations;
- Government agencies or institutions;
- UN agencies or UN Country Teams;
- Private individuals;
- Private sector entities;
- Universities, Think Tanks or Education or Research Institutions
For more information, visit UN Women.