Deadline: 15-Jan-25
The Gender Equality Fund Program (GEF) is a three-year consortium initiative led by the Global Network of Young People Living with HIV (Y+ Global).
It is funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, GSK, and ViiV Healthcare.
The GEF collaborates with women and girls in all their diversity and their organisations to design, deliver, influence, and advocate for gender-transformative and gender-affirmative approaches to health. The overarching goal is to reduce HIV and TB incidences among Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) and contribute to the target of ending HIV and TB by 2030.
Approaches
- The GEF in Nigeria will focus on six priority states -Kaduna, Akwa Ibom, Benue, Lagos, Oyo, and Rivers, to deliver more integrated advocacy approaches that benefit a broader range of health outcomes for women, girls, and gender-diverse communities through the following approaches:
- Provide small grants to AGYW-led and AGYW-serving organisations to strengthen their gender transformative advocacy work by integrating key priorities of HIV, TB, SRHR, and GBV.
- Support AGYW in all their diversity in the six priority states of Nigeria to exert influence and advocate effectively for integrated, gender-transformative policies and programmes that promote health, well-being, and rights in the areas of HIV, TB, and Malaria.
- Strengthen the technical capacity of adolescent girls and young women in all their diversity with a strong focus on TB, Malaria, and gender specifically, and develop their leadership capacity through a TB Leadership Academy.
Funding Information
- AGYW-led/AGYW serving organisations may select a maximum of 2 aspirations and request up to EUR 16,000 for 2 years from 2025-2026.
Funding Priorities
- GEF is prioritising applications from various organisations led by or serving AGYW who are working directly with them.
- It is important to highlight that the funding focuses on AGYW aged 15 to 29, including those who live with HIV, have disabilities, identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, or Queer (LGBTIQ+), are in conflict-affected areas, reside in rural regions, inject or use drugs, engage in sex work, are pregnant, or are young mothers.
Who should apply?
- Are you an AGYW-led/AGYW-serving organisation working in any of Nigeria’s following states: Kaduna, Akwa Ibom, Benue, Lagos, Oyo, or Rivers?
- Is your organisation registered in Nigeria? If not, are you affiliated with any organisation that can serve as a fiscal sponsor?
- Do you have experience in implementing HIV, TB, Malaria, and SRHR programmes targeting AGYW in all their diversity?
- Does your work centre the diverse needs, experiences, and leadership of AGYW in all their diversity?
For more information, visit Y+ Global.