Deadline: 10-Jul-20
Women’s Fund in Georgia (WFG) has announced a grants competition on “Overcoming Hidden Forms of Violence against Women in the Regions of Georgia”.
This WFG’s grants competition aims to encourage the efforts of women’s local non-governmental organizations in addressing the problem, raising public awareness, implementing prevention mechanisms and vigorously advocating policies directed towards combating violence against women.
The Fund will support initiatives that intend to reveal and fight hidden forms of violence against women, and that are targeted towards changing political and patriarchal views concerning this topic. The program is financially supported by the Sigrid Rausing Trust.
The Women’s Fund in Georgia welcomes initiatives oriented towards social changes, amongst which are:
- Revealing hidden and taboo manifestations of violence against women and girls; documenting
the facts and reacting to them; - Working with media, self-governments, religious institutions, etc.
- Monitoring, advocating and lobbing for the creation of a violence-free environment for women;
- Improving policies and action plans on gender equality;
- Legislative initiatives;
- Academic studies related to hidden forms of violence against women;
- Awareness-raising campaigns regarding all forms of violence against women and girls.
Priority
Within this competition, priorities will be given to women’s coalitional initiatives from the regions of Georgia.
Funding Information
The grant amount is 5 000 GBP.
Duration
The length of the projects varies from 6 to 8 Months.
Eligibility Criteria
Groups eligible to participate in the competition “Overcoming Hidden Forms of Violence against Women in the Regions of Georgia” are as follows:
- Locally registered women’s non-governmental organizations in the regions of Georgia;
- Organizations working on women’s issues and led by women;
- Women’s organizations, whose organizational budget is smaller than WFG’s;
- Projects where implementers are women;
- Projects where women are the direct or final beneficiaries.
For more information, visit https://www.womenfundgeorgia.org/en/WhatWeDo/Grantmaking/3525