Deadline: 10-Mar-23
The United States Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, through the Public Diplomacy Section, is pleased to announce a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Women’s Empowerment Small Grants Program.
This program supports NGO efforts to enable women as equal participants in economic, civic, and political life in BiH. Proposals that go beyond awareness building to promote action or create behavior change or institutional change will be particularly competitive. They also encourage proposals that build solidarity among women from different cities, political parties, or ethnic groups, and that support vulnerable and marginalized women in BiH.
Objective
This program aims to result in more active engagement and equitable treatment of women in all spheres of life, such as politics, the economy, academia, and civil society in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This program also aims to prevent gender-based violence and all other forms of discrimination and abuse against women and to support community-based projects that improve the quality of life for women in BiH.
Themes
Projects should address one of the following themes:
- Advancing women’s participation in the economic life of BiH in business, the arts, law, education, healthcare, science, and other sectors. (Proposals may not include vocational training.)
- Advancing women’s participation in politics and amplifying women’s voices and leadership on issues that affect citizens of BiH.
- Increasing the potential of girls and young women to become leaders in their schools, communities, and country.
- Preventing gender-based violence and all other forms of mistreatment of women, such as sexual harassment and workplace discrimination; strengthening support from institutions and civil society to victims of gender-based violence and discrimination.
- Organizing grassroots projects that help strengthen civil society, connect women across social divides, and improve the quality of life for women in their communities and across BiH.
Funding Information
- Length of Performance Period: 12 months.
- Number of Awards Anticipated: 10 or more.
- Award Amounts: Awards may range from USD 1,000 to USD 50,000.
- Total Available Funding: USD 275,000.
Participants and Audiences
Female entrepreneurs, politicians, artists, students, civil society, media, government, victims of domestic violence and all other kinds of discrimination against women, health professionals, civic activists, etc. They especially encourage civil society organizations from smaller and remote communities to apply for this program.
Eligibility Criteria
Non-governmental, non-profit organizations (including think tanks, civil society organizations), educational institutions and independent media organizations that are based and legally registered in Bosnia and Herzegovina are eligible to apply. American or other donor country organizations and individuals are not eligible for grants under this program. Grants are generally awarded only to organizations. Organizations may only submit one proposal per program.
For more information, visit U.S. Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina.