Deadline: 5-Apr-23
The Women’s Fund in Georgia announces a grant competition for women’s labor rights. The financial supporter of the project is the ” Danish Knowledge Center on Gender and Equality ” (KVINFO).
The purpose of the grant competition is to support initiatives that serve to empower women, queer and trans people, increase knowledge and advocacy on labor rights, and change policies, practices, views and attitudes related to these issues. The purpose of the competition is also to Encouraging the joint work of female human rights defenders working on the mentioned topic, creating an informal discussion space and fostering solidarity.
Thematic Areas
Preference will be given to initiatives focused on social change in terms of women’s, queer and trans people’s labor rights. The thematic areas of the grant program include, but are not limited to:
- Awareness raising: individual labor rights, collective labor relations, solidarity, freedom of association, strike, mediation, etc.
- Creating informal discussion spaces for women, queer and trans people to increase their involvement in cities and villages;
- Unpaid labor and care economy;
- Increasing awareness of the concept and value of rest;
- Gender inequality in the labor market – structural causes and policies; Mechanisms for protection of rights and fight against discrimination;
- Creation of primary trade unions and increasing their visibility through media campaigns;
- Advocacy for parents of disabled people, single mothers, queer families in support of flexible work schedules; detection and response to problems in care work;
- Overcoming gender- based discrimination and stigma at the place of employment;
- Challenges related to the payment of maternity leave and ways of responding;
- Advocacy of access to employment of ethnic minorities;
- Support of analytical and investigative journalism on labor rights and safe work;
- Harassment and sexual harassment at the workplace;
- Monitoring the implementation of international obligations and standards in local legislation and other initiatives to eliminate existing gaps
Funding & Duration Information
- The maximum grant amount is 6700 euros.
- The duration of projects is 6 months.
Eligibility Criteria
The following can participate in the grant competition:
- Locally registered non-governmental organizations of women, queer and trans people;
- Organizations that work with women, queer and trans people, or labor rights and are led by women;
- Women’s, queer, and trans organizations with a budget of less than $ 100,000.
For more information, visit Women’s Fund in Georgia.
