Deadline: 31 March 2019
The U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City Public Affairs Section (PAS) has announced available funding through the Public Diplomacy Federal Assistance Awards program for its Women’s Empowerment Club.
Priorities
Proposals for projects that focus on at least one of the priority women’s empowerment programs and target audiences specified below:
- Professional Skills: The club will promote skills to help advance women in junior positions or mid-career, including but not limited to management, leadership, communications, decision-making, public speaking, and presentation.
- Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) and Business: The club will provide women currently working in STEM or business the fundamentals of enterprise development, supply chain, and marketing practices that are essential to creating startups. The club will help build a network and ongoing mentorship for its students in practicing STEM and entrepreneurial process.
- Media & Arts: The club will provide female journalists, editors, and artists the tools, knowledge, and platform to strengthen respect for freedom of expression as well as instruct participants on how to use different art mediums to convey social issues. The club will also help build a network of supporting and mentoring through working with artists/art communities, and organize entertaining workshops such as dancing, singing and painting.
- Civil Society: The club will focus on gender equity, human rights, social problems, domestic violence, health care, or family planning. Alternatively, the club would focus on guiding female college students and young professionals towards advancement. In either club, the aim will be increasing women’s participation in public activities to raise their self-esteem both in family and society.
- Women in Politics and Governance: The club will build dialogue, critical thinking, and negotiation skills for female students majoring in public administration, international relations, and labor rights. Alternatively, the club could focus on assisting young female professionals identify existing social issues. In both clubs the goal is to help women to express themselves publicly and earn both promotions and leadership positions in political institutions. The club will provide the skills and knowledge needed for women to raise their voices against violence, combat against corruption and advocate for information transparency and law enforcement.
- Underprivileged and Vulnerable Groups: The club will provide the access to knowledge regarding existing legislation and facilities for vulnerable communities including: transgender women, unidentified gender, the disabled, and religious or ethnic minorities. The club will focus on employment opportunities, vocational training, and advising women and girls with disabilities, sexual trafficking or abuse survivors, and domestic violent victims. The club will help develop participants’ self-confidence and encourage them to be active, visible in society.
Funding Information
Award Amount will vary between $1,000 and $10,000.
Duration
Duration should be a minimum of six months and a maximum of one year. Successful projects will be eligible for renewal.
Eligible Entities
- Submissions are encouraged from U.S. and Vietnam entities with relevant programming and/or teaching experience. This experience should be documented in the proposal. Eligible entities include:
- not-for-profit, civil society/non-governmental organizations
- universities; non-profit educational institutions
- individuals
- For-profit entity is not allowed to apply. Previous federal award recipients who are not/were not in compliance with the terms of their financial and program reporting requirements are ineligible to apply. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure they are in compliance with all applicable terms, conditions, and Office of Management and Budget guidance and requirements. Those organizations found to be in non-compliance may be found ineligible for funding or designated high risk if selected for funding.
How to Apply
All applicants must submit proposals via email at the address given on the website.
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