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UKRAINIAN WOMEN’S FUND, striving to assist CSOs, specifically, but not limited to women’s CSOs, to play an active role in the processes of democratization of society and to contribute to equality, justice and respect to human rights, announces grants competition for WOMEN’S civil society organizations of Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus
The competition’s goal is to strengthen the role of women’s non-governmental organizations of Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus in protecting rights and promoting political, economic and social rights of women.
Within the competitions projects will be supported by the following priorities:
1. Equal participation of women in decision-making and political life of the country
Strengthening gender balance in legislative and executive public bodies, as well as local governance bodies is of significant importance for democracy and social justice. That’s why it is important to eliminate barriers for active involvement of women 8in all spheres of social and private life by ensuring comprehensive and equal participation of women in the processes of decision-making in economic, cultural and political fields.
Projects to be supported should assist in promoting influence of female social activists, women public officials, women holding local governance offices and women-politicians, improve their competence and participation in decision-making, increase representation of women in legislative and executive bodies.
Activities within the project can be the following (but not limited to the list): campaigns on advocating and lobbying interests of women, informational campaigns aimed at voters, organizing discussion clubs and public events with involvement of representatives of different political parties.
2. Women’s economic empowerment and protection of women’s social rights
Gender equality should be realized in all main spheres of life, namely, in economic and social ones. But actually in these spheres, after political one, gender discrimination is the most visible. Decent economic standing and social protection of women are possible only on condition of consistent state gender policy.
Projects to be supported should be directed at elimination of discrimination against women at labor market, involvement of women in entrepreneurship, at equal social protection, at counteracting feminization of poverty.
The projects should be directed only at central bodies of legislative and executive power, local executive and local governance bodies.
Activities within the project can be the following (but not limited to the list): campaigns on advocating and lobbying interests of women, informational campaigns, educational programs, organizing discussion clubs and public events.
3. Raising awareness of gender equality in the general public
Forming stable public thought about the necessity of ensuring gender equality in all spheres of life: political, economic, social and everyday life is one of the main factors for achievement of such equality.
Projects to be supported should be directed at counteracting traditional gender stereotypes of mass consciousness, at informing women that they have human rights and should enjoy them, at visualizing cases of violating rights on the basis of gender, at studying experience of countries that achieved significant success in abiding by women's human rights.
The projects should be implemented in collaboration with mass media.
Activities within the project can be the following (but not limited to the list): publications, talk-show, TV debates, social advertising in media, public events (performances, shows, exhibitions, photo exhibitions, etc.), publication of materials (posters, advertising products).
By all priorities preference will be given to partnership projects implemented by women’s civil society organizations from different regions of one country, which mutually supplement each other to achieve more significant complex results, particularly aimed at developing and implementing state policy on ensuring gender equality at both national and local level.
Deadline for submitting projects – December 23, 2011.
Maximum amount of grant requested from the UWF — 5,000-7,000 US dollars.
Project period – projects should be completed before August 1, 2012
Preference will be given to projects that have:
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clearly defined purpose and a detailed plan of the project realization;
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realistic, consistent and clear defined expected results of the project realization;
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influence on development of community the organization works with;
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thorough budget and realistic term of realization;
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additional sources of financing.
Please, pay attention that:
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the submitted proposal should contain an extract from the organization’s statute (section on Goal, Objectives, and Directions of Activities);
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projects should be written in Ukrainian of Russian. It is necessary to submit for consideration 6 hard copies of the project (with signatures and seal) and send electronic variant by e-mail to info@uwf.kiev.ua;
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faxed or e-mailed projects are not taken to consideration; incomplete projects as well as those submitted after the deadline are not taken to consideration (date of mailing on the envelope should be not later than the deadline, i.e. not later than December 23);
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on project registration the applicant receives (personally or by mail) a confirmation with registration number.
Ukrainian Women's Funds does not limit women's organizations by suggested types of activities. Submit your proposals with innovative creative approaches and new ideas within the priority directions!
Please, submit your proposal either personally or by regular mail at the address: 79 Artema str., office 38, Kyiv, 04050
You can receive application form
– in UWF office
– on UWF website
Contact person:
Iryna Stratiy, informational consultant, e-mail: info@uwf.kiev.ua tel. (044) 568 53 89
For consultations on the content of applications address to Hanna Voynich, acting executive director, tel. (044) 568 53 89
Ongoing competition "Grants That Bring Together"
This program was established in order to provide the existing and potential grant-recipients of the Ukrainian Women's Fund (UWF) with a possibility to take part in the activities that promote exchanges and sharing of the experience at the international level. Toward this goal, UWF supports participation of the representatives of the Ukrainian women's NGOs in study tours, conferences, workshops, round tables and other events, thus providing valuable possibilities for networking which is of utter importance for mainstreaming and developing of women's movement in Ukraine and in the world.
Competition Purposes
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to represent interests of women of Ukraine at the international level, to develop and strengthen Ukrainian NGOs working with the women's and gender issues through their cooperation with the foreign women's organizations;
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to support participation of Ukrainian women in the global women's movement;
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to promote networking of the women's organizations and to involve Ukrainian women in their activities, as well as to assist in sharing of experience and skills between the women's organizations at the international level;
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to provide possibilities to the Ukrainian activists dealing with the women's rights to be heard and seen at the international level.
Objectives: to secure participation of the representatives of Ukrainian NGOs in the international events (conferences, workshops, study tours etc.) and far-reaching international event on women's and gender issues; to involve Ukrainian women in the international decision-making process; to support cooperation between the Ukrainian and foreign women's organizations.
Participants: representatives of the Ukrainian NGOs working in the sphere of women's and gender issues.
Under this scheme, it is possible to receive financing only once per year.
To take part in the competition, it is necessary to fill in a special application form and to submit it together with the personal invitation, two recommendations and a ticket costs certificate.
Grant financing covers the travel expenditures.
To receive the grant, an applicant should:
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demonstrate availability of additional financing;
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provide detailed narrative and financial reports upon return;
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be ready to cooperate with UWF as a consultant/advisor in the spheres related to the event, if needed to disseminate information among the Ukrainian women's organizations.
Applications should be submitted no later than 2 months prior to the trip. Grant decisions are taken by the Expert committee within one month after the application submission.
Please take a note: The decisions are announced in writing.
Please submit your projects via mail (preferably, by registered mail) or in person at: 78 Artema str, office 38, Kyiv 04050.
The application form can:
Contact person:
Iryna Stratiy, informational consultant, e-mail: info@uwf.kiev.ua tel. (044) 568 53 89 |
