{"id":193830,"date":"2012-03-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=193830"},"modified":"2019-03-12T16:41:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:41:40","slug":"auto-insert-193830","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-193830\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Women\u2019s Fund for Gender Equality issues new call for proposals and announces grantees from the Arab States – UN Women press release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality Issues New Call for Proposals and Announces Grantees from the Arab States<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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UN Women Press Release
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Media Contacts:<\/strong>
\nOisika Chakrabarti, oisika.chakrabarti[at]unwomen.org, +1 646 781-4522
\nHadrien Bonnaud, hadrien.bonnaud[at]unwomen.org, +1 646 781-4751<\/p><\/div>\n

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Focus is on initiatives with high impact on women’s political and economic empowerment.<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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United Nations, New York, 1 March 2012 —<\/strong><\/i><\/span> At a high-level event at the Commission on the Status of Women in New York, Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director, issued a new <\/span>call for proposals<\/u><\/a> for UN Women’s <\/span>Fund for Gender Equality<\/u><\/a> from organizations working to advance economic and political empowerment in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Europe and Central Asia.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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“UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality provides direct grants for women’s empowerment and political participation,” <\/span>said Ms. Bachelet<\/u><\/a>. “These investments are essential for women and also for the promotion of gender equality, democracy and inclusive economic growth.”<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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The Fund has set aside USD 10.5 million to fund approved proposals, and hopes to make more funding available if contributions increase during this grant-making cycle. Grants will start at USD 200,000 for initiatives that make tangible improvements in the lives of women and girls, from enabling women candidates to run for office, to managing resources to support themselves and their families. Grant awards will be announced in October 2012. Applicants from these regions can download the Grant Application from <\/span>www.unwomen.org\/fge\/<\/u><\/a>.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Today Ms. Bachelet also announced the <\/span>grant recipients<\/u><\/a> from its earlier call in October for proposals from the Arab States. These new grants respond to on-going transformation in the region, providing support to women’s empowerment and gender equality. The 15 selected organizations will receive grants totalling USD 4.85 million covering a range of innovative programmes, from advancing women’s political participation in Egypt, Libya and Yemen, to maximizing the use of technology for advocacy, to fostering sustainable development initiatives run by women in rural Morocco, Algeria and the occupied Palestinian territories.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Speaking about the grants for the Arab States region, UN Women Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director Michelle Bachelet said: “At this moment of historic change, we cannot afford to leave women out. <\/strong>These <\/strong>grants will advance women’s efforts to achieve greater economic and political equality during this time of transition.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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The 15 grantees selected will work on a range of initiatives, including:<\/p><\/div>\n