Call For Applications for the next cycle of grants for the LEADING FROM THE SOUTH programme to be launched in the third week of May. Call will be open for organisations & networks in 17 countries in Asia. Leading from the South is a consortium created to resource feminist activism in the Global South and supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. It supports activism devised, implemented, and led by women’s rights organisations in the Global South. The fund is being … [Read more...] about Next Grant Cycle of the ‘LEADING FROM THE SOUTH’ is Launching Soon!
New report details exploitative practices employed by $55 billion formula industry, compromising child nutrition, violating international commitments
More than half of parents and pregnant women (51 per cent) surveyed for a new WHO/UNICEF report say they have been targeted with marketing from formula milk companies, much of which is in breach of international standards on infant feeding practices. The report, How marketing of formula milk influences our decisions on infant feeding, draws on interviews with parents, pregnant women and health workers in eight countries. It uncovers systematic and unethical marketing strategies used by the … [Read more...] about New report details exploitative practices employed by $55 billion formula industry, compromising child nutrition, violating international commitments
It’s Confirmed! SAAF multi-year grants programme will open in January 2022
SAAF - an international fund focused exclusively on the right to safe and legal abortion is pleased to announce New Round of Funding that will soon open for applications from January 2022. SAAF provides flexible multi-year grants, that can be used for specific projects or to support the work of organisations more generally. The work you propose must relate to abortion. They expect to be able to award at least 50 grants in total. Some will be made to recent/current SAAF grantee partners, and … [Read more...] about It’s Confirmed! SAAF multi-year grants programme will open in January 2022
GET READY! 2022 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme launching on Jan 1. Apply for $5000 Funding, Mentorship, and Training
Once again The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) is launching its 2022 Entrepreneurship Programme to identify, train, mentor and fund 2,500 young African women entrepreneurs. GET READY! The Application Window is opening on Jan 1 2022. The Entrepreneurship Programme is jointly launched under the partnership of The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and the European Union. This partnership is jointly co-financed by the European Union (EU), the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific State … [Read more...] about GET READY! 2022 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme launching on Jan 1. Apply for $5000 Funding, Mentorship, and Training
New partnership of UNDP and UfM bolsters peace and prosperity across key regions
The Regional Bureau for Arab States of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM). The key areas of partnership are climate action, economic integration and support for women and youth. The three-year agreement strengthens the collaboration between both entities to address common challenges across the Mediterranean and Arab States regions, enabling them to work together to build peace and … [Read more...] about New partnership of UNDP and UfM bolsters peace and prosperity across key regions
WHO publishes updated guidance on validation of elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus
The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its Global guidance on criteria and processes for validation: elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus. This third version of global guidance incorporates EMTCT of HBV towards validation of triple elimination and provides standardized processes and criteria to both validate EMTCT of HIV, syphilis and HBV, and to recognize high burden countries that have made significant progress on the path to … [Read more...] about WHO publishes updated guidance on validation of elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus
UNWTO’s first regional conference on women’s empowerment in tourism held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The UNWTO Regional Conference on the Empowerment of Women in Tourism in Asia and the Pacific – the first event on the topic organized by UNWTO jointly with Malaysia’s Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture – brought together more than 500 key virtual participants in addition to around 100 local in-person stakeholders. Alongside UNWTO experts, government policymakers, UN Women representatives, high-level representatives of women’s associations and NGOs, joined leading academics to address some … [Read more...] about UNWTO’s first regional conference on women’s empowerment in tourism held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
EIB and International Partners launch New Toolkit “Gender-Smart Climate Finance Guide” to promote Gender Equality
To promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in climate finance investments, CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and the European Investment Bank (EIB), are joining forces under the framework of the 2X Climate Finance Task Force The international partners presented their new toolkit, the Gender-Smart Climate Finance Guide, on behalf of the 2X Collaborative, a new global industry body for gender-lens investing, … [Read more...] about EIB and International Partners launch New Toolkit “Gender-Smart Climate Finance Guide” to promote Gender Equality
UNWTO and Partners putting women’s empowerment centre stage in tourism’s recovery
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has launched the ‘Centre Stage’ project, with the support of German Federal Ministry for Economic Development (BMZ), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and UN Women. Over the course of one year, from November 2021 – November 2022, the project will support the tourism sector in placing women’s empowerment and gender equality at the heart of recovery plans following the COVID-19 pandemic. The project will be piloted in … [Read more...] about UNWTO and Partners putting women’s empowerment centre stage in tourism’s recovery
COVID-19: G7 Advisory Council lays out detailed vision for gender equality
An international expert panel on gender equality has published its report after a series of discussions on how to create opportunities for women and girls, with a focus on ‘what works’. It expands on the recommendations that the Gender Equality Advisory Council (GEAC) made to G7 Leaders in June 2021 on action to drive forward gender equality. The GEAC is an independent group of experts convened by Prime Minister Boris Johnson under the UK’s G7 Presidency. The GEAC champions the core … [Read more...] about COVID-19: G7 Advisory Council lays out detailed vision for gender equality
