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Advancing Women's Rights via Strategic Partnership Grants: Guidelines
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Guidelines

The International Women’s Program is interested in supporting innovative initiatives that link women’s rights strategies with other rights strategies, raising awareness about cases of women’s extreme marginalization.

The program gives preference to the following types of organizations:

  • Organizations located in countries where OSI is active;
  • Locally based, locally run, indigenous, independent nongovernmental organizations;
  • Networks or coalitions of NGOs working together;
  • Organizations managed and led by women;
  • Organizations that forge partnerships with other civil society groups; and
  • Organizations that have a 5+ year track record and demonstrate sustainability.

To Submit an Inquiry

Proposal submissions under this focus area are by invitation only. To submit an inquiry of no more than 600 words for a potential application to be considered, please submit an email with the following information:

  • Name of organization and contact information (contact person, title, mailing address, street address, tel/fax, email, website)
  • Country (or countries) or region(s) of benefit
  • Brief description of organization
  • Brief history or list of impacts
  • Type of request (general support, project support, core support, institutional travel grant, East-East/South-South exchange)
  • Brief description of request for funding (note: the International Women’s Program will consider multi-year funding requests of up to three years)
  • Total amount requested

Email inquiry to women@sorosny.org. The subject line should state: “Funding inquiry: NAME OF ORG, COUNTRY OR REGION OF BENEFIT” (Example: “Funding inquiry: Women’s Rights Association, Global”).

Inquiries will be accepted on a rolling basis. Uninvited proposals will not be considered.

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