[Kujalink Team]

What Works II is pleased to announce that they are expanding the What Works II portfolio under a second funding window and are now accepting applications for Innovation Grants. They are interested in testing innovative approaches and developing promising collaborations to take VAWG prevention work in new directions. Innovation grants are intended to support the development and implementation of projects.

Deadline: 6-Dec-24

Funding Information

• In funding Window 2, What Works II will award innovation grants of up to GBP 500,000 to organisations or consortia led by WROs in the Global South, for up to 3 years, that are designed to achieve a measurable reduction in VAWG in humanitarian or development contexts

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants are national or local level women-led WROs from the Global South, who may choose to partner in consortia with other organisations (e.g., NGOs and SMEs). For the TFGBV interventions, applicants can be led by actors from the digital rights or technology sector working in partnership with women-led WROs.
• What Works II defines women-led, WROs to be organisations that:
• Have a deliberate mandate to protect and promote the rights of women and girls;
  • Have majority women at every level, including at the board level and across all decision-making levels; and
  • Centre women and girls in all their diversities.
  • Applicants demonstrate that their core work is in the field of VAWG prevention, women’s rights, gender equality, conflict, and digital/technology sectors.
  • Applicants are willing to participate in the co-design of implementation and research evaluation in collaboration with the What Works II Implementation and Research Consortia.
  • Applicants are located within the three FCDO priority regions: Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

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