Women’s Empowerment Grants for Partnerships Working in Uganda and Wales
Deadline: 14-Jan-22
The Hub Cymru Africa has launched the applications for women’s empowerment grants for partnerships working in Uganda and Wales.
The programme will focus on supporting a small number of key pathfinding projects in Uganda which will expand local partnerships contributing to gender equality in the fields of women in leadership, women and girls’ rights and gender-based violence.
These initiatives will be carefully monitored for future learning and programme development and provide strong communication around their benefits. In addition, they will build in capacity building for Welsh organisations and their partners to enhance their ability to deliver gender equality across the wider Wales and Africa programme and share the learning from the new programme.
HCA will legally administer this grant scheme through the Wales Centre for International Affairs (WCIA), its lead partner.
All projects funded under this scheme need to be able to demonstrate that they will be able to adhere to the following key principles, or demonstrate how they will evolve these principles across the development of the project:
Engaging and empowering women and girls by using the strengths of social connectivity, strong networks and communication
Work should be in partnership with credible African partners, preferably with women in leadership roles
Build upon existing partnerships and work according to asset-based principles
Acknowledgement of the complexity of issues especially at the intersection of gender, disability, sexuality and ethnicity
Funding Information
They are accepting applications for between £25,000 and £50,000 from partnerships working with women on issues impacting them in Sub Saharan Africa, including livelihoods, climate change, legal rights, political representation, gender-based violence, maternal healthcare and education.
Eligibility Criteria
Lead applicants must be based in Wales
You must have a strong Ugandan partner with a track record of delivering Gender Equality work.
Applications must be for between £25,000 and £50,000
Any overseas activities must take place within Uganda and demonstrate benefit to women and girls in Uganda
Applications must demonstrate value for money in their activities
All funded projects should contain elements which bring benefit to Wales
All applications are subject to a conflict of interest declaration
All applicants should demonstrate that as well as gender, they have taken into consideration ethical and fair trade criteria when making purchasing
Wales-based lead must be one of the following:
Constituted group (e.g. Women’s cooperative, community-based organisation, religious institution)
Registered charity, NGO, social enterprise, private business
Affiliated to NHS Board or Trust
Educational institution
Community or town council
African organisation:
Unconstituted group (e.g. midwives or PTA)
Constituted group (e.g. women’s cooperative or community based organisation)
Constituted organisation (e.g. NGO, social enterprise, training centre)
Government Department (local, regional or national) – International NGO
For more information, visit https://hubcymruafrica.wales/womensempowermentgrant/