Strengthening Women's and Feminist Organizations to Promote Women's Autonomy and the Advancement of the SDGs and the Regional Gender Agenda

[Ana Isabel]

"The Regional Fund for Women's and Feminist Organizations and Movements (Fondo Regional) is issuing the third call for grant applications for women's and feminist civil society organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Eligibility Criteria 

1. Interested Women's and Feminist Organizations and Movements may apply if: 

• They are registered and operating as civil society organizations for at least three years. 

• They are capable of collaborating with various stakeholders. 

• They are not currently, and has not previously been, engaged as a programme partner of UN Women. 

• They have sufficient financial management capacity, including implementing appropriate financial policies and procedures to administer the grant. 

• Their management staff do not participate in the Board of Directors or the Secretariat of the Regional Fund in Support of Women's and Feminist Organizations and Movements. 

2. Proposals must:

a) be submitted by non-governmental organizations with a presence in at least one country in Latin America and the Caribbean;

b) be oriented toward a strategy to strengthen organizational and management capacities to promote gender-responsive environmental and/or climate actions, or actions to prevent and respond to violence against women;

c) be in line with the Regional Gender Agenda agreed upon within the framework of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean of ECLAC;

d) focuse on activities related to capacity-building strategies to implement:

• Gender-responsive environmental and/or climate actions,

• Actions to prevent and respond to violence against women.

3. Proposal modalities: 

• Modality 1: Funding of USD 10,000 for proposals with a maximum duration of 3 months, per women's and/or feminist organization or movement;

• Modality 2: Funding of USD 20,000 for proposals with a maximum duration of 5 months, per women's and/or feminist organization or movement. 

4. Applications:

a) must be submitted through the provided online form;

b) sent by any other means or after the deadline will not be accepted.

Applicant organizations must complete and submit the online application form by 5 October, 2025 at 11:59 p.m., Panama City time (GMT -5)."

For more information please visit 

https://lac.unwomen.org/en/programme-implementation/2025/08/tercer-llamado-fondo-regional-fortalecimiento-de-las-organizaciones-de-mujeres-y-feministas-para-promover-la-autonomia-de-las-mujeres-y-el-avance-de-los-ods-y-la-agenda-regional-de-genero

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