Equalities Enabling Fund

Description

1) Objective 

The Equalities Enabling Fund is part of the Promoting Equalities Programme, which aims to strengthen FCDO’s global work on gender and equalities. This Fund will help to deliver better for women, girls, and marginalised groups, including LGBT+ communities and people with disabilities.

The Fund provides small-scale funds to support new activity around gender and equalities which aims to enable or mobilise work on these topics. It covers equalities in the broad sense and diplomatic mission can decide the specific thematic focus they take, dependent on in-country context.

Examples of some of the main themes the Fund cover are below, though this is not an exhaustive list:

• Promoting LGBT+ rights and inclusion.
• Promoting disability rights and inclusion.
• Ending violence against women and girls (including FGM).
• Building and strengthening inclusive social protection programmes and systems.
• Reducing inequality and exclusion based on race, ethnicity, migrant/refugee status.
• Countering rollback on the rights of women and LGBT+ communities.

2) Eligibility

Non-profit organisations are eligible to apply.

3) Location 

Actions must take place in Guatemala and Honduras.

4) Budget 

Allocations of between £10,000 – £40,000 ODA can be available for Equalities Enabling Fund.

5) Application 

Proposals must be received by 23:55 PM (Guatemala time) on 15 November 2024. Proposals submitted after the set date and time will not be considered.