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Sustaining Defenders through Feminist Holistic Security
https://www.apc.org/en/news/sustaining-defenders-through-feminist-holistic-security-2023-open-call-subgrants
Overview
| Donor: | Association for Progressive Communications (APC) |
| Application procedure: | Full Proposal |
| Donor base: | United States |
| Reference number: | - |
| Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation |
| Deadline: | 24.11.2023 |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Small - up to $100,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | 5.000$ |
| Total available budget: | - |
| Funding type: | Grants |
| Maximum grant size: | 15.000$ |
| Funding ratio: | up to 100% |
Sectors
- Capacity Building
- Human Rights
- Women & Gender
Project Locations
Africa
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe
America
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
Asia
Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen
Europe
Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Pacific
Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
Description
1) Objective
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is calling for subgrant proposals to support women human rights defenders (WHRDs) in enhancing safety and promoting human rights advocacy. These grants aim to facilitate the development and implementation of comprehensive safety strategies, such as training, research, advocacy, and lobbying. Focused on helping WHRDs in the Global South, the initiative intends to empower individuals and organizations from marginalized groups to create impactful, protective measures against threats and attacks, fostering a safer environment for their crucial work.
- Knowledge development grants: The knowledge development grants are designed to support individuals and WHRD-led organisations to develop localised and national knowledge about the scope and impact of threats and attacks against WHRDs and the best pratices to promote their safety. These grants are intended to facilitate a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by defenders and to develop more effective strategies to enhance their protection.
- Policy and advocacy grants: The policy and advocacy grants are designed to support individuals and WHRD-led organisations to promote policies and practices for the protection and safety of WHRDs at the local and national level, in order to create a safer environment for WHRDs to work in. The initiatives can also focus on contributions to and engagement with UN human rights instruments, in particular the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process.
- Capacity and resilience building grants: The capacity and resilience building grants are specifically designed to support training and other capacity-building activities that enable WHRDs to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to enhance their safety, effectiveness and resilience. These grants are centred on empowering WHRDs with capacities related to holistic safety and care while also focusing on skill development that strengthens their work, whether through enhanced technology use or effective advocacy and campaigning.
2) Eligibility
Eligible applicants include individual WHRDs and WHRD-led organizations from the Global South, with a particular interest in supporting those from marginalized groups and intersected identities, such as LGBTQIA+, Indigenous, Afro-descendant, environmental activists, grassroots groups, and racial and sexual minorities.
3) Location
While specific countries are not listed, the call specifies that the subgrants are available to applicants from the Global South, which typically includes countries in Africa, Latin America, and parts of Asia.
4) Budget
Applicants can request funding ranging from USD 5,000 to USD 15,000, depending on the proposed intervention’s scope and scale. The activities should be implemented and reported by June 31, 2024.
5) Application
Interested applicants should complete an online application form, providing a detailed project plan, budget, and demonstrating experience and engagement in human rights work. The call is open until November 24, 2023. For more information or to apply, applicants can contact Carla Vitoria at defenders.grants@apc.org.