Yes, there is a grant opportunity from Urgent Action Fund-Africa that is expanding its support to feminist and women’s rights, environmental and climate justice defenders, organizations and movements working towards the advancement of natural resources governance and climate justice work.
Well, Urgent Action Fund-Africa is investing in women’s power to change the status quo! They are committed to transforming power relations through resourcing African feminists and women human rights defenders and their formations as an act of solidarity.
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Urgent Action Fund-Africa is committed to supporting African feminists and women human rights defenders and their formations to advocate for their active participation and decision making in the governance of natural resources and the orientation and implementation of climate justice policies and practices.
Additionally, women are pivotal in climate change adaptation and mitigation processes because of their overwhelmingly close relationship with natural resources. Women’s deep knowledge and skills on mitigation, adaption and environmentally friendly production of natural resource outputs makes them champions of responsible natural resource governance and climate justice.
Funding Information
- UAF-Africa will provide Rapid Response Grants of up to USD 7,000, and Advocacy and Alliance Building Grants of up to USD 10,000 to support the above-mentioned work.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications will be accepted from feminist, women’s rights and climate justice defenders, collectives, cooperatives, groups, organizations and movements working in Africa.
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