AJWS provides grants to build civil society in select
countries in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean
and Asia by supporting non-governmental organizations
(NGOs), community-based organizations (CBOs),
other grassroots human rights groups, and larger social
change organizations that are advancing human rights.
AJWS partners with organizations that work on three
critical issues:
ASHOKA: INNOVATORS FOR THE PUBLIC
Ashoka Global Headquarters, 1700 North
Moore Street, Suite 2000 (20th Floor), Arlington, VA
22209, USA
email: [email protected]
telephone: +1 703 527 8300
website: www.ashoka.org
address:
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East/
North Africa, North America, South America
countries/regions:
1. Sexual Health and Rights: Advancing the Rights of
Women, Girls and Sexual Minorities
political empowerment, economic
development, environment, health, human rights,
education, youth
topics/subjects:
AJWS works to increase access to services and end
discrimination, violence and abuse of women, girls,
LGBTI people and sex workers so that they can
access the full spectrum of opportunities in society
and live in health, safety and dignity.
The organization gives fellowships
internationally to individuals who possess the innovation
and drive to realize social change in civic engagement,
economic development, health, environment, human
rights, access to technology, and developing new methods
for learning and education. Candidates are selected
according to these criteria: having a new solution or
approach to a social problem that will change the pattern
in a field, being a creative thinker and problem-solver,
having an entrepreneurial nature, and having strong
ethical fiber.
description:
2. Civil and Political Rights: Promoting Recovery from
Conflict and Oppression
AJWS supports communities to recover from
conflict and oppression, speak out against injustice
and create vibrant, peaceful, societies that respect
the rights of all citizens.
3. Natural Resource Rights: Defending the Right to
Food, Land and Livelihoods
AJWS supports organizations that advocate for the
rights of rural, indigenous and poor communities
who are displaced from their land or prevented from
earning a living because of mining, dams and other
development that threaten their way of life.
Fellowships for individual social
entrepreneurs; does not award grants to organizations
type of grant:
applications for fellowships are taken
throughout the year
deadline(s):
how to apply:
Building/renovation, capital campaigns,
conferences/seminars, continuing support, debt
reduction, emergency funds, general/operating support,
in-kind gifts, land acquisition, program development,
program evaluation, publication, research, seed money,
technical assistance
type of grant:
grant range:
To nominate a candidate: www.tfaforms.com/198579
(form available in English, Turkish, Polish, Slovak,
Czech, Magyar, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese,
Mandarin, Korean, Hebrew)
Selection Criteria: www.ashoka.org/support/criteria
$5,000-$100,000
average grant duration:
THE ASIA FOUNDATION: WOMEN’S
EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM
Varies, one-year or multi-year
Not accepting letters of inquiry. Application
by invitation only.
deadline(s):
465 California St, 9th floor, San Francisco, CA
94104, USA
mailing address: PO Box 193223, San Francisco, CA
94119-3223, USA
email: [email protected]
telephone: +1 415 982 4640
website: www.asiafoundation.org
address:
Currently not accepting applications.
Continue to check website for more updated
information. www.ajws.org
how to apply:
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