fund for gender equality 2009-2011 results

Advancing Women’s Economic and Political Empowerment Through High-Impact Grants

2009 -2011 Results

Women make up more than half the world’s population, but the majority of them live in poverty.

For their lives to change, they need access to and control of economic resources and political power: to speak out, run for o� ce, and support themselves and their communities.

UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality is dedicated to supporting pioneering national and regional initiatives that help women determine their own lives, in�uence others and lay the foundations for a brighter future.

The Fund commenced in 2009. In only three years since its inception, the Fund has invested USD $43 million in support of 55 grantee partners in 40 countries and catalized signi�cant grantee results: from securing decent employment for 7,000 Dalit women in India, to supporting women’s organizations and parliamentarians in El Salvador to create a gender equality law that was passed in 2011, to mainstreaming gender in agricultural policies in Uganda and Zimbabwe.

With generous contributions from Spain (USD $65 Million), Norway (USD $3.5 Million), Mexico (USD $800,0000) and the Netherlands (USD $1.2 Million) as well as individual donations, the Fund’s total corpus is USD $71 million and constitutes one of the world’s largest grantmaking funds dedicated to advancing the cause of women’s equality globally.

"While women’s participation in politics is one side of the coin, the other side is economic empowerment. When women have an income, they have more inde-

pendence, and this makes other rights possible. We need to urgently open up economic opportunities for women.

With the right policies, change can happen quickly"

Michelle BacheletUnder-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women

With generous contributions from Spain (USD $65 Million), Norway (USD $3.5 Million), Mexico (USD $800,0000) and the Netherlands (USD $1.2 Million) as well as individual donations, the Fund’s total corpus is USD $71 million and constitutes one of the world’s largest grantmaking funds dedicated to advancing the cause of women’s equality globally.

TYPES OF GRANTS

Women’s Political and Economic Empowerment Grants 2009 -2011*

(in Millions of $)

*Includes 2011 Grant Awards from FGE October 2011 Call for Proposals in the Arab States Region

Women’s Political Empowerment Grants aim at increasing women’s political participation, representation, leadership, and in�uence in all spheres of women’s lives, including through trainings and education, and focusing on young women leaders.

Women’s Economic Empowerment Grants aim at increasing women’s access to and control over resources and assets – including land, water, technology, and viable employment – while also addressing the disproportionate burden of unpaid care work on women and girls, with particular emphasis on holistic and environmentally sustainable development approaches.

We provide high-impact multi-year grants of up to US$1 Million with tailored technical assistance to local, national and regional organizations as well as government partners to advance gender equality with concrete changes for millions of women and communities.

The Fund is designed for results. Grants are provided on a competitive basis directly to government agencies and civil society organizations from around the world. With low operating expenses and a high delivery, the Fund is a powerful engine to support the mandate of UN Women in two priority areas: Women’s Economic and Political Empowerment.

Managed by a Secretariat located in NY, every two years during the month of March and in commemoration of International Women’s Day, the Fund launches a Call for Proposals, manages a world-wide competitive review process, awards grants, aggregates grantee results, facilitates and shares knowledge among grantees, conducts monitoring and evaluation activities, and raises visibility and resources for grantees.

The Fund’s multi-lingual and transparent online application process is structured to attract wide-ranging high quality proposals. A high calibre independent Technical Committee composed of leading national, regional and thematic experts, review each proposal.

Once grants are awarded, the Fund relies on UN Women’s Political, Economic and Geographic Advisors as well as Regional Monitoring Specialists and Country O� cers to provide strategic support for programme implementation, position the grantees at UN Country teams, play a bridging role between government and civil society, provide technical capacities on Results Based Management, and facilitate complementarily with UN Women Country O� ces.

A Steering Committee comprised of donor and programme countries, multilateral agencies, and civil society representatives rati�es grant recommendations and dictates policies for the Fund.

HOW WE WORK

recommendations and dictates policies for the Fund.

We support grantee programmes that deliver women’s political and economic empowerment with tangible and signi�cant impact in the lives of women and girls.

Together grantees are advancing gender equality goals enshrined in National Gender Equality Laws and Policies as well as Regional and International agreements (Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Platform of Action, and the Belem do Pará, among others.)

GRANTEES’ RESULTS (2009-2011)

Supporting Rural WomenPoverty remains a predominantly rural phenomenon. In some parts of the world, women represent 70 percent of the agricultural workforce. Yet they face discrimination and unequal access to productive resources and opportunities. Furthermore, women still only own one percent of the world’s titled land and continue to carry the disproportionate burden of unpaid care work.

By the end of 2014, grantees supported by the Fund will have helped over 8,470 rural women to gain access to their economic rights and productive resources and managing those taking into account rural and indigenous women’s perspectives to achieve sustainable development.

Grantees’ Results to date (2009-2011):

• In Ghana, women are mainstreaming gender in the Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) Climate Change policies as evidenced in the ECOWAS’ Policy Document of July 2010 (Grantees ABANTU & Ghana Gender and Climate Change Coalition, US$500,000 for 2 years)

• In Uganda, women are mainstreaming gender in the Ministries of Agriculture, Land, and Water, among others (Grantee Forum for Women in Democracy, FOWODE, US$205,000 for 2 years)

• In Rwanda, 100,000 women claimants of inheritance and land ownership are being supported and helped by a mobile network of paralegals so they can enjoy their rights as enshrined in the Rwandan constitution. Working with both local costumary and formal courts, so far, 1,034 claims are been processed by this network and by lawyers. (Grantees RCN Justice et Democratie & HAGURUKA, US$2 Million for 3 years)

• In Mexico, women agricultural leaders are bringing their gender perspective to agriculture and have increased representation from 6 to 50 percent in the Annual Assembly Board of one of the largest agricultural associations which congregates over 60,000 small and average agricultural producers in the country. (Grantee National Association of Agricultural and Commercial Producers, US$495,00 for 2 years)

• In Zimbabwe, through gender mainstreaming strategies and costing, more social protection measures and services are been provided in six line min-istries such as the Ministries of Health, Water Resources and Energy. The goverment has increased an allocation from USD$2,000,000 to USD $3,000,000 to the Women’s Development Fund (WDF) to support rural women. (Grantee Zimbabwe Women's Resource Centre and Network, US$1.6 Million for 4 years)

A new grant in Morocco has been awarded to support rural agricultural cooperatives for women in the high Eastern Atlas Mountains of Morocco, where environmental destruction has eroded traditional grazing economies (Grantee Akhiam Association, US$260,000)

Ensuring Decent Work

Some 600 million women struggle to earn a living in insecure jobs, without decent wages and basic social protections and services. Women are often paid less than men for their work, with an average wage gap of 17 percent. Women domestic workers, informal sector workers, and rural women workers in particular face persistent discrimination and are denied the practical skills and capital necessary for a decent livelihood. Further, the disproportional burden of unpaid care and agricultural work on women limits their opportunities to engage in paid work, diversify their incomes and expand their wage employment which would contribute to increased power and autonomy and a more sustainable economy.

By the end of 2014, Fund for Gender Equality grants in aggregate will have helped over 163,741 women secure decent work, over 114,433 women gains skills and resources, and over 4 million women gain protection and security for themselves and their families.


• In the Philippines, a Magna Carta for Workers in the Informal Economy Bill was approved by the House Committee on Labor and Employment on 2nd March 2011 (Grantee HomeNet South East Asia, US$100,000 for 2 years)

• In Brazil, the Government has committed to drafting a law for women domestic workers, in alignment with the recently approved ILO Convention 189 and ensuring decent work and social protections. (Grantee SOS CORPO & Secretariat for Women’s Policies, US $3 Million for 3 years)

• In Egypt, the government has actively promoted the private sectors’ adoption of the Gender Equity Seal to increase training and recruitment of women, particularly young and low-income women, establishing measures to reduce sexual harassment in the workplace and advancing women’s careers. (Grantee Ministry of Manpower & Social Research Center, US$2.4 Million for 4 years)

• In India, more than 7,000 Dalit women obtained decent employment and several thousand now have bank accounts. (Grantees Gender at Work and DSS project of the Mitra Service Society, US$492,400 for 2 years)

Generating Sustainable Income and Assets


• In Cambodia, 1,300 HIV positive women received livelihood skills trainings and micro-enterprise grants, have started their own savings facilities, and have demanded and obtained improved health care services. (Grantees Cambodia Health Education Media Services & Cambodian HIV/AIDS Education and Care US $1.1 Milion for 2 years)

• In Liberia, 9,000 women are being impacted by the creation of their own sustainable income-generating markets and eight newly constructed markets now have access to safe water and sanitation, storage facilities, electricity, spaces for daycare facilities for children as well as for training and health facilities. (Grantee Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Market Women's Fund (SMWF/US) and SMWF/Liberia, US$3 Million for 4 years)

A new grant in Algeria has been awarded to a partnership between the mayor’s o�ces and women’s NGOS in two Algerian cities to help 500 women become economically independent through local agriculture and small manufacturing (Grantee Association of Solidarity and Fight against Poverty and Exclusion, EL GHAITH, US$200,000)

“We are convinced that women will one day achieve full equality”Fund for Gender Equality 1st Grantee Forum in Colombia, 2011

PHOTO LAURA WATERBURY

WOMEN’S POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT GRANTEE RESULTS 2009-2011

Engaging in Electoral Processes

Only 19 women are currently serving as elected Heads of State or Government and women are outnumbered four to one in legislatures.

By the end of 2014, grantees supported by the Fund for Gender Equality working on electoral processes will have in aggregate introduced over 1,700 women into electoral politics

Grantees’ Key results of date (2009-2011):

Constitutional Court Act, the Judiciary Law, the Law of Autonomy and Decentralization and the Demarcation Law. (Grantee Coordina-dora de la Mujer & grassroots organizations, US$2.4 Million for 3 years)

electoral lists. Large scale local and national media campaigns and a petition with 36,000 signatures boosted the women candidates’ visibility and support. (Grantee Women and Media Collective, US$ $496,977 for 2 years)

SUMA programme aiming at increasing women’s political participation in 10 states of Mexico is yielding impressive results. So far, the �rst 20122 election in Michoacán saw an increase in the number of women mayors from 5 to 12 percent. Women’s representation in Congress increased from 12.5 to 37.5 percent. (Grantee Equidad de Género with Inmujeres’ support, US$3.1 Million for 3 years)

-ments to pass a proposal for gender parity in electoral processes at local, state and federal levels (Grantee SOS CORPO & Secretariat for Women’s Policies, US$3 Million for 3 years)

A new grant in Egypt has been awarded (2011-2012) to women’s organizations to train and support 1,000 women in Egypt who aspire to play a central leadership role in national political processes (Grantee Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights, US$545,000)

A new grant in the Occupied Palestinian Territories has been awarded (2011-2012) to empower 10,000 women to engage in constitution writing (Grantees Palestinian Centre for Peace and Democracy & the Jerusalem Centre for Women, US$200,000)

WOMEN’S POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT GRANTEE RESULTS 2009-2011



By the end of 2014, grantees supported by the Fund for Gender Equality working on electoral processes will have in aggregate introduced



By the end of 2014, grantees supported by the Fund for Gender Equality working on electoral processes will have in aggregate introduced over 1,700 women into electoral politics


• In Bolivia, a gender perspective has been effectively integrated into the Law of the Electoral Body, the Electoral Law, the Constitutional Court Act, the Judiciary Law, the Law of Autonomy and Decentralization and the Demarcation Law. (Grantee Coordina-dora de la Mujer & grassroots organizations, US$2.4 Million for 3 years)

• In Sri Lanka, there has been an increase from 2 to 20 percent in the number of women candidates present on 10 political party electoral lists. Large scale local and national media campaigns and a petition with 36,000 signatures boosted the women candidates’ visibility and support. (Grantee Women and Media Collective, US$ $496,977 for 2 years)

• In Mexico, SUMA programme aiming at increasing women’s political participation in 10 states of Mexico is yielding impressive results. So far, the �rst 20122 election in Michoacán saw an increase in the number of women mayors from 5 to 12 percent. Women’s representation in Congress increased from 12.5 to 37.5 percent. (Grantee Equidad de Género with Inmujeres’ support, US$3.1 Million for 3 years)

• In Brazil, women’s organizations, including the Black Brazilian Women’s Coordination, garnered the support of other social move-ments to pass a proposal for gender parity in electoral processes at local, state and federal levels (Grantee SOS CORPO & Secretariat for Women’s Policies, US$3 Million for 3 years)

A new grant in Egypt has been awarded (2011-2012) to women’s organizations to train and support 1,000 women in Egypt who aspire to play a central leadership role in national political processes (Grantee Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights, US$545,000)

A new grant in the Occupied Palestinian Territories has been awarded (2011-2012) to empower 10,000 women to engage in constitution writing (Grantees Palestinian Centre for Peace and Democracy & the Jerusalem Centre for Women, US$200,000)

Expanding and Strengthening Women’s Leadership

Laws, policies and institutions around the world often lack gender and women’s rights perspectives. Women remain underrepresented in the decision-making bodies that impact their lives: from farmers’ cooperatives to local governments to social movements. Support in expanding and strengthening their leadership skills so as to in�uence policies in a meaningful way is much needed.

By the end of 2014, Fund for Gender Equality grantees will have helped over 13.6 million women and other bene�ciaries strengthen their leadership skills and capacities to influence different decision making bodies and effectively engender policies and frameworks.


• In aggregate, grantees have catalized over 24 legislative and policy changes in support of gender equality in 12 countries between 2009 and 2011

• In El Salvador, a massive public campaign on the creation of a gender equality law was launched. Strategic work with Parliamentarians was under-taken. The law passed in March 2011. (Grantees Las Dignas & Las Mélidas of the Concertación Prudencia Ayala, US$ 500,000 for 2 years)

• Seven Small Island Pacific States(Cook Islands, Kiribati, Niue, Nauru, Republic of Marshall Islands and Tuvalu) endorsed the Small Islands State Sub-Regional Action Plan on Supporting Women’s Participation in Decision Making Processes 2010-2015 in the last year (Paci�c Islands Forum Secretariat, PIFS, US$200,000 for 2 years)

• In Bosnia and Herzegovina, 180 young women leaders have engendered the implementation of municipal youth strategies and, using social media tools and technology, have mobilized over 6,000 people to support national and municipal youth policies with a gender perspective. Other municipalities are now replicating this programme. (Grantees KULT Association, BH Experts Association & Kosnica, US$462,770 for 2 years)

• In Nepal, so far 34 innovative episodes of weekly radio programme on gender equality were broadcasted across 75 districts through 205 community radio stations reaching over 12 million people. (Grantee Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, US$ 394,000 for 2 years)

• Globally, Indigenous women have successfully increased Indigenous women’s representation in key decision-making positions within Indigenous Peoples’ movements (such as in the Presidency of the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Issues) and are in�uencing Rio+20 and MDG Summit+10 processes including commitments that outline respect for the fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples based on equality, non-discrimination, and diversity. (Grantee International Forum of Indigenous Women, FIMI US$300,000 for 2 years)

• In the Dominican Republic, a gender perspective has been mainstreamed in the National Strategy of the Information Society e-Dominicana and first draft of the new e-Dominicana has been created increasing women’s access to ICTs. (Grantee Centro de Investigación para la Acción Femenina, US$500,000 for 2 years)























WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT GRANTEE RESULTS 2009-2011




the ECOWAS’ Policy Document of July 2010 (Grantees ABANTU & Ghana Gender and Climate Change Coalition, US$500,000 for 2 years)

(Grantee Forum for Women in Democracy, FOWODE, US$205,000 for 2 years)

can enjoy their rights as enshrined in the Rwandan constitution. Working with both local costumary and formal courts, so far, 1,034 claims are been processed by this network and by lawyers. (Grantees RCN Justice et Democratie & HAGURUKA, US$2 Million for 3 years)

the Annual Assembly Board of one of the largest agricultural associations which congregates over 60,000 small and average agricultural producers in the country. (Grantee National Association of Agricultural and Commercial Producers, US$495,00 for 2 years)

-istries such as the Ministries of Health, Water Resources and Energy. The goverment has increased an allocation from USD$2,000,000 to USD $3,000,000 to the Women’s Development Fund (WDF) to support rural women. (Grantee Zimbabwe Women's Resource Centre and Network, US$1.6 Million for 4 years)


istries such as the Ministries of Health, Water Resources and Energy. The goverment has increased an allocation from USD$2,000,000 to USD $3,000,000 to the Women’s Development Fund (WDF) to support rural women. (Grantee Zimbabwe Women's Resource Centre and Network, US$1.6 Million for 4 years)


grant in Morocco has been awarded to support rural agricultural cooperatives for women in the high Eastern Atlas Mountains of Morocco, where environmental destruction has eroded traditional grazing economies

to the Women’s Development Fund (WDF) to support rural women.





micro-enterprise grants, have started their own savings facilities, and have demanded and obtained improved health care services. (Grantees Cambodia Health Education Media Services & US $1.1 Milion for 2 years)

sustainable income-generating markets and eight newly constructed markets now have access to safe water and sanitation, storage facilities, electricity, spaces for daycare facilities for children as well as for training and health facilities

A new grant in Algeria has been awarded to a partnership between the mayor’s offices and women’s NGOS in two Algerian cities to help 500 women become economically independent through local agriculture and small manufacturing (Grantee Association of Solidarity and Fight against Poverty and Exclusion, EL GHAITH, US$200,000)GHAITH, US$200,000)

GRANTEES 2009-2012

*Indicates New Arab States Grantee, 2011-2012 Grant Cycle, Grants disbursed in March 2012

WOMEN’S POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT GRANTS 2009-2011

Africa Nigeria $480.000

Lebanon $437.140

Occupied Palestinian Territory* $200.000


Egypt* $200.000

Egypt, Libya, Yemen* $565.000


Egypt, Jordan, Occupied Palestinian Territory and Yemen* $265.000

Egypt* $545.000

Iraq* $215.000


India $2.549.974

China $2.456.934

Paci�c Islands $200.000

Sri Lanka $496.977

Nepal $394.000

Serbia $120.625

Ukraine $499.921

Bosnia and Herzegovina $462.770

Bosnia and Herzegovina $1.472.340

Kyrgyzstan $1.290.991

Dominican Republic $500.000

Ecuador $489.657

Colombia $163.361

El Salvador $500.000

"Global" $300.000

Mexico $3.048.086

Bolivia $2.474.134

Jamaica $1.729.537

Brazil $3.000.000

$25.906.447

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Association of Women Committees for Social Work

Stars of Hope Society

BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights &Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND)

Palestinian Center for Peace and Democracy & Jerusalem Center for Women

KULT Young Women Org & BH Experts Association & Kosnica

Gender Center of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzego O� ce

Women Support Center (WSC) & Women-Entrepreneurs Support Association (WESA)

Women and Media Collective

Association of Community Radio Broadcasters Nepal

Women's Space

All Ukrainian Network of P

Egyptian Center for Women's Rights

Women's Empowerment Organization

Anabta Women Welfare Society

Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN) with Jagori women's org

All-China Women's Federation (ACWF)

Paci�c Islands Forum Secretariat

Palestinian Human Rights Organization – PHRO

Bureau of Women's A te Resolution Foundation

Secretaría Especial de Políticas para las Mujeres - SPM [Special Secretariat for Women’s Policies] & SOS Corpo, REDE and Geledes

TOTAL WOMEN'S POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT GRANTS 2009-2011

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SUM Equidad de Género: Ciudadanía, Trabajo y Familia [Gender Equality: Citizenship, Work and Family]

Asociación Coordinadora de la Mujer [Women's Coordination O� ce] with several other grassroots women's NGOs

Asociación de Mujeres por la Dignidad y la ida LAS DIGNAS & Asociación Movimiento de Mujeres Mélida Anaya MontesLAS MÉLIDAS

Centro de Investigación para la Acción Femenina -CIPAF-

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Dalia Association

Women and Memory Forum

WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT GRANTS 2009-2011

Mozambique $438.550

Uganda $205.000

Senegal $200.000

Cameroon $368.750

Ghana $500.000

Liberia $3.000.000

Rwanda $2.000.000

Zimbabwe $1.680.939

Egypt $354.490

Occupied Palestinian Territory $450.000

Morocco $460.000

Egypt $2.400.000

Morocco* $545.000

Morocco* $260.000

Algeria* $200.000

Lebanon* $325.000

Lebanon* $280.000

Egypt* $400.000

Cambodia $1.171.745

Philippines $100.000

India $255.182

Afghanistan $161.920

India $492.400

Europe & Central Asia

Russia/Tajikistan $420.000

Latin America

México $495.000

$17.163.976

Agence du Sud

MUGEDE - Mulher, Genero e Desenvolvimento (Women, Gender and Development)

Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE)

Alliance Nationale Contre le Sida (ANCS) & SWAA SENEGAL

Horizons Femmes

ABANTU for Development & Ghana Gender and Climate Change Coalition

TOTAL WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT GRANTS 2009-2011

Ministry of Social Solidarity and Justice

Cambodia Health Education Media Services (CHEMS) & Cambodian HIV/AIDS Education and Care (CHEC)

Homenet Southeast Asia

Rajasthan Network for People Living with HIV/AIDS IMPACT Partners in Social Development

Women and Children Legal Research Foundation

Gender at Work & DSS project of the Mitra Service Society

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Regional Public Organization Center for Migration Studies & Fund Tajikistan, Information and Legal Center

Asociación Nacional de Empresas Comercializadoras de Productores del Campo, A.C.

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Ministry of Manpower and Emigration & Social Research Center

National Institution for Solidarity with Women, INSAF

Akhiam Association

Associaction of Solidarity and Fight Against Poverty and Exclusion, El Ghaith

Amel Association

Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Market Women's Fund (SMWF/US & LIBERIA)

RCN Justice & Democratie & HAGURUKA

Zimbabwe Women's Resource Centre and Network (ZWRCN)

Al-Shehab Organization for Comprehensive Development & Egyptian Society for Economic and Social Rights

Bisan Center for Research and Development

*Indicates New Arab States Grantee, 2011-2012 Grant Cycle, Grants disbursed in March 2012

UN WOMEN’S FUND FOR GENDER EQUALITYEconomic and Political Empowerment Grant Investments:

US$43 Million in 40 Countries (2009-2011)

UN WOMEN’S FUND FOR GENDER EQUALITYEconomic and Political Empowerment Grant Investments:

US$43 Million in 40 Countries (2009-2011)

EcuadorPOL: $489,657

JamaicaPOL: $1,729,537

ColombiaPOL: $163,361

Peru/GlobalPOL: $300,000

Dominican RepublicPOL: $500,000

El SalvadorPOL: $500,000

UgandaECO: $205,000

SenegalECO: $200,000

MozambiqueECO: $438,550

MexicoPOL: $2,295,000

ECO: $495,000

NigeriaPOL: $480,000

EgyptECO: $3,154,490 (3 grants)

POL: $745,000 (2 grants)

LebanonECO: $605,000 (2 grants)

POL: $437,140

MoroccoECO: $1,265,000 (3 grants)

IndiaECO: $747,582 (2 grants)

POL: $2,549,974

AfghanistanECO: $161,920

Pacific Islands/Regional (Cook Islands,Kiribati, Niue, Nauru, Republic of

Marshall Islands and Tuvalu)POL: $200,000

Sri LankaPOL: $496,977

RussiaECO: $420,000

UkrainePOL: $499,921

SerbiaPOL: $120,625

RwandaECO: $2,000,000Zimbabwe

ECO: $1,680,939

LiberiaECO: $3,000,000

ChinaPOL: $2,456,934

CambodiaECO: $1,171,745

KyrgyzstanPOL: $1,290,991

BrazilECO/POL: $3,000,000

BoliviaPOL: $2,474,134

CameroonECO: $368,750

Economic Empowerment FGE Grants

Poli cal Empowerment FGE Grants

Both Poli/Eco FGE Grants

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Bosnia & HerzegovinaPOL: $1,935,110 (2 grants)

PhilippinesECO: $100,000

NepalPOL: $394,000

Occupied Palestinian TerritoryECO: $450,000

POL: $1,050,000 (4 grants)

GhanaECO: $500,000

AlgeriaECO: $200,000

IraqPOL: $215,000

Libya/RegionalPOL: $565,000

Yemen/RegionalPOL: $265,000

The Fund for Gender Equality has only begun, but already, it is supporting millions of women to secure their rights and improve their lives. In less than two years, the grants have sparked change. There’s more to come and so much to do.

When the Fund began in 2009, 1,239 applicants from 127 countries submitted proposals, representing more than USD$3 billion in requests. Of those, the Fund could support only 1.2%, yet over 50% of applicants had viable and strong proposals that could have been funded.

This �gure is a snap shot of the great need for support towards this cause, but it is also a testament of the potential to be unleashed.

The time is now. Join us by contributing to UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality.

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Fund for Gender Equality Steering Committee

Ms. Michelle BacheletUnder-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women (Co-Chair)

Representative of the Government of Spain(Government Contributor) (Co-Chair)

Mr. Fredrik ArthurAmbassador for Gender and Equality, Norway (Government Contributor)

Ms. Irma van DuerenHead, Gender Equality Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands

(Government Contributor)

Ms. Vabah Gay�orMinister of Gender, Liberia (Government)

Ms. Nilofar BakhtiarFormer Member of Parliament and Special Advisor to the Secretary General of UNWTO on

Women in Tourism, Pakistan (Government)

HRH Princess Basma Bint TalalUN Women Goodwill Ambassador and Member of the Royal Family, Jordan (Government)

Ms. Helen ClarkAdministrator, UNDP (Multilateral Agency)

Ms. Jeni KlugmanDirector for Gender and Development, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management,

World Bank (Multilateral Agency)

Ms. Otilia Lux de CotíPresident, International Forum of Indigenous Women,

Guatemala (Civil Society)

Ms. Mary RusimbiFounder Gender Networking Program, Tanzania (Civil Society)

Ms. Lucy GarridoMember of Cotidiano Mujer, Uruguay (Civil Society)

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