Cooperative Agreement AIDOAAA1200082

The Department of State's Office of Global Women's Issues awarded a $2.96 million cooperative agreement to the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders Inc. to support the Leadership of Local Women Including Young Women and Other Historically Marginalized Group in Preventing, Resolving, and Recovering from Conflict, Violent Extremism (VE) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is Amplified and Sustained program. This program, funded under the Office of Global Women's Issues' CFDA #19.801 program, will...

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $225,000 cooperative agreement to Justice Innovation Inc. under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) program. The award will support training and technical assistance to Justice for Families grantees and Stop Violence Against Women formula subgrantees to enhance their ability to design and deliver educational programs to court-based staff and civil justice system personnel...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $599,999 to the University of Texas at Austin to explore the cognitive processes and educational experiences that shape human capacity for tool innovation. The research aims to deepen the understanding of how innovation develops and how to nurture it in a rapidly advancing technological world. The project brings together an international group of...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees to promote women's fundamental rights in Togo from September 2021 through August 2022. The grant supports reducing gender-based violence, promoting access to identification documents for women, and training girls to combat online harassment. These services align with the goals of the Africa Regional Democracy Fund program administered by the Bureau of African Affairs under CFDA...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program provides $100,000 in funding to the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance, Inc. (doing business as Venturewell) to host a conference focused on reimagining science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) innovation and entrepreneurship through the lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The conference will bring together a...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1.9 million Project Grant to American Institutes For Research In The Behavioral Sciences (AIR) to facilitate greater and more equitable participation of women in the Honduran economy. The grant period runs from September 7, 2022 through March 31, 2024. Under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (CFDA 19.345) program, AIR will deliver technical assistance and capacity building services...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $116,937.72, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program, will fund a 5-month long Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini. The program will equip 100 women entrepreneurs with business skills and mentorship to scale their enterprises. The awardee, the Africa Women...

The Model Man Leadership Project received a $199,662.73 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative program (CFDA 16.526) for the period of October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2019. Futures Without Violence, located in San Francisco, CA, was awarded funding to provide technical assistance resources to help communities forge partnerships across agencies and disciplines to...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded $215,950 under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to Grupo De Estudios Sobre La Mujer Rosario Castellanos (GESMUJER) to advance economic empowerment and the human rights of indigenous, mestiza, and Afro-Mexican women in Oaxaca, Mexico through April 2025. GESMUJER will collaborate with women leaders to conduct assessments, develop action plans, train promoters, and fund economic initiatives. A key focus is supporting women as...

The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a 36-month, $750,000 Cooperative Agreement to Futures Without Violence to implement the Advancing Safety Through Employment Rights Advocacy Project. This project will build the capacity of OVW-funded attorneys and advocates, particularly those serving Black, Latina, Indigenous, disabled, Deaf, and LGBTQIA+ survivors, to assist survivors in accessing and utilizing their employment protections. Under this award, Futures...