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 State Office of the Secretary of State awarded a $2,950,000 cooperative agreement to Mercy Corps under the Office of Global Women's Issues federal grant program (CFDA 19.801) to understand, prevent, and address gender-based violence as it intersects with violent extremism through locally designed and led initiatives in Georgia. The initiatives will address and respond to physical, technology-facilitated, and related violence that negatively impact gender equality and inclusive,...
The Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888) to the Sauti Yetu Center For African Women, Inc. The 36-month grant will support comprehensive community-based efforts to address the needs of children and youth impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $125,000 Project Grant to Asociación Las Pregoneras (Pregoneras), a women-led community organization in Lima, Peru, to combat gender-based violence and address physical, psychological, and sexual violence in public schools. The grant, provided under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), supports Pregoneras' efforts to forge local alliances, launch violence prevention campaigns, and provide mental health care for women and youth. The...
This $1,341,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance Program (CFDA 98.001) aims to strengthen integrated local responses to combat the most prevalent forms of gender-based violence (GBV), including intimate partner violence, violence against women and girls, and violence against LGBTQI+ persons in Honduras. The funding will support trauma-informed, survivor-centered, and perpetrator-engaging activities across the...
The US Agency for International Development awarded a $5 million Project Grant to the United Nations Population Fund to reduce the risk of and respond to sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls in Haiti. The grant was awarded on February 1, 2023 under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA 98.001) to support global health, democracy, conflict prevention and humanitarian assistance. As the sub-awardee, UNFPA will implement projects focused on...
The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) has awarded a $275,000 Cooperative Agreement under the OVW Technical Assistance (TA) Initiative (CFDA 16.526) to the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence (API-GBV). Through this project, API-GBV will build the capacity of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) advocacy organizations and victim service providers to better serve victims of domestic violence and sexual assault from MENA communities. Key activities...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the AHA Foundation Inc. under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888). The 36-month project, beginning October 1, 2024, will implement comprehensive, community-based efforts to prevent and respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault,...
The Guam Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Family Violence (GCASAFV) has been awarded a $350,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888). The 36-month grant will enable GCASAFV, in partnership with Gumamami, Inc., to: 1) train and empower men and boys to model...
The USAID HARMONIA: COMMUNITIES ENDING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE ACTIVITY cooperative agreement award of $824,000 provides funding for the Associacao Hamutuk Nasaun Saudavel to deliver gender-based violence prevention and response services in Timor-Leste from January 3, 2022 through October 31, 2023. The award is administered under the US Agency for International Development's Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA #98.001), which supports long-term economic growth and development...