The U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau (CFDA 17.700) awarded a $700,000 Project Grant to Justice for Migrant Women (J4MW) on September 30, 2024. The grant will fund J4MW's efforts to address and prevent gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) affecting migrant and rural working women in Ohio and southern Michigan. Key activities include: 1) direct outreach and community organizing to provide know-your-rights education and victim/witness advocacy services to 3,000 workers and 25 GBVH...
The U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau awarded a $700,000 Project Grant (CFDA 17.700) to Equal Rights Advocates, Inc. (ERA) to assist marginalized and underserved women workers who have been impacted by gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) in the workplace. Through this 20-month project, ERA and its partners will build awareness, implement worker- and survivor-driven strategies, connect women to services and legal assistance, and facilitate community-based solutions. Key activities...
The Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs awarded $5 million under the International Labor Programs (CFDA 17.401) cooperative agreement to The Fair Food Standards Council Inc. to apply a worker-centric approach to combatting labor exploitation in the agriculture industries of Mexico, Chile, and South Africa through December 2025. Key deliverables include adapting worker education and audit materials for each country; partnering with local worker organizations and civil...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Women's Bureau (CFDA 17.700) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant to the Philadelphia Area Project On Occupational Safety and Health (Philaposh) on September 30, 2023. The grant will fund Philaposh's efforts to engage immigrant women workers in leadership development, training, resource sharing, and support services aimed at preventing and responding to gender-based violence and harassment in their workplaces. Philaposh will implement this program in partnership with...
The Fondo Semillas, A.C. received a $310,400 three-year Project Grant from the Inter-American Foundation to provide small grants and capacity building support to women-led grassroots organizations in Mexico. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750), which aims to strengthen bonds of friendship and support self-help efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean, Fondo Semillas will award grants to organizations working with underserved populations including migrants. Grantee...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (CFDA 19.518 Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Western Hemisphere), aims to enhance access to rights and protection for women, adolescent girls, survivors, and LGBTQI+ refugees, migrants, and those in transit. The $3,000,000 award, with a performance period from September 2024 to February 2025, will fund gender-based violence (GBV) prevention, mitigation,...
This $300,000 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the National Farmworker Jobs Program (CFDA 17.264), aims to strengthen the ability of eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFWs) and their dependents to obtain or retain unsubsidized employment, stabilize their unsubsidized employment, and achieve economic self-sufficiency. Key activities to be performed include enhancing the grantee's ability to design and implement...
The U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime, awarded a $490,487 Project Grant under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to Friends of Farmworkers, Inc. (dba Justice at Work) in Philadelphia, PA. The grant will support the organization's efforts to deepen legal services and support for immigrant survivors of labor trafficking in Pennsylvania over a 3-year period from October 2024 to September 2027. Key services to be provided include: Culturally-specific,...
The New Mexico Immigrant Law Center (NMILC) was awarded a $800,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320). The purpose of this 3-year project is to provide comprehensive legal services and support to immigrant victims of both labor and sex trafficking in the state of New Mexico, with a focus on Spanish-speaking Latino immigrants. Key activities include culturally competent, trauma-informed legal...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) awarded a $1,975,308 Cooperative Agreement under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (CFDA 19.345) to Mercy Corps. The award aims to advance inclusive economic growth digitally and enhance online safety for women in business. Key activities include: Through a $200,000 sub-award, the Impact Innovations Institute's Initiatives Foundation will lend technology and digital...
PROGRAM PURPOSE AWARD: EACH YEAR, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF WOMEN TRAVEL TO THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES FROM MEXICO AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE GLOBAL SOUTH TO WORK IN THE FOOD SYSTEMS INDUSTRY,INCLUDING SEAFOOD AND AGRICULTURE. THESE IMMIGRANT AND MIGRANT WOMEN FACE WIDESPREAD ANDSYSTEMIC GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, HARASSMENT, AND OTHER FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AT WORK, WITHFAR-REACHING DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS FOR THEIR ECONOMIC STABILITY, HEALTH, AND WELL BEING. THEIRIMMIGRATION STATUS AND LIMITED ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY OFTEN PREVENT THEM FROM REPORTINGABUSE AND ACCESSING CRITICAL LEGAL AND SOCIAL SERVICESACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THROUGH THIS DOL FUNDED PROJECT CENTRO DE LOS DERECHOS DEL MIGRANTE, INC. (CDM) WILLSUPPORT IMMIGRANT AND MIGRANT WORKER WOMEN IN HOLDING THEIR EMPLOYERS ACCOUNTABLE FORDISCRIMINATION BY PROVIDING AND FACILITATING CRITICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS, ACCESS TOLEGAL SERVICES, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE AS FOCAL POINTS AND SHARE RIGHTS INFORMATION WITH THEIRCO-WORKERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE WILL TAILOR INFORMATION AND RESOURCES PRIMARILY TOWOMEN WHO PRIMARILY SPEAK SPANISH, MIXTEC AND OTHER INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES, AND WITHTEMPORARY VISAS (H-2A, H-2B, AND TN). OUR OUTREACH WILL TARGET WOMEN WHO WORK, HAVEWORKED, OR INTEND TO WORK IN GEORGIA, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND MARYLAND, STATES THAT HAVESEEN AN INCREASE IN INTERNATIONALLY RECRUITED WORKERS IN THE FOOD SECTOR WITHOUT THE NECESSARYEXPANSION OF ACCESS TO CRITICAL INFORMATION AND SERVICE.DELIVERABLES EXPECTED OUTCOME: THE GOAL AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO DISSEMINATE CRUCIALKNOW-YOUR-RIGHTS INFORMATION TO GUESTWORKER WOMEN AND MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY THROUGHIN PERSON ACTIVITIES AND WORKSHOPS DISTRIBUTE 1,000 PRINTED MATERIALS DISSEMINATE DIGITALINFORMATION THROUGH CONTRATADOS.ORG AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO 500,000 USERS CONDUCT INTAKES TOEVALUATE AND REFER CLAIMS FROM IMMIGRANT AND MIGRANT WOMEN WHO HAVE FACED DISCRIMINATION INTHEIR WORKPLACES REPRESENT WOMEN IN LEGAL CASES TO ADDRESS VIOLATIONS OF THEIR RIGHTS ANDPOTENTIALLY SET NEW PRECEDENTS AND WORK ALONGSIDE MIGRANT WORKER WOMEN SO THEY CAN BE FOCALPOINTS OF INFORMATION IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.THROUGH THIS PROJECT WE ANTICIPATE THAT IMMIGRANT AND MIGRANT WORKER WOMEN WILL HAVEINCREASED ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACROSS BORDERS, THAT CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AT JOB SITES AND THATRECRUITMENT FOR THOSE JOBS WILL BE MORE EQUITABLE, AS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF WOMEN WILL ACCESSTRUSTWORTHY KNOW-YOUR-RIGHTS INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY WORKERS RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND ACCESSRELEVANT COMPLAINT MECHANISMS AND LEGAL SERVICES.INTENDED BENEFICIARY(IES): NASUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: NA