Project Grant MCC12GRA0002

The USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) Cooperative Agreement of $2 million awarded by the US Agency for International Development Malawi on February 14, 2023 seeks to improve land rights and access to land administration information for peri-urban landholders in Malawi through February 13, 2027. Meeting Hub will conduct experimental activities, including research and interventions, to potentially streamline land titling processes and increase public access to...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) Project Grant award provides $241,331 to Duke University to conduct research on the unintended consequences of policies that aim to increase female economic empowerment. Specifically, the research project will study the effects of a new system of digitized and centralized land records on female land inheritance, human capital investments, and marriage outcomes in an agricultural region. The researchers...

This $148,252 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program funds a research project that examines the unintended consequences of policies aimed at strengthening female inheritance rights. The project will study the impact of digitizing land records on women's education, marriage outcomes, and household resource allocation decisions in an agricultural setting. The research team at the University of...

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's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations program (CFDA 16.889) to Proyecto Matria, Inc., a Puerto Rico-based non-profit organization. The "Estamos Para Ti" (We Are for You) project aims to provide outpatient services to at least 10,000 victims of gender-based violence who face barriers due to sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or geographic...

This $146,880 Project Grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) supports empowerment and leadership initiatives for young indigenous women in rural Guatemala. The grantee, Organizacion No Gubernamental Na'Leb'Ak ONG, will deliver popular education and leadership workshops, establish community safe spaces, and create community gardens in Chisec and Raxruh, Alta Verapaz. These activities aim to address gender inequality,...

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...

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 Guyana Rainbow Foundation Inc. (GuyBow) received a $243,130 project grant award from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) to provide training and income generation opportunities for lesbian, bisexual, trans, and queer women in Guyana. Funded under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750), the grant aims to strengthen the socioeconomic conditions and disaster resilience of vulnerable LBTQ communities in Guyana through September 2024. As part of its commitment to community-led...

This $367,500 Project Grant award from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) supports the work of the Fundacion Fondo De Mujeres Del SUR (FMS), a regional fund based in Cordoba, Argentina. FMS will use the grant funding over 3 years to provide small grants to 30 grassroots organizations in Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay. The funding aims to promote the human rights of women, including by addressing gender discrimination in sports,...