Project Grant SSA40021GR3015

The Atlantic Council will provide a mini MBA experience for 40 Saudi women entrepreneurs through $349,259 from the Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. Funded under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa program (CFDA 19.021), the Atlantic Council proposes workshops, mentoring, and educational modules to expand connections developed during an initial phase of the Ignite program. This cooperative agreement will support cultural, educational, and information...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $207,732 project grant to Global Impact Initiative under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program (CFDA 19.021). The grant funded the BUILDING KNOWLEDGE CAPACITY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS FOR THIRD SECTOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA THROUGH TRAINING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT project from October 1, 2021 through July 15, 2022. The project delivered training and community...

The University of Iowa Institute for International Business (IIB) was awarded a $138,497.50 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs to train and empower women in Western Saudi Arabia under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040). Working in partnership with Education for Employment (EFE), IIB will deliver a program from September 2021 through August 2022 to nurture women in Western Saudi Arabia and enable them to become drivers...

The Department of State Office of the Secretary of State awarded a $1,610,705 cooperative agreement to Asian University for Women (Auw) Support Foundation, Inc. to support the economic empowerment of Afghan women through scholarships for pre-undergraduate and undergraduate education. The award is being administered under the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI) federal grant program (CFDA 19.801), which promotes the empowerment of women and girls in U.S. foreign policy through...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs provided a $150,000 cooperative agreement award under the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs federal grant program (CFDA 19.600) to Family Health International (FHI 360) from July 1, 2021 to October 31, 2022. Through this award, FHI 360 will provide a customized version of their Teaching English as a Youth Language (TEYL) program and training to 200 Saudi Ministry of Education supervisors. The supervisors will then present and assist training of...

This Project Grant award of $199,999 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs' Middle East Partnership Initiative (CFDA 19.500) aims to improve the economic participation of 350 vulnerable female youth in three underserved governorates in Jordan. The funding will support activities to facilitate stable employment in the private sector or self-employment for this target population. The project will be implemented by the non-profit organization Questscope for Social...

This cooperative agreement from the United States Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, operating under the Middle East Partnership Initiative federal grant program, awarded $400,849 to Creative Associates International Inc. to support women and youth participation in the constitutional drafting process in Libya. The grant aimed to promote inclusive governance and civic participation by supporting Libyan civil society organizations working to engage women and young people in the...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $493,827 project grant to the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs to address barriers to women's participation in politics in Algeria. The grant was awarded on September 6, 2022 under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor program (CFDA 19.345) and runs through March 31, 2024. The National Democratic Institute will use the funding to deliver programs and services...

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...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, provides $395,000.00 to engage young women activists in the West Bank and Gaza. The purpose is to help them regain confidence in peacebuilding, learn advanced conflict mitigation skills, and facilitate community-level acts of reconciliation and hope. The award period runs from September 25, 2024 to March 25, 2026, and the place of...