Rapid Response Grants

Rapid Response Grants is sponsored by Urgent Action Fund-Africa. These grants provide financial support for strategic, unanticipated, and time-urgent interventions (less than three months) that advance women's human rights in Africa. The initiatives should be sustainable and supported by others in women's human rights or related fields.

Rapid Response Grant Application form - UAF Complete your information below to Apply For Grant The information is private & confidential Your information will not be shared with third parties " * " indicates required fields Rapid Response Grant Application Form ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION Name and title of the contact person (s).

Kindly provide names, titles and contact details (email and phone numbers) of two other staff/ team/ board members of the applying organization/ group. Brief description of the organisation’s mission or main focus of work and when it was formed. Include the type of organization, e.

g grassroot, national, regional, Community Based Organization (CBO) etc * Where is your organisation based * Number of women working in the organization,including their age range, and positions held. Number of women working in your organisation * How did you learn about Urgent Action Fund-Africa?

* Provide at least three names and current contact information for organizations or funders who can recommend/endorse your work Founders that endorse your work * Founders that endorse your work * Founders that endorse your work * Brief description of the organisation’s mission or main focus of work and when it was formed. Include the type of organization, e.

g grassroot, national, regional, Community Based Organization (CBO) etc * What is the issue you want to address and when did it start? * What makes this situation an opportunity for advancing women’s human rights? * Think about power in the context of the situation, i.

e, who (individuals/groups) has power and will benefit by maintaining the situation as it is? Reflect on the specific intervention you are planning to implement, who actually has power to make the change you seek? How will you influence them?

(be as specific as possible to enable an effective strategic intervention) How will your intervention contribute to the bigger picture of transforming power to advance women’s human rights? What are the possible risks associated with addressing this situation that you, your colleagues and other partners are potentially exposed to? How can these risks be mitigated?

How do you intend to address the security, safety and wellbeing of colleagues engaged in this activism? Why is your organization best placed to address the situation in 9 above? * What do you want to do about the issue you mentioned in number 9 above?

Please describe your activities/intervention in detail including the type of strategies that you will utilize, for example, dialogues with policy makers, capacity building/sensitization, research and documentation, campaigns, advocacy, power/actors analysis etc. * What are the intended outcomes/changes you would like to achieve from your interventions above? (List a maximum of three).

For example, number of new laws or policies introduced or improved ; changes in government policy or programs; changes in grantee capacity to reach new audiences or attract funding; Change in social norms or behaviors etc * Please explain why this intervention could not be planned for as part of your day to day work.

* Who are the people you plan to work with and how, please select and explain as approporiate,: age group (for example, young women); Location (for example, Rural/Urban/Peri-Urban focus) * Sexual orientation/gender identity (for example trans*, bisexual) * Vulnerable groups (IDPs/refugees, vendors, sex workers, women with disabilities); others (please describe).

* Name of the group and role * Name of the group and role * Name of the group and role * Are you part of any feminist/women rights movement(s), coalition, consortium, and/or network? If yes, which one and what has been your contributions ? If not, what plans have you put in place to be part of a movement/coalition/network/consortium?

* Where will the intervention be carried out and when? * How much are you requesting for in United States Dollars? Please provide a detailed budget in word format.

The maximum amount for RRG Grants is USD 15,000. File * Max. file size: 50 MB.

What other sources of support are available for this effort? * Should the information about this request be kept confidential? If yes, please indicate why, to what extent and for how long.

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