The Urgent Action Fund-Africa Advocacy and Alliance Building Grant supports grassroots, national, regional, and community-based organizations in Africa advancing women's human rights through advocacy and coalition work.

Grants of up to $30,000 fund targeted advocacy interventions, alliance building, and strategic influencing efforts aimed at transforming power dynamics and advancing women's rights at the local, national, and regional levels. Applicants must describe planned advocacy activities, target groups, power analysis, and expected outcomes across multiple levels of change including institutional, ideological, and systemic.

Eligible applicants are organizations working on women's human rights advocacy in Africa and must provide endorsements from at least three organizations or funders. The fund also provides non-financial technical support.

Advocacy and Alliance Building Grant Application - 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 Advocacy and Alliance Building Grant Application 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 Orgainzation , etc * Provide at least three names and current contact information for organizations or funders who can recommend/endorse your work List your current and previous sources of funding * 2/4 Advocacy and Alliance Building Grant Form Name partner organization(s) * Address partner organization(s) * Phone of partner organization(s) * Fax of partner organization(s) * Name and title of the contact person(s) Mission or main focus work of the organization(s) and when it/they was/were formed * 3/4 Protection Grant Application Form PLANNED ACTION/INTERVENTION Title of the action/intervention * Please describe the objectives of the planned action/intervention * Please describe the activities you intend to implement e.g. hold advocacy meetings with 20 CSOs, conduct 5 radio awareness sessions * How will this action contribute to the advancement of women ’s human rights?

* Who is/are your target group(s)? * 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) * What is the historical context of power framing the situation you seek to address?

(could include macro/micro/meso economic policy, over arching social and cultural norms , land distribution practices, distribution of resources between social groups, political power patterns etc) * 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? * What are the expected outcomes?

Please describe how your proposed intervention will contribute to transformative change (considering the different levels of change e. g interpersonal/individual change, ideological change, institutional change and systemic change.

Examples include number of new laws of 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 * Do you need technical (that is, nonfinancial) support from Urgent Action Fund -Africa to achieve your goals? If yes, what type?

* Will you collaborate with other groups at the local, regional, or international level to carry out this action? If yes, which groups? Can you explain their roles?

* Requested amount in USD, the maximum amount for Advocacy grants is $ 30,000 (please also attach a detailed budget) File * Max. file size: 50 MB.