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Women and the World of Work Innovation Grants initiative: 2025 year in review | Publications | UN Women – Headquarters We want to know how we can improve your experience on this website. Completing this survey takes less than 5 minutes.
Women and the World of Work Innovation Grants initiative: 2025 year in review Isatou Badjie, Anna Gollub, Rosine Sanginga, Bindu Bhandari, Laura Brady, and Seemin Qayum This report highlights the wide range of innovative, high-impact projects delivered in the various UN Women country offices over the past year through the Women and the World of Work Innovation Grants, demonstrating UN Women’s diverse approaches to promoting decent work and entrepreneurship around the world, bridging global frameworks and local priorities.
Recognizing the power of innovative and creative thinking in a changing world of work, in 2024 the Economic Empowerment Section at UN Women Headquarters launched the Women and the World of Work Innovation Grants initiative to support UN Women country and regional offices with seed funding of up to USD 25,000 to implement one-year projects that advance decent work and entrepreneurship for women.
Nine of the fourteen grant proposals selected through a competitive process are showcased in this publication, illustrating multidisciplinary approaches, which bridge elements of art, science and technology, media and storytelling, agriculture and climate resilience, pay inequality, and care.
The report highlights project activities, results, and impact in the various countries and the diversity of women supported, including women in the informal economy, women with disabilities, Indigenous women, and women living in rural areas.
The report demonstrates the enormous capacity for creativity and innovation within UN Women, drawing on extensive insights from the reports and presentations of the various country offices that benefited from the 2025 grant cycle. Publication (PDF, 3.
1 MB) Bibliographic information Project/programme reports United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) UN Women office publishing Economic Empowerment Section (EES) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Innovation and technology Latin America and the Caribbean CSW66 agreed conclusions and ways forward for addressing VAWG and climate change linkages in policies, decision making and programming CSW66 agreed conclusions and ways forward for addressing VAWG and climate change linkages in policies, decision making and programming Our space is your space: Experiences from the pilot phase of the Second Chance Education and Vocational Learning Programme (SCE) in Australia, Cameroon, Chile, India, Jordan and Mexico SCE-Our-space-is-your-space Second Chance Education facilitators’ guide Second Chance Education facilitators’ guide
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USDA-NIFA-WAMS-011117 posted September 4, 2026 with $1,905,210 across an estimated 12 awards of $25,000 to $200,000, closing September 14, 2026. The opportunity title is now simply "Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields." Assistance listing 10.318 still reads "Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields" — and NIFA's own program page says the program is not funded for FY2026.
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