Women/Girl Empowerment Projects

Posted by Fondation CHANEL on May 16, 2016

Fondation CHANEL Issues RFP for Women, Girl Empowerment Projects

Created in 2011, Fondation CHANEL works to improve the social and economic living conditions of women and young girls, regardless of origin. The foundation works to promote women’s access to economic resources and entrepreneurship, education and training, leadership and decision making, health and social protection, and sport and culture as important levers for their social and economic integration.

To that end, the foundation has issued a Request for Proposals focused on women’s empowerment efforts by local, national, and regional nongovernmental organizations and social businesses with innovative and high-impact gender equality programs. Projects should focus on Latin America, Europe, Japan, southern Africa, and/or the United States.

Projects should fall within the foundation’s priority areas: promoting access to employment and entrepreneurship as a way to reduce discrimination and to foster financial independence; access to education, vocational training, and communication and information technologies as basic requirements for jobs in the twenty-first century and as keys to improving women’s social and economic situation; leadership and decision-making; health and social protection; and culture and sports for social inclusion.

In 2016, the foundation plans to award two- to three-year grants ranging between €30,000 and €200,000 ($35,000 to $230,000) a year. Successful proposals also will receive technical assistance provided by CHANEL employees in a range of areas (legal, communication, marketing, etc.).

To be eligible, applicants must be a nongovernmental organization, community-based organization, social enterprise, international organization, national or regional fund, or association, while projects must have a gender-equality focus and be based in Latin America, Europe, Japan, southern Africa, and the United States.

See the Foundation Chanel website for complete program guidelines and application procedures (registration on the CHANEL Corporate Foundation site required).

DEADLINE: JUNE 10, 2016

http://projets.fondationchanel.org/en/