The Women’s Voice and Leadership (WVL) - Nigeria Project is seeking to award at least 2 women’s rights organizations with a small grant to either test, pilot, or scale up their innovative idea. The WVL Nigeria Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) is a small grant designed to support innovative ideas and initiatives addressing women's and girls’ rights issues from feminist organizations and/or women’s rights organizations or movements in Nigeria. The funding opportunity targets innovative ideas which can serve as a catalyst for new ways of doing things toward achieving gender equality and or women and girls enjoying their rights. The WVL project is a five-year project funded by Global Affairs Canada. The project is aimed at tackling the barriers to gender equality and supporting the empowerment of women and girls through the provision of technical and financial resources to local feminist/women’s rights organizations LWROs (women-led and focused organizations including those working on advancing girls’ rights in Nigeria) that are advancing the rights of women and girls and championing gender equality. The innovative projects included actions that addressed the sexual and reproductive health rights of women and girls, advancing women’s political participation, and increasing girls’ enrolment and retention in secondary schools.
Criteria:
- Only women-led and women-focused organizations will be considered for this application.
- Only 1 application per organization will be considered.
- Only shortlisted organizations will be contacted due to the volume of applications that may be received.
- The initial shortlist may also not amount to being signed onto this project, as AAN will conduct due diligence before the award of the grant.
- ActionAid Nigeria will not be responsible for any cost you may incur during the development of the Concept Note.
- AAN guidance on SHEA, Anticorruption, Terrorism, and Conflict will apply in this process.