FRIDA Launches First Call for Proposals!

CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2011-2012

FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund mobilizes resources, funds and strengthens the participation and leadership of young feminist activists globally. The goal of The Young Feminist Fund (FRIDA) is to provide accessible, strategic and responsive funding for young feminist-led initiatives, and to strengthen the capacity of young feminist organizations to both leverage their own resources and increase their social change impact. FRIDA invites applications from groups led by young women and transgender youth under 30 years of age for grants of up to USD 5,000.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: FRIDAY JANUARY 20th 2012

Who Can Participate?
Informal and formal groups founded and led by young women or transgender youth (under 30 years) that are committed to:

• Advancing and defending women’s human rights;
• Improving the lives of young women/transgender youth at local, national, regional or international levels;
• Inclusive organizing, collective action and movement building.
• Informal and formal groups, networks, or collectives based in the Global South (Africa, Asia and the Pacific, The Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean and Central and Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States).

For details & application visit FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund