The United Nations Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) has launched a Call for Proposals to support local, grassroots, women, and young women’s civil society organizations in Bangladesh to enhance their active participation and leadership in climate security efforts in conflict settings.
This Call for Proposals seeks to support projects that enhance women’s participation and leadership in the prevention of climate-related conflicts and injustice as well as in economic and political decision-making of women in climate security and climate justice. The Call for Proposals is also open to support local women’s and young women’s rights organizations working in these areas through institutional funding.
WPHF seeks to fund qualifying local organizations in through the following funding streams:
- Programmatic funding from 30,000 USD to 200,000 USD
To finance programmatic activities of CSOs aimed at (i) Increased meaningful participation and decision-making of women in conflict prevention processes and response (in line with WPHF impact area 2) and (ii) Improved socio-economic recovery and political participation of women and young women in peacebuilding contexts (in line with WPHF impact area 6).
- Institutional funding from 2,500 USD to 30,000 USD
To reinforce the institutional capacity of women’s rights and women-led organizations working on climate-related conflict prevention, and/or climate-related economic and political decision-making in Bangladesh to ensure they are able to sustain themselves and to strengthen their impact.
COMPLETE APPLICATION PACKAGES IN ENGLISH CAN BE SUBMITTED IN TWO WAYS:
Apply onlineOR BY EMAIL TO WPHFAPPLICATIONS@UNWOMEN.ORG WITH THE SUBJECT LINE “BANGLADESH CFP2.”
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 27 July 2025
An information session will be organized with prospective applicants on 16 June 2025. To register, please email dilruba.haider@unwomen.org by 12 June 2025.
PLEASE SEND YOUR QUESTIONS TO ASHRAFUR.RAHMAN@UNWOMEN.ORG.
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS IN BANGLADESHPlease download the application package based on the impact area you are applying to:
Institutional Funding
Conflict Prevention and/or Peacebuilding and Recovery
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