Channeling resources to local organizations led by and working alongside forcibly displaced women and girls
The WPHF Funding Initiative on Forced Displacement
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The WPHF Funding Initiative on Forced Displacement aims to strengthen the meaningful participation, leadership, and influence of forcibly displaced women and girls in socio-economic and political decision-making processes, in partnership with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
To ensure the meaningful participation and leadership of forcibly displaced women and young women, the initiative is closely linked to BMZ’s Action Network on Forced Displacement, which brings together women leaders with lived experience of forced displacement as well as those working with and on behalf of forcibly displaced women and girls. Their expertise and guidance shape strategic funding decisions throughout the initiative, ensuring that forcibly displaced women leaders play a central role in governance and decision-making. As a result, funding priorities and investments are informed directly by the perspectives, needs, and leadership of forcibly displaced women and young women, strengthening localization and local ownership.
The Action Network:
- identifies the target countries
- advises the pre-selection of projects for funding under WPHF Calls for Proposals
- supports WPHF partner organizations through knowledge exchange and increased visibility
As part of WPHF’s Regular Funding Cycle, the Funding Initiative on Forced Displacement provides funding to local women’s civil society organizations led by or working alongside forcibly displaced women and girls for high-impact, innovative projects that contribute to the following objectives:
- Programmatic funding from 30,000 USD to 200,000 USD: to finance activities led by civil society organizations contributing to enhanced socio-economic recovery and the political participation of forcibly displaced women and girls in peacebuilding settings.
- Institutional funding from 2,500 USD to 30,000 USD: to reinforce the institutional capacity and sustainability of organizations working with women and girls in forced displacement contexts.
Local Leadership, Global Impact
- Active Countries
- Active through Regional Response
WPHF also supports local civil society organizations through mentorship grants through its Global Learning Hub (L-HUB), established in 2022. This initiative provides WPHF partners with knowledge sharing, networking, and institutional development opportunities in partnership with refugee leaders of the Action Network on Forced Displacement.
Explore current and past Calls for Proposals launched under the WPHF Funding Initiative on Forced Displacement:
SUDAN CALL FOR PROPOSALS - ROUND 5: OPENClosed Calls for Proposals
Explore additional financing opportunities through the wphf Regular Funding Cycle,
which are advertised here.
The WPHF Global Learning Hub (L-HUB) Mentorship Scheme
Through the WPHF Mentorship Scheme, 56 civil society organizations across eight countries — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Colombia, Moldova, Nigeria, Pakistan, Ukraine, and Yemen — have partnered to learn from one another, strengthen their teams, and improve their internal systems and policies.
Through on-site visits to the areas where they work, training sessions, and joint awareness-raising and advocacy activities, participating organizations have strengthened their ability to work effectively with forcibly displaced women and girls and women from host communities, support their socio-economic and political participation, and respond to their protection needs.
