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For Organizations: Grant Information

International Funding Agencies

This section provides information and links to international funding agencies and programs.

• Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is Canada’s lead agency for international development assistance. It has a mandate to support sustainable development in developing countries, with the goal of reducing poverty and  contributing to a more secure, equitable, and prosperous world.
  



• Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC) is a coalition of Canadian voluntary sector organizations working globally to achieve sustainable human development. The CCIC seeks to end global poverty, and to promote social justice and human dignity for all. The site’s Who’s Who section is a comprehensive directory with links to non-profits in Canada working on gender issues.
  



• Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) is an international, multi-generational, feminist, future-oriented membership organization committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights. AWID members are a network of women and men around the world who are researchers, academics, students, educators, activists, business people, policy-makers, development practitioners, funders, and more.
  



• UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programs and strategies that foster women's empowerment and gender equality. In February 2008, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched “UNite to End Violence against Women.” This campaign, spanning 2008 to 2015, is aimed at preventing and eliminating violence against women and girls in all parts of the world. It calls on governments, civil society, women’s organizations, young people, the private sector, the media and the entire UN system to join forces in addressing the global pandemic of violence against women and girls.



• Global Fund for Women provides grants to support women’s human rights organizations around the world working to address critical issues such as women’s economic independence, increasing girls’ access to education and stopping violence against women.



• Women’s Funding Network promotes recognition of the essential role of women's funds, women and girls in influencing philanthropic, economic, and social systems' work to foster equity. This network also tests and shares strategic grant-making models by and for women and girls, and works to increase the assets of its member funding agencies.