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Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Rights – Rapid Response Grantmaking¶

Before You Apply for a Grant:¶

• Please read UAF’s categories and criteria to make sure that your proposal demonstrates all four criteria.
• If your proposal is for a development project, natural disaster relief, humanitarian aid, travel to conferences or general support, please do not apply. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide funding for these important activities.
• Please note that we only provide support to organizations in which women are the primary decision-makers.

Things to Know About Applying to UAF:¶

• There are no geographic restrictions for UAF grants. All requests from the continent of Africa should be sent to UAF-Africa .
• UAF accepts grant proposals in any language.
• We will respond to your request within 72 hours; however, proposals in languages other than English, Spanish, Russian or French may require additional time for translation. Once a grant has been approved, funds can usually be delivered within a week.
• UAF grants are intended to enable short-term interventions in the course of long-term strategies for advancing women’s human rights.
• You have the option to request that your application remain confidential.

Urgent Action Fund Makes Grants in Three Categories:¶

• Response to armed conflict, escalating violence or politically volatile environments.
• Potentially precedent-setting legal or legislative actions, or actions that aim to protect a precedent that has already been set.
• Protection and security of women human rights defenders.

OUR CRITERIA
Regardless of the category, grant proposals must demonstrate all of these criteria:¶

• Strategic – the action is related to a pre-determined plan to create structural change that will advance women’s human rights.

• Unanticipated and Time Urgent – the situation or opportunity is unanticipated and action must happen quickly to be effective.

• Sustainable – the group is able to carry out the proposed action effectively, and can secure funding for future work related to the strategy.

• Supported – the group has the support of others involved in women’s human rights or related fields, locally or globally.