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MAMA CASH WOMEN'S FUND
Mama
Cash is the oldest international women's fund - established in the Netherlands
in 1983.
She supports pioneering and innovative women's initiatives around the world,
because she believes that social change starts with women and girls.Since 1983
Mama Cash has subsidized more than 6.000 women's projects and has invested more
than 30 million euros. She is active in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe,
Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
http://www.mamacash.org/page.php?id=785
Mama
Cash wants to change the world and therefore invests in women who, in spite of
the dangers, believe in their ideals and struggle for justice and change.
Mama Cash
supports women's rights groups and organisations in Africa, Asia and the
Pacific, Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, Latin America and
the Carribean, and the Middle East and North Africa. Mama Cash financially
supports groups and organisations that through their work strengthen women's
rights in their country or region by providing general support grants, project
grants, and travel grants.
General
support
allows organisations to fulfil the basic conditions for their activities: it
pays for office costs; staff costs; and capacity building of the organisation
including its staff and volunteers.
Project
support
is for costs directly related to a specific project that the group initiated
and organises.
Travel
grants
are for individuals who are member of women's rights organisations, to attend
trainings, conferences and other linking and learning events, which will help
the organisation build it's knowledge and capacities in the area of their
activities as well as strengthen their network.
Do
you want to apply for a grant?
Below you'll
find information about how Mama Cash works, the groups and organisations we
support, our criteria, and information on how to apply for a grant.
All
proposals Mama Cash receives are tested against the below stated criteria. Only
applications that fulfil the criteria and match the policy for the region in
question will be considered.
Mama Cash's
grants to women's rights groups concentrate on five thematic areas: bodily integrity, economic justice, peace and security, agency and participation,
and art, culture and media.
Read more about these thematic
areas.
All
proposals are assessed by Mama Cash's programme officers and our local advisers
for review and advice. Following feedback from local advisers, the advisory
council in the Netherlands assesses the application. The application is then
finally formally approved by the board of Mama Cash.
Mama
Cash supports women's groups and organisations around the world that:
Mama
Cash does not support:
If
your group answers to the criteria stated above, you can apply for general
support or a project grant, or for a travel grant.
General
support / project grants
Travel
grants
Measuring
social change
Making
the Case
is Mama Cash’s evaluation tool. It helps women’s groups to assess the
changes they made (big or small), the results and impacts achieved and the
opportunities and challenges faced in their work. It is a strong learning and
self-assessment tool that measures ‘social change’ and helps women’s
groups to ‘make a case’ for the good work they are doing.
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