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FRIDA | The Young
Feminist Fund is the only youth-led fund focused exclusively on supporting
global young feminist activism to advance social justice movements and agendas.
FRIDA was created to bring new resources and new opportunities to young women
and trans* youth globally. We believe that supporting young feminists is key to
the expansion, rejuvenation and sustainability of women’s movements and
organizations, both now and in the future. To date, FRIDA has completed three
grant cycles since 2012, and cumulatively supported 57 different groups
of young feminists in 47 different countries around the world and awarding
a total of 437,000 USD in direct grants.
We are excited
to be launching our forth call for proposals and intend to support up to 30 new
young feminist groups led by young women and trans* youth under 30 years of
age.
DEADLINE
FOR APPLICATIONS: 14th September 2015
Who can apply?
- Groups founded or led by young women or trans* youth (under 30 years)
that are committed to:
- Advancing and defending women’s rights from a feminist perspective;
- Improving the lives of young women/trans* youth at local, national,
regional or international levels;
- Inclusive organizing, collective action and feminist movement
building
- Groups, networks, or collectives based in the Global South (Africa,
Asia and the Pacific, The Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean
and Central, Southern, Eastern Europe and Caucuses and Central Asia).
- Groups founded in the past 6 years (i.e. your group was formed
between 2009 – 2015).
FRIDA uses the
term ‘feminist’ broadly to refer to individuals working within women’s
movements or in other social movements to promote and work towards the safety,
equality, justice, rights and dignity of girls, women and other marginalized
groups. Based on the understanding that fundamental discrimination occurs within
patriarchal systems of domination in all societies, young feminists are
determined to challenge, address and change the root causes of these existing
inequalities, rights violations and injustice. We recognize that there are
multiple feminisms and foster opportunities for expressing those principles in
our work. FRIDA emphasizes feminist principles throughout all of its work.
These principles include: non-hierarchy, collectivity, participation,
diversity, and inclusion. We define young feminist activists as individuals
from across the gender spectrum committed to advancing gender equality and
women’s rights through explicitly feminist means. FRIDA focuses on activism led
by feminists under 30 years of age.
Trans*youth
refers to any young individual who self-identify with a non-conforming gender
identity. On the global level the term includes Transgender, Transsexual,
Gender Queer, and Transvestite individuals. In some regions and
countries, the term may also include local terms that refer are not distinctly man or woman,
broadly referred to as third genders.
Priority will
be given to:
- Small, emerging grassroots groups, networks, or collectives with
little or no access to funding from larger donors.
- Groups, networks, or collectives that are working on emerging or
issues that have not received prior funding.
- Groups, networks, or collectives located in remote underserved areas.
- Groups, networks, or collectives that are diverse in their membership
and made up of and/or working with socially marginalized young women
especially: refugees, ethnic, national and caste minorities, rural women,
urban poor, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, women living with HIV/AIDS,
sex workers, women with disabilities, women living in armed conflicts and
post conflict zones.
- Groups using creative and innovative strategies to further their
activism (including art, music, culture, poetry, social media etc).
What is NOT
supported by FRIDA?
- Groups or organizations that display an intolerant attitude towards
others on the basis of age, religion, sex, race/ethnicity, disability,
class or sexual orientation.
- Organizations working with young women and trans youth
but led by individuals over 30 years of age. We do not fund
youth “programs” of existing organizations — we fund youth-led
groups. At this time FRIDA will not provide funding to initiatives
led by young men even if they self define as feminists because of our
limited resources that are dedicated to address the fundamental inequality
and discrimination faced by young women and young trans* people.
- Scholarships, internship or school fees (including Doctoral and other
academic research)
- Groups with budgets over $25,000 USD
- Proposals submitted by individuals, government institutions, political
organizations or religious groups.
- Groups that focus only on the provision of direct services (e.g.
community literacy, formal education, technical training, craft or health
care etc).
- Groups that focus on income generating activities.
- Groups based in the following highly-industrialized countries:
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand,
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
United Kingdom, United States.
Every year FRIDA
receives more than 1000 applications from all around the world. Unfortunately,
a large number of these applications do not fit FRIDA basic criteria. We wish
to give opportunity to young feminist lead groups so if you are aware that your
group do not fit the basic criteria please consider not applying. Applications
that DO NOT fit criteria will not be considered or reviewed. If your
group does not fit the basic criteria, but it is a feminist-led group, please
consider some other funding opportunities here. If you are not
sure if you fit basic criteria, please take a look at our FAQ, where we have
responded to all questions that we have received over the past years. In case
your question is not included, please email us at proposals@youngfeministfund.com
and we will make sure to respond at the earliest convenience.
Funding
Amounts & Length of Grant
FRIDA makes
grants of up to $5,000 USD. They are flexible grants that can be used for
general support and/or projects to be used over a period of 12 months and are
open to renewal.
*Please
Note: FRIDA
recognizes the value of general support and encourages groups to prioritize
resources according to their own needs. For example some groups may consider
using FRIDA funds to cover staff, administration, or organizational costs while
others may use funds to support establishing infrastructure or project related
costs.
How is the
decision made? Be Part of the Selection Process…You Decide!
FRIDA is
committed to engaging young feminist-led groups in the grant decision-making process.
We view this as an empowering process that provides participants with greater
accountability and investment. When we receive your application, FRIDA advisors
help us in the initial screening to check if the application fits FRIDA basic
criteria, but they do not evaluate proposals. The decision is made by
applicants.
Applicants that
meet FRIDA’s criteria must vote for their top proposal choices in their region
and give comments on their selections (groups may not vote for their own
proposals). Applicants vote anonymously, based on the summary of each
application from their region. In voting, we ask that groups keep in mind what they
think is important for the promotion and defense of the rights of young
women in their region. After voting the results are tallied and grantees are
selected.
Expectations
of Successful Groups:
All grantees will
be required to sign a grant agreement, which will outline accounting,
reporting, and other terms and conditions regarding how funds will be
distributed. Grantees will be required to be in regular communication with
FRIDA staff and will be required to share regular updates of their work.
Further details on reporting will be provided after grants have been approved.
Important
things to remember!
- Before completing the application, please read the application
guidelines to determine your eligibility. Also, you can review the
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the FRIDA Website at http://youngfeministfund.org/apply-for-a-grant/faqs-about-our-grants/
- All applications must directly benefit young women and trans* youth in
a culturally appropriate, sustainable, and gender inclusive manner and
address issues central to women’s human rights.
- If you would like to see the kinds of groups FRIDA is currently
supporting, please visit our website: http://youngfeministfund.org/partners/grantee-partners/
- You do not need to be a legally registered group to apply.
- You may submit your application in ONE of the following
languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Portuguese, and
Chinese.
- Applications must be received by: 14th September
2015
- You can submit only ONE proposal this funding cycle.
- If unsuccessful, you will be informed by email in October 2015. Funds
will be distributed to grantee partners in December 2015.
HOW TO SUBMIT
YOUR APPLICATION
In order to
streamline the application process, FRIDA is currently accepting proposals
online! We strongly recommend that you read through the complete application
form before you submit online. This will help you prepare complete responses
before you begin your online submission. In order to makes sure that we receive
your proposal please use the online form, rather than sending your proposal via
email. If you are facing difficulties applying online you can always contact us
or send you proposal via email.
If you think your
group is eligible to apply for a grant from FRIDA, please see the application
materials below:
ENGLISH:
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here to read the application form and submit your application online.
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You may also:
Email your application to proposals@youngfeministfund.org
Fax/Mail your
application to:
FRIDA c/o The
Association for Women’s Rights in Development
215 Spadina
Avenue, Suite 150, Toronto, ON
M5T 2C7 Canada
Tel:
+416.594.3773
Fax: +416.
594. 0330
NOTE: All
applicants will receive a confirmation email indicating that we have received
your proposal.
For more information, please email: proposals@youngfeministfund.org