Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) Call for Proposal

At the end of 2021, there were 4.3 million persons internally displaced in Ethiopia. Women and girls have been directly and profoundly impacted by the conflict in Northern Ethiopia and constitute the majority of IDPs and survivors of SGBV. Mounting insecurity has limited humanitarian access and the ability to deliver life-saving assistance to the affected regions. The conflict further exacerbated the existing vulnerabilities of women and girls affected by crises and contributed to additional risks of violence, exploitation, and abuse.

Consecutive years of drought in Ethiopia’s southern regions have worsened food security, disrupted the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of farmers and herders, and increased the threat facing women and girls. Likewise, women’s unequal economic participation coupled with the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 is severely holding back recovery.

The Women, Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) is issuing a Call for Proposals aiming at responding to the needs of local women’s organizations in fragile and humanitarian settings, with two (2) funding streams:

Funding stream 1: Institutional funding: from 2,500 USD to 30,000 USD

This funding stream will provide institutional funding to local civil society organizations working on gender specific issues in peace and security and humanitarian contexts, to ensure they are able to sustain themselves and to improve their impact.

Funding stream 2: Programmatic funding: from 30,000 USD to 200,000 USD

This funding stream will finance projects responding directly to the humanitarian crisis and the protection of women and girls.

Deadline: 26 April 2022