Applications Invited for Women in the Digital Economy Fund (WiDEF) Grants Program

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Advancing access to the digital economy for women and girls

Promoting gender equality and empowering women and girls is fundamental for the realization of human rights and sustainable development outcomes. Advancing access to digital technology for all women and girls spurs economic growth, improves health, education and welfare, and has the power to lift millions out of poverty. 

Improving women’s livelihoods, economic security, and resilience.

About the Grant

For this round, WiDEF invites local entities to submit applications for grants and technical support to scale existing solutions that have made measurable progress toward closing the gender digital divide in their contexts and contribute to transformative approaches to digital inclusion.

WiDEF seeks to support entities that are rooted in the communities in which they seek to affect change and have demonstrated successful approaches to advancing gender equality and/or digital inclusion for women, girls, and other marginalized populations.

This funding opportunity aims to scale proven solutions that:

• Drive digital inclusion for women through meaningful access to and use of digital technology
• Significantly closes the gender digital divide in their context
• Are economically sustainable and scalable.

Grant Size

Support from WiDEF can include funding ranging from $500,000 – $1,500,000.

Eligibility

Both local nonprofit and for-profit local entities are eligible for grant funding. Successful applications will propose:

• A solution that advances digital inclusion broadly and aims to integrate and scale a proven solution to effectively address gender constraints and close the gender digital divide.
• Specific integration of at least two of the core priority areas above, in addition to generating data and insights.
• Clearly articulate which components of their existing or proposed programs are scalable across different contexts, and which are specific to the location/context of their pilot/current program.
• Entities must have, or be able to adopt, gender-based violence mitigation policies for all digital inclusion activities.

How to Apply

The deadline to apply for funding is May 6, 2024, at 11:59pm Eastern US Time.

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