AmplifyChange is looking to support women-led organisations who, as part of a wider existing or new movement, seek to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights. Outcomes should be focused on building stronger SRHR movements and working collaboratively to improve SRHR outcomes.
By movements, we use feminist scholar Srilatha Batliwala’s definition:
“an organized set of people vested in making a change in their situation pursuing a common political
agenda through collective action”.
In this funding call, AmplifyChange will support movement building work that contributes to:
- Strengthening the capacity of civil society organisations to advocate for SRHR
- Strengthening the collective capacity of civil society organisations to ensure safety and security
of human rights defenders
- Fostering collaboration and coordination among movement actors to develop a shared political
agenda and plan and execute advocacy campaigns
- Increasing engagement of potential non-traditional SRHR allies across sectors and movements
- Strengthening the leading pipeline for the movement by increasing the diversity of leadership
from marginalised groups in the movement (such as people with disabilities, youth, minority
ethnic groups, LGBTI, lower castes, refugees, etc.), and developing next generation leaders
The doner encourage applicants to review at their Theory of Change before applying.
They are seeking proposals to support movements that are focused on one or a realistic
combination of AmplifyChange’s five key themes. These are:
- Addressing gender-based violence, including sexual violence and female genital mutilation
(FGM);
- Addressing the causes of unsafe abortion including decriminalisation of abortion;
- Challenging stigma and discrimination, attitudes and laws that undermine human rights,
including on grounds of gender or sexual orientation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and
intersex (LGBTI) individuals;
- Improving sexual health of young people and girls, including comprehensive sexuality education
(CSE) and addressing child and early forced marriage (CEFM);
- Increasing access to comprehensive reproductive health services for poor, vulnerable and marginalised people.
Please note that whilst the doner will consider projects that support all five themes, if more ,applications are recommended for funding by their application reviewers than they can fund, they will moderate in favour of projects that fulfil their fund benchmarks and results framework.
What’s on offer?
AmplifyChange will select the top two (2) proposals for Opportunity grants of EUR30,000 for
projects lasting up to 12 months.
Please note: All selected grants will be subject to a review of any financial and technical issues related to your application. Award of the grant will be dependent on due diligence checks on your organisation.
Once the due diligence checks have been completed, the successful applicants will be invited to sign a funding agreement with AmplifyChange
AmplifyChange @ Women Deliver 2019 Opportunity Grant
How to Apply
You will need to submit a concept note containing short description of your project proposal and organisational information to determine eligibility for the call on AmplifyChange online system from12 February 2019 to 5 March 2019 (5:00pm/17:00 UK time).
Up to 20 shortlisted candidates will be notified by the 5 April 2019. Shortlisted candidates will
then need to submit a 3-to 5-minute video presenting your ideas and introducing your movement by the 22 April 2019 (5:00pm/17:00 UK time). Applicants will be expected to
collect testimony from other members of the movement to support the video application.
Please note that any video footage longer than 5 minutes will not be reviewed, and any videos received after 5:00pm/17:00 UK time will not be accepted.
From the video submissions, five (5) candidates will be invited by 13 May 2019 to give their 3-to 5-minute pitch on the 6 June 2019 to their panel of judges and a large audience at the
Women Deliver conference. Judges will provide feedback on each concept and presentation at the event.
Concept notes, video applications and live pitches by the shortlisted candidates will be accepted in both English and French.
They will need to be registered to attend the Women Deliver conference in Vancouver, Canada and able to present your ideas in person in front of a large audience. Unfortunately, the doner cannot cover registration or travel costs for the event.
To find out more about the Women Deliver conference, please follow this link: https://wd2019.org/
Who can apply?
The doner will consider applications from women-led civil society organisations (CSOs) working in all countries that are eligible for the AmplifyChange @ Women Deliver 2019 Opportunity grant.
AmplifyChange defines “women-led” as any organisation whose senior leadership at both board and staff levels is comprised of more than 50% women. The Executive Director or
equivalent must be a woman. Their definition of a woman is anyone who identifies as a woman and is inclusive of cisgender, transgender, gender non-conforming and non-binary people.
Organisations must have a representative(s) attending Women Deliver.
For more detailed eligibility criteria please see a link to our full guidance here.
*including the Occupied Palestinian Territories
CSOs can include:
- Community groups
- Non-governmental organisations
- Indigenous groups
- Charitable organisations
- Faith-based organisations
- Research institutes
- Social enterprise groups
- Public-private partnerships
- Communications and media groups
- Professional and student associations
International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs), including country offices, and UN agencies are not eligible to apply for Opportunity grants. We cannot accept applications made on behalf of individuals.
The doner will accept applications from organisations that are not registered and do not have a bank account because they recognise that some organisations are still new, and, in some contexts, there are security risks associated with registration. But please note that unregistered organisations that have applications successfully recommended for funding may need to fulfil certain registration requirements following due diligence and financial assessments