The UN agency mandated to promote gender equality, said it would give out 10.5 million dollars as grants to organisations working to advance economic and political empowerment of women in Africa.
The UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) on Thursday listed Asia and the Pacific, Latin America, Caribbean, Europe and Central Asia as other nations that would benefit from the grant.
Michelle Bachelet the Executive Director for UN Women, who announced this on Thursday during an event at the Commission on the Status of Women in New York, said that approved proposals would be announced in October.
“The grants will start at 200,000 dollars for initiatives that make tangible improvements in the lives of women and girls.
“It is also to enable women candidates to run for office and maYAZnage resources to support themselves and their families.
She said that 15 organisations would receive grants totaling 4.85 million dollars to work on innovative programmes such as advancing women’s political participation in Egypt, Libya and Yemen.
?Since its creation in 2009, the Fund has invested a total of 43 million dollars in 40 countries around the world for projects on gender equality.
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