Advancing Women’s Leadership in the Promotion of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in the Southeast Asia and Pacific Region

• Eligibility Criteria:
  – DRL welcomes applications from U.S.-based and foreign-based non-profit organisations/non-governmental organisations (NGO) and public international organisations; private, public, or state institutions of higher education; and for-profit organisations or businesses.
• Type of funding: Programmatic
• Target country: Southeast Asia and the Pacific
• Application language: English

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) is accepting applications for the “Advancing Women’s Leadership in the Promotion of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in the Southeast Asia and Pacific Region” call for proposals.

This opportunity is an open competition for organisations interested in submitting applications for programs that bolster women civil society activists and human rights defenders, in all their diversity, as leaders in the promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the Southeast Asia and Pacific region.

These programs will empower women to engage in democratic processes to defend and hold decision-makers accountable for the protection of human rights and civil and political rights in the Southeast Asia and Pacific region.

DRL seeks to support a program that advances women HRDs and civil society activists’ full, equal, effective, and meaningful participation and leadership in safeguarding and advancing democratic governance, transparency, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in the Southeast Asia and Pacific region. The program should seek to actively address gender norms, dynamics, and inequalities to achieve project outcomes.

The program should be designed to achieve the following objectives:

• Women activists and HRDs, in all their diversity, effectively and safely advance democratic governance and fundamental rights and freedoms locally, nationally, and/or regionally;
• Women activists and HRDs increase public demand for democratic governance, human rights, and fundamental freedoms, particularly for marginalized or underrepresented populations;
• Governments take concrete steps and actions to meaningfully incorporate principles of inclusivity and gender equity when advancing policies strengthening inclusive and representative governance, accountability, transparency, and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

This program should focus on grassroots civil society-led advocacy initiatives to advance democratic reforms, human rights, and fundamental freedoms and should ensure that women are equitably included in all aspects of civic advocacy and decision-making processes.

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