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FEMINISM AND FOLKLORE: 2025
Writing Contest
The Feminism and Folklore Writing Contest, an annual celebration of cultural diversity and gender inclusivity on Wikipedia. This contest invites passionate contributors to embark on a journey of documenting local cultural events, folk-related activities, and the often overlooked but significant contributions of women. As an integral part of the Wiki Loves Folklore (WLF) campaign, this project goes beyond the lens of photography, encouraging participants to craft compelling narratives through the creation and expansion of Wikipedia articles.
Read more here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Feminism_and_Folklore_2025
The FREE STEM Fund
The FREE STEM Fund aims to narrow the gender gap in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. The FREE STEM FUND aims to provide direct grants to registered and unregistered initiatives, groups, collectives, and organisations with a focus on the rights of girls, women, transgender and non-binary people.
Applications to open in November 2024
Find out more and apply here: https://www.thefreestemfund.org/who-can-apply
Funding Resources
Human Rights Funders
Global Funders
- http://www.amplifychange.org/
- http://www.astraeafoundation.org/
- http://awdf.org/
- http://www.fimi-iiwf.org/
- https://candid.org/
- http://www.cordaid.org/en/
- http://www.edgefunders.org/
- https://equalityfund.ca/
- http://www.filia-frauenstiftung.de/en/
- http://www.fordfoundation.org/
- http://www.freedomhouse.org/
- http://youngfeministfund.org/
- http://globalhumanrights.org/
- http://www.ifes.org/
- http://www.ihrfg.org/
- http://kvinnatillkvinna.se/en
- http://www.afd.fr/home
- http://www.lutheranworld.org/content/about-dws
- http://www.mamacash.org/
- http://www.manosunidas.org/
- http://www.ned.org/
- http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/
- http://www.oxfam.org.uk/
- http://www.oxfamnovib.nl/en-home.html
- http://oxfam.qc.ca/en
- http://www.samuelrubinfoundation.org/
- http://www.savethechildren.org/
- http://urgentactionfund.org/
- http://www.wgf.org/
- http://www.worldvision.org/
- https://www.womenfirstfund.org/
- http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/
- http://womenwin.org
- https://www.kiva.org/lend-by-category/women Kiva - Loans and Microloans for Women around the World
- https://www.globalfundforwomen.org/our-funding/ Feminist Funding for 30+ years (highly recommended)
- https://aofund.org/small-business-loans/ Accion Opportunity Fund - Loans for Small Businesses
- https://aofund.org/resource/microloans-and-women-owned-business/ Microloans For Women
- https://www.fincaimpact.com/news-insights/business-loans-for-women-entrepreneurs/ - Business Loans for Women Headline Gender-Sensitive Finance Strategy
Regional Funders
Asia Pacific- https://fijiwomensfund.org/ - Fiji
- https://www.uafanp.org/ - Asia Pacific
- http://womensfundasia.org/
- Bangladesh Women’s Foundation – Bangladesh
- https://www.herfund.org.hk/index_en.php – Hong Kong
- http://www.mones.org.mn/ – Mongolia
- http://www.tewa.org.np/ – Nepal
- https://womensfundasia.org/ – South Asia Regional
- http://ariadne-network.eu/
- http://www.bgfundforwomen.org/
- http://www.calala.org/?lang=en
- http://www.eiz.hr/
- https://femfund.pl/ - Poland
- https://www.filia-frauenstiftung.de/
- http://www.rwfund.org/
- http://www.womensfund.sk/
- http://taso.org.ge/
- http://www.medwomensfund.org/
- http://www.uwf.kiev.ua/
- https://womenfundarmenia.org/
- http://www.womenfundgeorgia.org/
- http://semillas.org.mx/index.php?lang=es
- http://www.fcmujeres.org/
- http://mujeresdelsur.org/
- https://fondolunaria.org/
- http://www.fondoaccionurgente.org.co/
- http://www.fondoalquimia.org/
- http://www.fondodemujeresbolivia.org.bo/ – Apthapi Jopueti
- http://www.fundosocialelas.org/en/default.asp
- https://emprendepromujer.org/
- https://www.doriafeministfund.org/
- http://www.emhrf.org/
- http://www.medwomensfund.org/en/
- http://www.sigrid-rausing-trust.org/
- http://www.akdn.org/AKF – Egypt & Syria
- https://coalitionofwomen.org/ – Palestine
- http://www.levilassen.org/ – Israel
- http://www.mercycorps.org/ – Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia & Yemen
- http://www.moriahfund.org/ – Israel
- http://www.nif.org/ – Israel
- http://www.qcharity.com/en/ – Mauritania, Palestine & Qatar
- http://www.welfareassociation.org/ – Palestine & Lebanon
- https://awdf.org/
- http://www.ffcrdc.org/ - Democratic Republic of Congo
- http://wft.or.tz/
- https://xoese.org/ - Francophone Countries
- https://www.uaf-africa.org/
- http://www.wheattrust.co.za/
Here are more resources:
https://we-fi.org/ Loans for women in developing economies
https://www.ladieswholaunch.org/small-business-grants?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw-ai0BhDPARIsAB6hmP7s9c33NjboGD2qFJA1h78jdJxkd_0VAGeqnLUu3m7q639AQzQTUa0aAvyIEALw_wcB Small Business Grants for Women & Non-binary Entrepreneurs (US based) free resources https://www.ladieswholaunch.org/free-resources (Great database!)
https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/women-entrepreneurship-strategy/en/women-entrepreneurship-loan-fund Loans for Women entrepreneur (Canada based)
https://we-bc.ca/what-we-offer/financing/business-loans-for-women/ Loans for Women (canada Based)
https://www.unionbankofindia.co.in/english/women-professional-personal-loan.aspx Union Women Professional Personal Loan Scheme (India based)
https://www.fundingcircle.com/uk/#multiProductComponent (UK based)
https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/ (UK based)
https://wibn.co.uk/ Women in Business Network (UK based)
https://anitab.org/awards-grants/ Grants for women and non binary individuals in technology
