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Women In Digital Economy Fund (WIDEF) For May 2024: Funding from $500,000 – $1,500,000)

UN Jobs Admin March 16, 2024

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Women In Digital Economy Fund (WIDEF) For May 2024: Funding from $500,000 - $1,500,000)

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Program Details

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

Funding ranging from $500,000 – $1,500,000

Program Overview

The Women in the Digital Economy Fund (WiDEF), a joint effort between USAID and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation aims to accelerate progress on closing the gender digital divide by scaling evidence-based, proven solutions, including women-led solutions, that improve women’s livelihoods, economic security, and resilience. Women in the Digital Economy Fund has just announced its first call for applications. The Fund will support local institutions that:

? Advance digital access and affordability;
? Develop relevant products and tools;
? Provide digital literacy and skills training;
? Promote online safety and security; and
? Invest in sex-disaggregated data and research.

WiDEF is committed to closing the gender digital divide by scaling evidence-based, proven solutions that improve women’s livelihoods, economic security and resilience. We aspire to shifting the trajectory of digital ecosystems so that women and marginalized populations, including youth and young women; disabled, indigenous, LGBTQI+, and rural women, have equitable access to safe, affordable, and meaningful online participation. To realize these goals, the WiDEF Consortium is announcing the first round of grant funding available for solutions working to close the gender digital divide.

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 and are economically sustainable and scalable.

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Benefits

Support from WiDEF can include funding ranging from $500,000 – $1,500,000. Awardees will also receive dedicated technical assistance on program design, implementation and measurement.