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Global Women's Dream Grant

Global Peace Women is offering the Global Women’s Dream Grant (GWD Grant), part of our commitment to advancing family-based solutions to peacebuilding and development.

The grant supports proposals that apply values-based approaches to peacebuilding and invest in the capacity of women and families pursuing dreams that will create beautiful change in communities and our world. Qualifying projects are led by women and families around the world contributing directly to the following objectives:
 
Objective #1: Empower women and families to actively contribute to sustainable peacebuilding in the home, expanding to the community, nations and world.
 
Objective #2: Apply Global Peace’s values-based approach to peacebuilding, empowering women and families to innovate solutions for local issues and advance peace in the home, community and world.
 

How to Apply

Submit necessary documents by sending an email to the GWD Grants team at gwdgrant@globalpeacewomen.org 

Documents to be submitted:

  • 1. Letter of Intent (LOI)
  • 2. Project Proposal
  • 3. Budget Proposal

Templates:

  • 1. Project Proposals : Stream 1, Stream 2, Stream 3
  • 2. ‍Budget Proposal : All streams

* If you need additional information about the GWD grant, please contact us by emailing Younshim Park at gwdgrant@globalpeacewomen.org

Funding Stream Project Areas Requirements Grant Duration Grant Size
#1: Strengthening Family and Community Foundations
  • Life and Relationship Skill Education
  • Entrepreneurship and Livelihood
  • Health, Nutrition, and WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene)
GPW Leadership Academy (GPWLA) Participants who completed education sessions 6 Months Max $500 - $2,000 USD
#2: Family Volunteer (Strengthen Family)
  • Family Volunteer Project
  • Family Values and Relationshp Education
Sunshine Family Volunteers (SFV) Team Leaders Only 6 Months Max $100 - $500 USD
#3: Women in Peacebuilding
  • Empowering Network of Wome Advancing Family-Based Peacebuilding in the Community, and World
GPW Project Leaders and GPW Chapter Leaders 6 Months Max $1,000 - $5,000 USD

Eligibility Criteria for Application and Grant

Eligible countries for application: All countries except for countries listed for travel ban restrictions by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Eligible Candidates to apply & receive grant: Women, ages 21 years and up.

* Project/Chapter Leaders can apply for Funding Stream 1 or 3, not both.
 
Submissions are open in May. Proposals are due May 31 11:59 UTC.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

Family is the most basic unit of society and the foundation of every person’s well-being, character, and success. Women provide irreplaceable leadership, possessing unique strengths and values that allow them to fill crucial family and community roles. This stream embodies our commitment to nurturing women’s leadership that advances family-based solutions to peacebuilding and development. It encourages projects that focus on strengthening the basics of healthy, strong, and flourishing families that can contribute to and create thriving communities. Included in the areas that can be addressed in this stream are:

‍1.1 Life and Relationship Skill Education – The foundations for a meaningful life come from making choices that strengthen our values and relationships. We are excited to see projects that help individuals and families strengthen these capacities to unlock their agency and make positive changes in their families and communities.

‍1.2 Entrepreneurship and Livelihood – We understand that economic foundations are essential for families to thrive. We also acknowledge that families are powerful consumers and producers. We are seeking projects that equip families to be value-producing, resilient, and fiscally responsible participants in local economies who can navigate through any circumstance, transform challenges into opportunities, and create economic foundations for the well-being of their families and communities.

‍1.3 Health, Nutrition, and WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) – The family is the first place for personalized care and nurture. In this way, we seek projects that engage the family in improving basic physical and mental health, nutrition, clean water, sanitation and hygiene through awareness, education and innovation. 

This stream is dedicated to harnessing the strength of the family as the agents of peacebuilding and community development. This stream seeks to support projects highlighting the transformative impact of family volunteering. 

The SFV (Sunshine Family Volunteers) initiative recognizes the power of each family to sow the seeds of peace. It serves as a platform that empowers families of peacebuilding agents, fosters deeper relationships, and nurtures a sense of responsibility within households. Families become seeds of harmony through their actions, contributing to more cohesive and peaceful communities and the world.

This stream offers a unique opportunity for like-minded women to connect, collaborate, and amplify their impact, which is dedicated to advancing family-based models of peacebuilding and development. This stream seeks to support efforts through shared knowledge and resources and strengthen our network of women and families and women dedicated to peacebuilding.