Ukrainian Women's Fund
Ukraine's only women's fund: rapid-response grants for women's and feminist organisations, gender equality, women's rights.
About the fund
The Ukrainian Women's Fund is a charitable organisation founded in 2000, the only women's fund in Ukraine. For over two decades it has supported the women's and feminist movement, women's leadership development and the promotion of gender equality.
The Fund's mission is to transform support for the women's movement in Ukraine, respond to women's needs, including during the war, and advance feminist values. It provides grants and builds the capacity of women's and human-rights initiatives.
The Fund runs grant programmes aimed at equal opportunities for women and men, countering discrimination, expanding women's access to resources, and feminist analysis of Ukraine's gender-sensitive recovery.
Focus areas
- Empowering women
- Gender equality and equal opportunities
- Countering discrimination against women
- Developing women's leadership
- Women's access to resources
- Feminist analysis and the gender dimension of recovery
Interesting facts
Founded in 2000 - Ukraine's only women's fund.
Over 25 years of activity and hundreds of grant competitions held.
Verified by Charities Aid Foundation International in 2022.
How to apply
Women's and human-rights NGOs and initiative groups can apply; current grant competitions are published on uwf.org.ua.
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