Community-Led Advocacy and Digital Spaces for the Safety of Women and Girls in West Africa
Community-Led Advocacy and Digital Spaces for the Safety of Women and Girls in West Africa funds women’s rights groups to safeguard youth-led digital advocacy and prevent violence against women and girls.
This grant was recently updated
The submission deadline has been extended from 21 October 2026 to 1 November 2026. UN Women also replaced the linked Word call-for-proposals document.
Funder: UN Women
Due Dates: October 5, 2026, 5:00 p.m. UTC (Clarification requests) | October 10, 2026, 5:00 p.m. UTC (Clarification responses) | November 1, 2026, 11:59 p.m. UTC (Extended proposal deadline)
Funding Amounts: USD 50,000–100,000 per organization
Summary: Supports feminist and women’s rights organizations to safeguard youth-led digital advocacy and prevent violence against women and girls in West Africa.
Key Information: Applicants may not also apply to the separate SAFE Youth Organization Call for Proposals.
Description
UN Women’s SAFE project supports community-led prevention of violence against women and girls, with implementation focused on Senegal, Nigeria and Ghana and learning intended for wider use across West Africa. This call funds Output 1.3: strengthening safe, peer-led digital spaces and promoting positive identity models for young men that normalize consent, empathy and non-violence.
Selected organizations will provide feminist technical guidance, safeguarding, moderation support, training and mentorship to youth creators, influencers, organizations and networks. Work must address connections between digital and offline discrimination and violence, including online misogyny, harmful masculinities, technology-facilitated gender-based violence and backlash. Partners will coordinate with UN Women and the organization selected through the separate youth-facing call, supporting survivor-centred digital communities rather than leading that call’s youth-facing content creation role.
