Youth Organizations for the Community-Led Advocacy and Digital Spaces for the Safety of Women and Girls in West Africa
Youth Organizations for the Community-Led Advocacy and Digital Spaces for the Safety of Women and Girls in West Africa funds youth groups' digital and community advocacy to counter misogyny and protect 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 call-for-proposals Word document.
Funder: UN Women
Due Dates: October 5, 2026 (Clarification requests) | October 10, 2026 (Clarification responses) | November 1, 2026 (Proposals, 23:59 Dakar Time/UTC)
Funding Amounts: USD 50,000–100,000; stated implementation duration of 20 months
Summary: Supports youth-led digital and community advocacy countering misogyny and harmful masculinities to improve women’s and girls’ safety across West Africa.
Key Information: Applicants need five years of operations; exceptionally, three years of registration history may be accepted with full justification.
Description
UN Women’s West and Central Africa Regional Office seeks a youth or civil society organization to serve as a Responsible Party under the SAFE project. The call supports Output 1.1: generating and disseminating alternative narratives that challenge discriminatory gender norms, counter online misogyny, promote non-violent masculinities, and reduce tolerance of violence against women and girls.
Implementation concentrates on Senegal, Nigeria, and Ghana, while generating learning and advocacy approaches for wider West Africa. Activities should connect social media content and creative digital engagement with offline advocacy, engaging young feminists, content creators, digital artists, influencers, and peer communities. The approach is prevention-focused, feminist, intersectional, and youth-centred, with meaningful participation by young women and excluded groups. Proposals should connect narrative change with community protection pathways and evidence-informed advocacy on technology-facilitated gender-based violence, including AI-enabled abuse.
