UNFPA/ITU/WIPO Innovations to Empower Women and Girls Challenge

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) are launching the Innovations to Empower Women and Girls Challenge (the Challenge) to further develop and position to scale innovative solutions that can help disrupt inequalities and advance the empowerment of women and girls in all their […]
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Legal Empowerment Fund

The Fund for Global Human Rights is currently accepting applications for the Legal Empowerment Fund (LEF) to provide urgently needed, long-term support to grassroots justice defenders and organizations that are fighting to help people understand and claim their rights while shaping the laws that govern them. Selection Criteria Registered or unregistered grassroots organizations with the […]
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The Africa Food Prize

The Africa Food Prize recognizes extraordinary women, men, and institutions whose outstanding contributions to African agriculture are forging a new era of sustainable food security and economic opportunity that elevates all Africans. The Prize celebrates Africans who are taking control of Africa’s agriculture agenda and changing the reality of farming in Africa from a struggle […]
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GLOBAL CITIZEN PRIZE: Cisco Youth Leadership

Applications are now open for the 2022 Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award. The Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award honors an individual aged 18-30 who has contributed meaningfully towards the goal of ending extreme poverty. Applicants are judged holistically by their application materials and supporting documents against five equally weighted criteria: Impact: […]
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The Solv[ED] Youth Innovation Challenge

Are you 24 and under and passionate about making a positive impact in your community and the world? The Solv[ED] Youth Innovation Challenge is an opportunity for you to submit your tech-based solution that: Improves learning opportunities and outcomes for learners across their lifetimes, from early childhood on Supports financial and economic opportunities for all […]
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Call for Nominations: World Food Prize 2022

The World Food Prize has come to be known as the “Nobel Prize for Food and Agriculture”. The World Food Prize is awarded for a specific, exceptionally significant, individual achievement that advances human development with a demonstrable increase in the quantity, quality, availability of, or access to food through creative interventions at any point within […]
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WWF Reforestation Grant 2021

About the Award Applications are now invited for the WWF Reforestation Grant 2021. People and nature rely on healthy forests. Eight out of 10 land-dwelling species and nearly 750 million people live in and depend on forests for goods and services such as food, wood, medicine, fresh water, and air. Despite their importance, threats to […]
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Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa 2021

About the Award Applications are now invited for the Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa. With the Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa, the Austrian Federal Chancellery, together with well-renowned partner organizations, is looking to support innovative and digital healthcare solutions across Africa and boost their impact.  The Call is open to African […]
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