Application Open for AFD Grants for Technology facilitated gender based violence 2025, The French Development Agency (AFD) has opened a call for proposals to support civil society organizations in establishing a funding mechanism aimed at empowering and strengthening feminist organizations. This initiative targets AFD partner countries where promoting gender equality is a core mission aligned with France’s international development and solidarity policy.
Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the full details and submit their applications before the specified deadline to seize this grant opportunity.
Last Date of Submission: 31st August 2025
Objectives (Application Open for AFD Grants for Technology facilitated gender based violence 2025)
Strengthen security and respect in the digital environment:
- Prevention of VBGFT through better education of children, adolescents and young adults in the use of digital tools and the risks associated with VBGFT.
- Training of people targeted by VBGFT to equip them with the skills necessary to secure their digital presence and maintain autonomous and safest online engagement possible.
- Strengthening the cybersecurity of vulnerable and targeted CSOs, in particularFeminist CSOs (appropriation and development of technologies by civil society and feminist movements).
- Support for victims, monitoring of witnesses and aggressors
- Development of support and guidance services for victims of VBGFT, with an intersectional approach.
- Awareness and monitoring of (potential) aggressors.
- Knowledge production & advocacy:
- Data collection, behavior analysis and documentation of violence.
- Development of evidence-based advocacy strategies to influence public policies and promote legal frameworks
- adapted to protection against GBV.
Funding Information (Application Open for AFD Grants for Technology facilitated gender based violence 2025)
The project is backed by a total funding envelope of €4 to €6 million and will span a period of three to four years. Within this timeframe, feminist civil society organizations may receive tailored funding support for sub-projects of varying durations, aligned with the overarching goals of the initiative.
Components (Application Open for AFD Grants for Technology facilitated gender based violence 2025)
- Provision of Flexible Financing at the Cso Level
- Strengthening the Technical Capacities of Csos
- Capitalization, Sharing of Practices and Networking
Eligibility Criteria (Application Open for AFD Grants for Technology facilitated gender based violence 2025)
The consortium will propose a team suited to project management, with the following skills:
- Expertise and/or experience in issues related to the prevention and fight against GBV, including awareness-raising and education of the general population and targeted individuals in particular, victim protection and support (legal, psychological, and technological aspects), knowledge production and dissemination, and advocacy with authorities;
- Digital skills or the ability to identify relevant service providers for the deployment of user training, advocacy, and/or solution development;
- Experience in facilitating gender-transformative programs using a rights-based approach, using an inclusive approach that takes into account factors of multidimensional inequalities;
- Prior experience in partnering with feminist civil society organizations, networking, and funding their activities;
- Ability to deploy communication channels with local and community CSOs in various contexts;
- Skills in community and civil society organization capacity building and identification of best practices;
- Prior experience in action research/capitalization (intellectual production, South-South knowledge sharing)/advocacy, influence, and political action;
- In-depth knowledge of the ecosystems of the proposed countries of intervention;
- Proven administrative and financial management skills across multiple and varied geographic areas;
- Operational skills/multi-stakeholder project management, including in remote intervention areas
How to Apply?
Kick start your proposal application here
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