- Program Civil Society
- Program Area Strengthening Civic Space
- Grant Amount $50,000
- Grant Period January 1, 2014–December 31, 2015
- Location Pristina, Kosovo
- Geographic Focus Kosovo
About this grant
The program goal is to strengthen women’s participation in community development initiatives and in local- and national-level decisionmaking. To this end, this grant supports the organizational and programmatic development of the Kosova Women’s Network, a network of more than 70 women’s nongovernmental organizations. The grantee supports its members through opportunities for exchange, capacity building, and joint campaigns. In 2012-2013, the grantee raised public awareness about gender equality mechanisms in Kosovo, provided development and technical assistance to network members, increased its staff, and diversified its funding base. The grantee also established a separate Kosovo Women’s Fund that provides small grants to community-based initiatives. During the grant period, the grantee will continue its core work on empowering women to participate in politics and decisionmaking processes at municipal and national levels and building the capacity of the grantee and its members to work effectively at local levels and engage in joint projects nationally. The grantee was established in 2000 and is based in Pristina.