Impact Funding Resources
FemFocus aims to advance women’s economic participation as entrepreneurs, combat violence against women and girls, and strengthen women’s leadership in conflict prevention, mediation, and peacebuilding. Civil society organisations can apply for grants until January 7, 2026.
End Date07 Jan 2026 Funding AmountVaries Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderDutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Grant
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
For full details on objectives, elgibility
https://www.government.nl/topics/grant-programmes/documents/policy-notes/2025/10/21/grant-policy-framework-femfocus-2026-2030
What FemFocus supports:
1. Financing for in-country partners to carry out:
o Service provision (e.g. healthcare, education and training, psychosocial support, protection, information). At least 30% of financing must be spent on service provision.
o Dialogue with authorities, multilateral institutions, informal and religious leaders, and the private sector to promote policy change. Activities aimed at influencing policy within the Netherlands are not funded.
2. Capacity strengthening for in-country partners that is demand-driven and context-appropriate, reinforcing organisational, financial and programme management, thematic expertise, and the ability to engage in critical dialogue.
Key policy principles
• Local ownership and locally led development
• Demand-driven capacity strengthening
• Gender equality
• Conflict sensitivity and Do No Harm
• Simplified Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Policy context and objectives per instrument
• Encouraging women’s entrepreneurship
• Combating violence against women and supporting women human rights defenders
• Women, peace and security
Geographic focus per instrument
• Encouraging women’s entrepreneurship: selected African countries where the Netherlands has trade and economic interests (applications should therefore target at least two of the following countries: Egypt, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Benin, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Uganda, Tunisia, Democratic Republic of Congo).
• Combating violence against women & WHRDs and Women, peace and security: West Africa, the Horn of Africa and the Middle East and North Africa. Each application may cover one or two regions, with a minimum of two implementation countries per region.
