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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

WomensLandRights] FW: Call for Proposals - Women's Property & Inheritance Rights & HIV/AIDS

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Call for Proposals for Fund for Women’s Property and Inheritance Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS



The Call for Proposals opens on 20 September 2010 and will close on 20 October 2010. Interested applicants from Sub-Sahara Africa are invited to apply.



UNIFEM (part of UN Women), with the generous contribution of the Canadian International Development Agency, today launches a Call for Proposals for the Fund for Women’s Property and Inheritance Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS. The Fund will provide small, catalytic grants totalling US$700,000 in 2010 to grassroots and community-based organizations or networks in Sub-Saharan Africa working to improve women’s access to property and inheritance rights within the context of HIV/AIDS.



Women’s property ownership and inheritance rights can play a significant role in potentially breaking the cycle of AIDS and poverty. There is growing evidence to suggest that where women’s property rights are upheld, women acting as heads and/or primary caregivers of HIV/AIDS-affected households are better able to mitigate the impact of AIDS on their families and communities and can also help prevent the further spread of HIV/AIDS. Realistic and workable strategies at the grassroots have demonstrated that increasing women’s economic security and empowerment, increases their negotiating power in the household and is a means to reduce their physical and social vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.



Interested applicants from Sub-Saharan Africa are invited to apply. The Call for Proposals opens on 20 September 2010 and will close on 20 October 2010.









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