Applications Invited for Projects: Technology-facilitated gender-based violence
Application Deadline:
31 August 2025
About Organisation
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group, comprising AFD, Proparco, and Expertise France, is France’s primary public institution for financing sustainable development and international solidarity initiatives. With over 4,000 projects across 160 countries and the French Overseas Territories, AFD plays a vital role in implementing France’s international partnership and sustainable investment policies, aligning closely with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
AFD maintains a global presence with 85 offices operating under 17 regional directorates across Africa, Latin America, the Orient, the European Neighbourhood, and the Three Oceans. Guided by key policy frameworks, including the 2021 Programming Act on Inclusive Development and 2025 guidelines from the Presidential Council for International Partnerships (CPPI), AFD focuses on two primary missions: combating poverty and inequality and safeguarding global public goods such as climate, health, and biodiversity.
Through targeted investments and partnerships, AFD fosters inclusive, sustainable growth and actively supports feminist, environmental, health, education, and peace initiatives. Its operations reflect France’s commitment to advancing global cooperation and solidarity, particularly in vulnerable and least-developed countries. AFD seeks to create meaningful collaborations, linking French expertise with local needs to promote transformative societal change and address multidimensional inequalities.
About the Grant
The French Development Agency (AFD) has announced a €4 million grant to support feminist civil society organizations (CSOs) in countries prioritized under France’s international development and solidarity policy. This initiative seeks to strengthen and structure feminist organizations working to combat Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV). The grant will be implemented by a consortium of French, international, or national CSOs and will span 3 to 4 years.
The selected consortium will design and manage a flexible funding and capacity-building mechanism that empowers local feminist CSOs. The initiative targets organizations rooted in gender justice and social transformation, particularly those addressing intersecting inequalities based on age, disability, or minority status.
The program’s three main goals are: (1) improving digital safety and spreading knowledge to counter TFGBV, (2) providing holistic support to TFGBV survivors including legal, psychological, and technological aid, and (3) fostering knowledge production to support advocacy and legal reforms.
Support can include funding field activities, advocacy, research, training, networking, organizational development, and digital safety enhancement. The program encourages long-term engagement and resilience by prioritizing locally led, community-rooted feminist movements. The initiative emphasizes flexible funding, capacity strengthening, experience sharing, and collaboration between feminist actors and networks globally and regionally.
Who can Apply?
The grant is open to consortia of civil society organizations (CSOs)—either French, international, regional, or national—that are actively engaged in feminist advocacy, particularly in the partner countries covered by France’s international development policy. The project requires a consortium-led approach, enabling multiple organizations to collaborate and build a comprehensive strategy to combat TFGBV.
Eligible consortia must be capable of managing the full €4 million grant while designing and implementing a flexible, transparent, and inclusive funding mechanism for grassroots feminist organizations. Priority will be given to consortia that demonstrate a proven commitment to gender equality, intersectional feminism, and social transformation, especially in Africa, the Near East, and the Middle East.
Applicants should have substantial experience in coordinating large-scale development projects, providing technical capacity support, conducting advocacy, and facilitating knowledge exchange within the feminist movement. The ability to conduct needs assessments, map potential grantee organizations, and engage in participatory consultations with local stakeholders is essential.
The project emphasizes inclusive representation, so organizations that reflect diverse backgrounds, including those working with marginalized groups (such as persons with disabilities or minority communities), are strongly encouraged to apply. Each consortium should also have strong governance, monitoring, and financial management capabilities.
How to Apply?
Interested consortia should prepare a detailed project proposal in line with AFD’s objectives and submit it before the deadline. The proposal should outline how they plan to structure funding distribution, strengthen CSOs’ capacities, and promote collaboration among feminist organizations. Applications must include a needs assessment plan, implementation framework, and impact monitoring strategy.
Application Deadline
The final date to submit proposals for the AFD feminist CSO grant is Sunday, August 31, 2025. All applications must be submitted by 11:59 PM local time.
Last Date To Apply
Applications must be received by August 31, 2025, with no extensions permitted. Early submissions are encouraged to allow adequate time for review and consideration.
Grant Amount
The total grant amount available under this call for proposals is €4 million, which will be administered by a selected consortium to support feminist CSOs combating TFGBV in eligible partner countries.
Last Date To Apply
For more information, please visit the grant website here.
