Applications Invited for Asia Gender Equality Fund 3.0

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About the Organization

AVPN is a leading ecosystem builder, aim to increase the flow and effectiveness of financial, human, and intellectual capital in Asia by enabling members to channel resources towards impact. AVPN is proud to be a CAF International Validated Organization.

As Asia’s #1 social investment network, we are an ecosystem builder that works to increase the flow of capital towards impact in Asia, ensuring that resources are most effectively deployed.

At AVPN, we approach social investment as a continuum of capital, in which funders may combine grants, debts and equity across multiple investments within their own portfolio, to achieve deeper impact.

About the Grant

The Asia Gender Equality Fund, aims to raise and deploy USD 25 million within the next five years to support transformative initiatives and solutions by non-profit organisations, focusing on improving economic outcomes for women and girls in Asia. Initiated in 2023, with support from Fondation CHANEL, Gates Foundation, KKR and members of AVPN’s Asia Gender Network, in Rounds one and two, we were able to provide flexible, multi-year funding to ten nonprofits across the Asia Pacific Region, working to improve economic outcomes for women and girls in the region.

Round Three:

Climate change is the defining challenge of our time, and women and girls bear the brunt of its impact. Existing gender inequalities are amplified, jeopardising women’s livelihoods, health, and safety. Recognising this urgency, Round Three of the Asia Gender Equality Fund, supported by Fondation CHANEL, Gates Foundation, and Minderoo Foundation, is dedicated to mobilising bold and equitable investments towards gender-just climate action and interventions. These interventions will address the distinct challenges women face due to climate change and empower them to achieve economic security.

The Fund is looking to support non-profit organisations that work in the following impact areas focusing on women and girls including:

• Building climate resiliency
• Enabling participation in the green economy
• Supporting those who have been affected by climate change and/or have high climate change vulnerability
• Advocacy for inclusion in green initiatives

If your organisation is working on multiple areas or other impact areas in the gender x climate nexus, you are also encouraged to apply.

Selected grantees of the Asia Gender Equality Fund will gain access to:

• Grant
• Networking opportunities
• Capacity Building

The Fund is committed to supporting organisations in the region who are leading the charge for women’s economic empowerment in the face of climate change.

Eligibility

To be eligible for consideration, your organisation should meet the following criteria:

• Be a registered non-profit organisation operating within APAC
• Possess a well-defined plan of the solution with potential for scalability, feasibility and impact.
• Organisations must be able to provide 2 recent years of audited financial reports.
• Should NOT be the following:
• Religious organisations
• Included in the US or EU sanctions list, nor blacklisted by any UN or international agency

How to Apply

Application Deadline: 8 June 2025

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