Description
The United Nations Population Fund Arab States Regional States (UNFPA ASRO) and Startups Without Borders have just announced a partnership to launch the GenF Mentorship Programme, aimed at supporting female entrepreneurs in the fields of sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender equality, and women and girls’ empowerment across the Arab world.
GenF is a UNFPA-funded programme, in line with UNFPA’s aim to use innovative approaches to accelerate results towards a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled. This partnership also underlines UNFPA’s commitment to work with women-led organizations. The programme is designed to support female entrepreneurs who are creating innovative solutions in areas related to sexual and reproductive health, such as family planning, preventable maternal deaths, gender-based violence and harmful practices such as child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM).
The GenF Mentorship Programme will kickstart on September 1st, and aims to provide participants with access to a network of female changemakers, mentorship opportunities and thematic training sessions to grow their business, from business modeling, to marketing, management and sales.
GenF Mentorship Program
To participate in the mentorship programme, female entrepreneurs from the Arab States will need to be working in one of the following UNFPA-aligned areas:
Access to menstrual products
Adolescent and youth empowerment/leadership
Ageing and rights of older people
Community education/awareness raising on sexual and reproductive health
Comprehensive sexuality education
Family planning
Gender norms changing
Human rights and gender equality
Harmful practices (i.e., gender-based violence, female-genital mutilation)
Livelihoods and socioeconomic inclusion of women
Menstrual health and hygiene
Midwifery and reproductive health
Poverty
Statistics/population data
Eligibility Criteria:
- Women & Girls-led startup founders from Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Gulf Cooperation Council, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Somalia, Syria, Sudan, Tunisia, and Yemen.
Addressing challenges aligned with UNFPA's mission.
Applicants must commit to dedicating 2 hours per week from September 1st to November 30th.
Deadline
August 20th, 2024
Find application form here