Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0007769
The grant opportunity titled "DRL Strengthening Women's Participation in the Workforce" (Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0007769) is a discretionary grant competition run by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). It seeks proposals from eligible organizations for projects that help women workers participate more fully, safely, and equally in the workforce. The overall focus is on reducing the barriers that prevent women from entering, staying in, and advancing at work, particularly when those barriers are connected to rights, safety, discrimination, or exclusion from decision-making in the workplace.
DRL frames the problem as both a human rights and an economic growth issue. Women make up roughly half of the global workforce, yet many face structural obstacles that limit their lifetime earnings, job mobility, and leadership opportunities. The opportunity notes that research consistently links higher women's labor force participation to faster and more inclusive economic growth, and it also emphasizes that when women control a greater share of household income, spending patterns tend to shift in ways that benefit children, families, and communities. In that sense, the grant is positioned as an investment in broader economic stability and community well-being, not only individual employment outcomes.
The opportunity highlights that women workers often face challenges that are either unique to them or not adequately addressed in traditional worker rights advocacy and labor organizing. Examples of the barriers DRL calls out include unequal pay and weak wage transparency, discrimination in hiring and job evaluation, and legal constraints such as gender-discriminatory personal status laws that can limit freedom of movement or require a male guardian's permission to work outside the home. It also points to heavy family demands and social expectations, gender-based violence and harassment in or around workplaces, and practical access issues like the lack of safe and reliable transportation. Additional constraints include insufficient parental leave, the high cost or unavailability of childcare and family care, limited representation in worker organizations and leadership structures, unpredictable or inflexible scheduling, and unsafe or unsanitary working conditions. Taken together, these obstacles can push women out of the labor market or confine them to lower-paid, less secure work with fewer protections.
In practical terms, DRL is looking for project proposals that directly address these kinds of constraints so women can participate more fully in the workforce. While the notice does not list specific required activities in the excerpt provided, the emphasis suggests projects could center on improving workplace conditions, strengthening protections against harassment and discrimination, increasing women's representation and leadership within worker organizations, supporting advocacy for fair pay and transparent wage practices, and reducing practical barriers like transportation and care responsibilities that keep women from maintaining steady employment. The grant is aimed especially at vulnerable women workers and at interventions that take into account the realities women face at work and in their communities.
From the funding details, DRL anticipated making one award, with an award ceiling of $1,900,000. The opportunity was posted on March 24, 2021, with an original application deadline of May 25, 2021. The funding instrument is a grant, the CFDA number listed is 19.345, and the eligibility category is listed as "Others" with additional eligibility details referenced in the full announcement. Overall, the opportunity is designed to support a single, sizable project that can meaningfully strengthen women's ability to access decent work, remain employed, and advance, while also promoting broader economic and social benefits tied to women's increased participation in the labor force.Apply for SFOP0007769
- The Department of State, Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "DRL Strengthening Women’s Participation in the Workforce" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.345.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 24, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 25, 2021. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,900,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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