Women’s Economic and Leadership Opportunities Fund and Women’s Capacity Fund: Calls for Proposals       
 
Women and Gender Equality Canada has opened two calls for proposals.
 
Call 1: Women’s Economic and Leadership Opportunities Fund (Systemic change)
 
Women and Gender Equality Canada invites the following organizations to apply for funding:
Canadian not-for-profit organizations that are legally constituted. They must have experience advancing equality for women.
Only the following organizations may apply:
Women’s organizations
Indigenous women’s organizations
Other equality-seeking organizations
The objective is to address barriers to women’s success. Projects can work to change systems to improve women's economic security and prosperity. They can also work to increase women’s representation as leaders and decision-makers through changes to systems. The department will support projects under the following two streams:
Stream A: for new systemic change projects
Stream B: to scale successful systemic change projects to expand their reach and impact
  Call 2: Women’s ’s Capacity Fund (Capacity-building)  
Women and Gender Equality Canada invites the following organizations to apply for funding:
Canadian not-for-profit organizations that are legally constituted. They must have experience advancing equality for women.
Only the following organizations may apply:
Women’s organizations
Indigenous women’s organizations
The objective is to build the long-term capacity of women's and Indigenous women’s organizations.   For both calls for proposals, we will prioritize proposals that focus on women who are:
Indigenous
living with a disability
members of 2SLGBTQI+ communities
newcomers or migrants
Black or racialized
members of an official language minority community
seniors
young women and girls
living on a low income
living in a rural, remote, or northern community
that address any other gap, such as geography, as deemed by the department
In Call 1: Systemic Change: We will prioritize proposals submitted by women’s organizations and Indigenous women’s organizations.
In Call 1: Stream B: The priority for scaling projects is to those that were previously funded by WAGE.
In Call 2: Capacity-building: We will prioritize proposals submitted by organizations that have not previously received capacity-building funds from WAGE.   Eligible organizations must submit their application for funding in these calls for proposals by November 3, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. (noon) Pacific time.
 
Note: You can only apply to one call for proposals. If you choose to apply to Call 1: Women’s Economic and Leadership Opportunities Fund, you can only apply to one stream of that call.
 
Please reach out – WAGE is here to help:
 
For full eligibility requirements and all the details you need to get started, can be found on WAGE’s website including tips about the type of things to include when completing the application questions.   You can also connect with us:
Virtually: WAGE staff will deliver information sessions to answer your questions and present the application form and online system.
By email: Send us an email and we will respond within two business days to provide you assistance with: -   Information on the call for proposals -   Technical support
Online: Check out our guide on how to use the online application and intake system (ONAIS).