Deadline: 18-Dec-24

Applications are now open for the Safe Abortion Action Fund Program.

Through the funding and support they work to de-stigmatize abortion and to create opportunities for organisations working on abortion to connect with like-minded partners, with the goal of supporting a thriving intersectional movement to advance reproductive rights for all, especially communities which experience marginalisation.

They will prioritise proposals that address abortion not only as a public health issue but that also see abortion access within a human rights and gender transformative framework.

They particularly encourage applications from organisations working with or led by people who in their local context may face particularly high barriers to abortion access, such as:

• Those who are economically marginalized or living in poverty
• Indigenous populations
• Internally displaced persons, refugees or migrants
• Members of the LGBTQ community
• People living with disabilities
• Racial or ethnic minorities (in the local context)
• Sex workers
• Young people
• Members of any other community that in their local context face particularly high barriers to accessing safe abortion

Funding Information

• Three-year grants of up to $120,000 USD are available for groups and organisations based in low- and middle-income countries around the world.

Eligibility Criteria

• Your organisation must be headquartered in an eligible country
• Being headquartered is more than just having a local registration. They only fund organisations which have their main operations in eligible countries and can define their own strategy, brand identity and governance fully independently from international organisations headquartered in the Global North.
• If your organisation is not registered, you will need a registered organisation in an eligible country to act as your fiscal sponsor.
• Regional organisations, and regional/national networks and consortia are eligible to apply.

Ineligibility Criteria

• They do not fund:
  • Individuals
  • Government departments and agencies
  • University departments
  • For-profit organisations
  • UN agencies

For more information, visit SAAF.