Water Justice Fund – Movement Building Grants 2025 (up to €10,000)

Applications are now open for the Water Justice Fund – Movement Building Grants 2025, an initiative that places women at the forefront of climate action by promoting locally led adaptation and resilience strategies. The fund is designed to strengthen grassroots movements that address systemic inequalities in water governance, particularly those that disproportionately impact women and marginalized communities. By supporting community-driven solutions, the Water Justice Fund aims to build more equitable and sustainable water systems while expanding access to climate finance for underrepresented voices in the global water justice movement. This grant opportunity seeks to empower and amplify the efforts of those working on the frontlines of climate change, ensuring that water justice becomes a central pillar of climate resilience worldwide.

The Movement Building Grants are meant to support advocacy, campaigns, learning and evidence based research for influencing that advances water justice. The Water Fund is open for applications for Movement Building Grants in Nepal, Bangladesh and Kenya with the following objectives:

• Strengthen women’s leadership in locally led solutions for climate resilience and water security.
• Support collective action to put climate adaptation higher on the national and or global agenda.
• Strengthening participatory management, collective stewardship and multi-stakeholders’ accountability.

Grant of Water Justice Fund

• Individual grantees can receive a maximum of €5,000, while organisations, collectives and networks may receive up to €10,000 per year.

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Eligibility for Water Justice Fund

• Open to organisations, networks and individuals based in Kenya, Bangladesh and Nepal.
• Proven track record of working on water justice, gender and climate change.
• Demonstrate clear strategies for collective approaches and alternative solutions for water justice issues.

Application

• Apply for Nepal
• Apply for Bangladesh
• Apply for Kenya

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