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Funding Amount

Nike product donation + Leadership Development Programme participation

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

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Status: Closed (winners announced; 2019 timeframe)

Geographic Scope: Colombia, France, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Libya, Myanmar, The Netherlands, Pakistan, South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom

Focus Areas:

  • Getting and keeping girls and young women in sport

  • Empowering younger girls (7-14 years old) through sport

  • Sports as vehicle for girls' empowerment (boxing, skateboarding, hip hop dancing, bollyrunning, etc.)

    • Award Description:

  • Nike product donation

  • Participation in Women Win's Leadership Development Programme

  • Participation in Leadership and Partnership Camp during FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 in France

    • Leadership Development Programme Focus:

  • Designing and delivering sports programmes for girls with excellence

  • Leadership skills development

    • Applicant Profile:

  • Young women (typically ages 18-25 based on winners)

  • Passionate about empowering younger girls through sport

  • Global applicants welcome

    • Application Volume: Received 200+ applications from young women worldwide

    Winners: 17 young women selected from multiple countries

    Partners: Nike, Adwoa Aboah (supermodel), Gurls Talk, Women Win

    Notable Winners Include:

  • Angie Roa (Barranquilla, Colombia, age 22)

  • Antonia Weise (Berlin, Germany, age 19)

  • Asia Mhmod (Tripoli, Libya, age 24)

  • And 14 others from diverse geographic and cultural backgrounds

    • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    womenyouth-sports

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