Open call for Women Empowerment Fund – Hong Kong

The projects under the WEF comprise general projects and thematic projects. The thematic projects of 2023- 24 refer to “Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Exchange Programme”.

Themes

• The themes for the general projects include:
  • assisting women in accomplishing transformations in the job market (including introduction of interview skills, job selection and training, placement opportunities, keys to entrepreneurship, digital marketing techniques, etc.);
  • enhancing women’s physical and mental health (including promotion of work and family life balance, stress management, mental health awareness, etc.);
  • helping women to cope with different roles in family and society (such as by providing them with trainings on child and elderly care; enhancing women’s awareness of their rights, etc.);
  • motivating women to enhance their personal attributes, achieve full potential and reach out to help others in society (such as workshops on strengthening positive thinking, leadership skills and organisation ability, supplemented by practicing opportunities like organising volunteer activities, etc.); and
  • facilitating the use of new information and communication technology (including trainings on the use of common office software, mobile shooting skills, video production, etc).
• The applicant organisation may organise suitable activities according to different themes. The activities should be diversified, interactive, interesting and innovative and can be in the format of workshops, sharing sessions, talks, competitions, visits, publications, etc.

Funding Information

• The funding cap for each one-year or two-year project is HK$400,000 and HK$800,000 respectively.

Ineligible Projects

• activities which are not cost-effective, benefiting only a small number of people while spending a lot of money;
• activities of a purely recreational/entertainment nature, such as parades or carnivals;
• physical exchange activities outside Hong Kong;
• dining and travel activities;
• projects that may give undue credit or publicity to an individual, an organisation or a political party or association;
• projects that are intended for the exclusive or personal/organisational benefit of an individual/organisation, such as performances for the organisation’s annual events;
• projects that disburse a fixed amount of cash allowance and/or cash relief;
• projects that are launched for profit-making, fund-raising, commercial, religious or political purposes;

Eligibility Criteria

• Women’s groups or non-governmental organisations (NGOs) fulfilling the following criteria are eligible for submitting applications:
  • a company incorporated under the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622) or under the former Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32); or
  • a society established in Hong Kong under the Societies Ordinance (Cap. 151); or
  • a statutory body or a body incorporated in Hong Kong by statute; and
  • the respective company/society/body must be of non-profit-making or charitable in nature.
• If the applicant organisation is a women’s group or NGO registered in accordance with the law, it must provide a certificate of incorporation/registration issued under the law and a Constitution or a Memorandum and Articles of Association. The Constitution or the Memorandum and Articles of Association submitted must include, as proof, a clause specifying that the applicant organisation is non-profit making, and/or its members shall not take any shares of its income or assets.

For more information, visit Women’s Commission.