Opportunity Information: Apply for SCAKAB 24 GR 001 SCA 04222024
The Business Expansion Initiative for Women's Employment is a U.S. Mission to Afghanistan (Public Diplomacy Section) grant competition designed to reduce the gender gap in Afghanistan's workforce by helping businesses expand in ways that create more jobs for women in sectors where women are currently permitted to work. The core idea is practical: if businesses have the planning support, management training, and connections they need to grow, they can hire more women and keep women visibly engaged in the economy. The opportunity is framed around both economic outcomes (growth, expanded markets, improved business performance) and social outcomes (gender-inclusive workplace practices and increased women's labor force participation), responding to major barriers Afghan women face such as limited access to employment, financing, financial services, and education.
The program's objectives center on three linked goals. First is empowerment through business expansion, meaning support for women to start and grow their own enterprises, join women-led businesses, or gain the skills needed to participate in women-led enterprises. Second is promoting gender-inclusive practices inside businesses so women can better access jobs and financial resources, including improved policies, management approaches, and workplace norms that reduce exclusion. Third is contributing to broader economic growth by sustaining women's presence in the workforce and reinforcing recognition of women's role in economic development, with the expectation that keeping women economically active benefits families, communities, and overall market stability.
Applicants are invited to propose activities in one or more focus areas that directly increase women's employment through business growth. Suggested components include training programs for businesses that commit to hiring and supporting women, with topics such as inclusive leadership, diversity and inclusion methods, and gender-sensitive management. Proposals can also include mentorship and apprenticeship structures that connect participants to experienced business leaders and provide hands-on work pathways, paired with business skills training and practical tools like expansion toolkits and case studies. Another major track is acceleration and expansion planning assistance, where businesses receive tailored technical support to build realistic growth plans, including market analysis, financial modeling, business process improvements, HR planning, and workforce development planning that explicitly accounts for hiring and retaining women.
The opportunity also emphasizes reducing financial and market barriers that often prevent growth. This includes facilitating access to capital for businesses willing to adopt gender-inclusive employment practices, such as connecting them with investors, entrepreneurs, collaborators, and industry partners, and organizing networking opportunities that can lead to financing or strategic partnerships. In parallel, access to markets is encouraged through relationship-building that helps businesses reach new domestic and international customers as they scale. Beyond direct business support, the grant encourages awareness and advocacy work that equips business leaders to promote gender-inclusive practices within their communities, as well as community engagement efforts to ensure expansion benefits are broadly inclusive and meaningfully increase women's participation in the local labor force.
In terms of mechanics, this is a discretionary grant (Funding Opportunity Number SCAKAB 24 GR 001 SCA 04222024; CFDA 19.501) offered by the U.S. Mission to Afghanistan. The anticipated award is a single grant, with an award ceiling of $750,000 and an expected number of awards of 1. The original application deadline listed is June 21, 2024, and the opportunity was created on April 22, 2024. Eligibility is open to all applicant types except individuals, meaning organizations of various kinds may apply, subject to the funding restrictions referenced in Section D of the full notice. Applicants may include sub-awards or contracts with partner entities, but only one organization can serve as the prime recipient, and any partner roles must be clearly described with responsibilities spelled out in the proposal.Apply for SCAKAB 24 GR 001 SCA 04222024
- The U.S. Mission to Afghanistan in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Business Expansion Initiative for Women's Employment" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.501.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-04-22.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-06-21. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $750,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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