Closed · SFOP0008983 · CFDA 19.108 · Discretionary

U.S.-Pakistan Women’s Council Initiative Advancing Women's Economic Leadership

Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$296K-$296K
Award range
Closed
Status
July 17, 2022
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

U.S.-Pakistan Women’s Council Initiative Advancing Women's Economic Leadership is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs that offered $296,296 -- $296,296 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 149 other opportunities from Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs.

$296K-$296K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.108
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

U.S.-Pakistan Women’s Council Initiative Adva… is closed (last close July 17, 2022). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs still indexes 149 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed July 17, 2022

Posted May 18 Closes Jul 17

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Grant

Description

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) announces a Request for Statements of Interest (RSOI) for organizations to submit a statement of interest (SOI) to carry out a $300,000 program to advance the economic empowerment of women in Pakistan and to close the gender pay gap. The proposed program would launch a platform in coordination with the U.S.-Pakistan Women’s Council through which businesses, non-profits, and international government leaders in Pakistan and the United States would be able to sustainably partner with Pakistani businesses, civil society organizations, and Pakistani women-led private and non-profit organizations to co-create programs that aim to close the gender pay gap and create an enabling environment for women’s economic advancement and leadership in Pakistan. Priority will be given to organizations that cost-share and to organizations that have experience in developing collaborative relationships with private sector entities, particularly those that support women’s economic empowerment. The proposed program could collaborate with women’s mental health access providers and support women’s safety in the workplace, and other services critical to support Pakistani women in the formal economy. SCA invites organizations interested in potential funding to submit SOI applications outlining program concepts that reflect this goal. The submission of a SOI is the first step in a multi-phased selection process that includes a co-creation workshop.

Small-business / for-profit corridor · SFOP0008983

U.S.-Pakistan Women’s Council Initiative Adva… prints a for-profit / small-business applicant door (For-profit organizations other than small businesses). Treat the listing as business-facing unless the full Grants.gov announcement narrows it further. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Income Security and Social Services (ISS). Only 3 other Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs listings share this exact eligibility-code string (2% of 150).

Code 22
For-profit organizations other than small businesses

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