Grants in Action
Middle East 2008-2009
ASTRAEA’S INTERNATIONAL GRANTS PROGRAM Astraea's International Fund for Sexual Minorities was established in 1996, the first institutional fund in the U.S. devoted to supporting LBGTI organizations worldwide. Since its inception, the Fund has invested in innovative LGBTI-led human rights and social change organizations and projects in over 70 countries across Africa, the Americas, Asia, Eastern Europe/Commonwealth of Independent States and the Middle East.
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Meet a Grantee: Al-Qaws for sexual and gender diversity is the Palestinian society (Jerusalem, Israel)
Al-Qaws plays a pivotal role in building an open Palestinian society that respects the diversity and humanity of all. It raises awareness and challenges misconceptions about LGBTQI people among professional and social groups through an educational booklet and in-depth educational programming. In collaboration with Aswat, the only Palestinian LBTI women’s organization in the Middle East, it launched the first and only national Palestinian LGBTQI support line.
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Al-Qaws for Sexual and Gender Diversity in the Palestinian Society (Jerusalem, Israel)
International Fund Panel $5,000
Movement Resource Fund $8,000
alqaws.org
Aswat–Palestinian Gay Women
(Haifa, Israel)
Collaborative Fund $4,375
International Fund Panel $10,000
Movement Resource Fund $9,000
Social Change Opportunity Fund $90,000 over 3 years beginning in 2009
aswatgroup.org
HELEM (Beirut, Lebanon)
Emergency Fund $7,000
International Fund Panel $10,000
Movement Resource Fund $4,000
helem.net
Meem (Beirut, Lebanon)
International LGBTQQ Youth Fund $10,000
Movement Resource Fund $2,000
meemgroup.org