Empowering women and girls and achieving gender equality are crucial to creating inclusive, open and prosperous societies. Gender inequalities, however, persist in many countries so it is important that we find new ways of addressing this issue.
There has been considerable progress in recent decades in supporting countries to acknowledge the importance of empowering women and girls, in order to promote greater equality in their relationships with men and boys, within their families and in society. While the international community recognises the important contribution gender equality can make to poverty reduction and inclusive growth, it also recognises that equality must be, above all, a matter of basic social justice.
We contribute to this agenda by funding projects that:
Social cohesion is the capacity of a society to ensure the welfare of all its members, minimising disparities and avoiding polarisation. By promoting community engagement, we are striving to be genuinely inclusive of newcomers as well as more established communities. We contribute to this agenda by: supporting projects that promote equality and integration within society; … Continued
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Over Ramadan, a time when children, friends and family are so important, many will be in need or suffering. The Foundation has established a separate fund to enable a number of additional donations to be made to celebrate the holy month of Islam.
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The COSARAF Foundation provides Hardship Grants to individuals in genuine financial need. Applicants apply to the Fund for support which covers a breadth of reasons for which they are in need. The Foundation welcomes application from individuals in need of all faiths and none. Some of the Foundation’s Hardship Grant fund is restricted to Muslims as it … Continued
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