UNFPA Innovations Challenge for Women 2022

Eligibility Criteria :

Here are the eligibility criteria for the UNFPA Innovations Challenge for women:

1. The business must have tested a proof of concept, prototype, and a minimal viable product (MVP) that has been piloted and is ready to scale. 
2. The MVP must be a member of the submitting company.
3. The inventive solution must have a market or public-sector-based path to scalability and sustainability.
4. The proposed solution has a higher development impact per dollar or is more cost-effective than other approaches to achieve the same goals. Furthermore, there must be proof to back up this assertion.
5. Proposals must also include innovative solutions that promote women’s and girls’ empowerment, emphasizing meeting needs for family planning and preventing unnecessary maternal deaths. Moreover, priority will be for the solutions from women-led enterprises.
6. The organization must be registered in a UNFPA program country.
7. At the time of application, the company has not been debarred, suspended, sanctioned, or otherwise identified as ineligible by any UN Organization or the World Bank Group.
8. Also, the company is not subject to procurement prohibitions derived from the Compendium of UN Security Council Sanctions Lists.
9. The invention should be put into practice in the UNFPA program nation.
10. The proposed solution should address one of the concerns listed below:

• Fulfilling unmet family planning needs.
• Putting an end to unnecessary maternal deaths.
• Ending gender-based violence and harmful practices is also a priority.