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Hegg Hoffet Fund for Displaced Women Graduates

Supports students at risk

Hegg Hoffet Fund assists graduate women (and in special cases tertiary women students) who have been displaced as a result of war, political upheaval or other serious emergencies. Some are fleeing gender-related atrocities in their home countries, such as rape, honour crimes, forced marriage and female mutilation. Others fear for their lives because of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, or membership in a particular social group. Arriving in a new country, most face complex challenges to integration, among them language difficulties, unemployment, rejection of foreign qualifications and the need for retraining. GWI’s Hegg Hoffet Fund provides short-term grants of a maximum of 3,000 Swiss francs, for refresher courses for re-entry into the candidates’ professional field (or if that is not possible, training courses leading to some other employment), and for language training and other courses to assist with integration into their new countries. In addition to financial assistance, GWI’s national and local groups also provide the graduate refugees with moral support to help them to adjust to life in a different country. In the case of serious natural disasters, GWI’s national federations and associations may apply for short-term grants on behalf of university women or women students within their countries who have suffered hardship due to the disaster and who wish to continue their work or studies. If you fit with qualifications, please click on the links below to access the form and more information:

Overview

Graduate Women International (International Federation of University Women)
Versoix, Geneva region, Switzerland
Full-time
English

Detailed Information

Qualifications
The GWI Hegg Hoffet Fund provides assistance to women graduates and, in special cases, women tertiary students, who have been displaced as a result of war or political upheavals, natural disasters, or other serious emergencies.2.1. Short term grants to individual women graduates, and in special cases women tertiary students, are offered for refresher courses for re-entry into the candidate’s professional field, retraining courses if the candidate is not able to practice her previous profession, lay courses for integration into the new country and courses necessary to pass required national exams in the new country. 2.2. In the case of designated donations having been received specifically for the relief of serious natural disasters, GWI national federations and associations may apply for short-term grants on behalf of women graduates or tertiary students who have suffered hardship due to the disaster and who wish to continue their work or their higher education studies.
Procedure
Hegg Hoffet Application online: https://graduatewomen.org/hegg-hoffet-application/ PDF formats: https://graduatewomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-GWI-HH-Application-FINAL_sdl.pdf Please submit your application to: hegghoffet@gwi.graduatewomen.org
Academic Transfer
Accepts transfer credit.

Application Requirements

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