The FREE (Financial Resilience and Economic Empowerment) Fund aims to ensure long-term investment in the economic empowerment of adolescent girls and young women.

FREE is envisioned as a pooled funding mechanism designed to support the needs of adolescent girls and young women. With foundational investment from Standard Chartered, FREE will accelerate progress towards SDG 5 and SDG 8 by increasing the economic opportunities available to girls and women.

This fund will identify promising initiatives, provide resources to expand and scale existing work, and connect innovators to be able to share solutions.

FREE will support proposals that advance adolescent girls’ and young women’s economic resilience and align with the vision and mission of the Fund.