Deadline: 01-Sep-20
The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) seeks project bids to support interested governments and civil society organisations change legislation to reduce violence and discrimination against women, girls and LGBT people.
Funding Information
- The budget for this work is £3,000,000. Project proposals should not exceed this amount whether singularly or collectively.
Areas of focus could include, but not limited to:
- Supporting interested governments in reforming and repealing legislation which discriminates against, or fails to protect, women and girls and LGBT people, including and not limited to women, girls and LGBT people with disabilities.
- Working with governments, lawmakers, civil society in-country to support the implementation of existing legislation designed to protect women and girls and LGBT people, this could include and is not limited to, supporting LGBT organisations, addressing the impact of intimate partner violence or supporting organisations for women, girls and LGBT individuals with disabilities.
- Civil society capacity building, supporting the creation or development of a movement for change at a country and/or regional level, this could include and is not limited to, work with to support local LGBT, domestic violence or rape crisis organisations.
- Research to build the evidence-base and/or support building the case for the need for change/reform in this space
- Research for longer-term future of work in this space.
- CSSF will consider proposals which look at a number of different countries or a single country of focus, with a variety of project approaches as necessary.
- Proposals should be intersectional in approach, with a focus on women and girls and LGBT people but demonstrating an awareness of wider intersectional considerations specific to the context the proposal operates within.
- They define intersectionality as the complex and cumulative way that different forms of discrimination like homophobia, racism, and sexism overlap and affect people.
Beneficiaries
- Projects must benefit women and girls and/or LGBT people in a Commonwealth context. They will accept proposals for work outside of the Commonwealth provided the work retains a primarily Commonwealth focus and/or the proposal demonstrates how to work outside of the Commonwealth is still benefit to those groups within it.
- All project expenditure must qualify as Overseas Development Assistance.
Competencies
Proposals should ideally demonstrate that the implementing partner has:
- Profound knowledge of issues around tackling violence and discrimination against women and girls and LGBT people
- Where relevant, the experience of working within the legal field, including experience of drafting legislation
- Good understanding of intersectionality
- Experience of working with civil society
- Experience of operating in a Commonwealth context
- Excellent project management skills
- Existing capacity to deliver the proposed activities or the ability to stand up a team quickly
- Existing network of partners in countries/regions covered by the proposal
- Extensive programme and project experience in conducting programmes for equality and inclusion
- Judgement in identifying, managing, mitigating risks
- Awareness of CSSF processes and/or working with the FCO.
For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/commonwealth-equality-project-conflict-stability-and-security-fund-cssf-call-for-bids
