Deadline: 13-Oct-20
UN Women is looking for a local organization in Tanzania to implement activities related to community sensitization and awareness on women’s economic rights and shared domestic responsibilities. UN Women under this Joint Programme with UNFPA entitled “Realizing Gender Equality through Empowering Women and Adolescent Girls” aims to enhance the social and economic status of women and adolescent girls.
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace, and security.
In Tanzania, UN Women works with other UN agencies within one UN system for delivery as one, under the overarching United Nations Development Assistance Plan 2016–2022 (UNDAP II) which is aligned with and contributes to Tanzania’s national priorities and commitments.
UN Women also supports advocacy initiatives to increase and improve women’s participation in the economy; and supports to enhance capacities of women and female youth farmers to apply environment-friendly and adaptive techniques and practices for their livelihood activities.
Objectives
The objective of the programme is to enhance the social and economic status of women and adolescent girls in both districts by:
- empowering women and female youth farmers economically; and
- enhancing the capacity of the sub-national actors and community to prevent and respond to gender-based violence (GBV), including harmful practices.
Funding Information
- The budget range for this proposal should be USD 20,000-25000.
Outputs
As one of the UNDAP outcomes, UN Women contributes to inclusive and gender-responsive economic growth by supporting outputs including:
- Relevant MDA and selected LGAs have strengthened capacities to review and implement evidence-based economic policies and plans to be business-enabling, environmentally sustainable, and gender-responsive;
- Relevant institutions have enhanced capacities to provide gender-responsive, market-oriented, quality programs, products, and services; and
- Micro, small, medium, and large enterprises, in particular those led by women and youth, have strengthened capacities to increase productivity, add value to their products, and access markets.
Project Outcomes
Expected results of the program are outlined below:
- Outcome 1: Women and female youth farmers empowered economically
- Increased capacity of women and female youth farmers to apply Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) in sunflower and horticulture farming for higher yields
- Increased collective marketing capacity of women and female youth farmers
- Enhanced land tenure security and economic agency of women and female youth within the enabling households and the wider community
- Outcome 2: Enhanced capacity of sub-national and community to prevent and respond to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) including harmful practices
- Strengthened capacities of local institutions and service providers to prevent and respond to gender-based violence including harmful practices
- Women and adolescent girls have the entrepreneurship skills and capabilities to prevent and respond to gender-based violence including harmful practices.
Criteria
The selected institution must demonstrate in its technical proposal that it meets the following criteria:
- Having a legal status under the laws of the United Republic of Tanzania;
- Having a mandate and experiences of community sensitization and engagement in the area of gender norms and behavior change, women’s economic empowerment and prevention and response to gender-based violence;
- Having a capacity and experiences in media outreach plan and implementation, particularly through radio, by using the private sector radio stations.
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