Deadline: 22-Feb-21
Under the Women, Make the Change program, UN Women is launching this Call for Proposals to support a Young Women in Leadership Initiative to address this gap by helping young women emerge as a dynamic force for change to the current status quo.
In order to support Outcome 2 of the Women Make the Change programme, building a cadre of capable women political leaders at the national and subnational level, specific attention and support must be given to young women who are, themselves, emerging leaders. This has been recognized as a critical gap in much of the work focused on women’s political participation across the Pacific region.
Objectives
The main objectives of the Young Women in Leadership Initiative of the Women Make the Change programme are:
- To develop the leadership skills and capacity of emerging young women leaders from across Papua New Guinea by providing them with mentorship, skills building and internship opportunities.
- To support young women leaders to promote gender equality initiatives in their own communities.
- To promote awareness on the value and importance of young women’s leadership.
Funding Information
- Proposals should cover a period of 18 months.
- Up to $200,000 USD is available to support this work.
Outcomes
This 4-year programme focuses on four critical outcomes:
- Legal frameworks strengthened to promote gender balance throughout the political processes;
- A cadre of interested, diverse and capable women political leaders supported at national and sub-national level;
- Women are perceived as equally legitimate and effective political leaders as men; and
- Women are promoted as leaders in gender sensitive political institutions.
Criteria
- The NGO or lead NGO (if applying as a consortium) must be legally registered and can be a national or international organization with a presence in Papua New Guinea. If applying as a Consortium and funds will be managed by the non-lead NGO, the other two organizations must also be registered.
- The NGO/LEAD organisation should:
- Be duly registered or has the legal basis/mandate as an organization.
- Have an established organisational culture of accountability and commitment to delivery of results.
- Internal programmatic, administrative and financial capacity for budgets of more than $50,000 annually supported with a track record of quality and timely project results.
- subcontracting, if applying as a Consortium
- Have a permanent office within Papua New Guinea and been in operation for at least 5 years.
For more information, visit https://papuanewguinea.un.org/en/108241-call-proposal-implement-young-women-leadership-initiative
