Deadline: 31 January 2017
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment (UN Women) are seeking expression of interest from non-government organisations for UNHCR Myanmar Stateless Programme and UNHCR and UN Women’s Convention on the elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) based Women and Peacebuilding program.
UN Women is the UN organisation dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. UN Women has established to accelerate progress on meeting needs worldwide. UN Women supports Member States in setting global standards for achieving gender equality and work with governments and civil society to design the laws, policies, programmes and services required to implement these standards. UN Women stands behind women’s equal participation in all aspect of life, focusing on the following five priority areas:
- increasing women’s leadership and participation
- ending violence against women
- engaging women in all aspects of peace and security processes
- enhancing women’s economic empowerment
- marketing gender equality central to national development planning and budgeting
Objectives and Priority Areas
UNHCR and UN Women are looking for organisations to work as partner in the project priority areas as follows:
- Gender Analysis of the 1982 Citizenship and its implementation: Conduct a gender analysis of the 1982 Citizenship law and conduct research to understand gaps in access to civil documentation for women to evaluate Myanmar’s compliance with international standards related to gender equality.
- Location: Yangon (nationwide)
- Objective: Identification of stateless persons improved as well as risks and impacts for women.
Selection Criteria
- Sector Expertise and Experience
- Project Management
- Local Experience and Presence
- Contribution of Resources
- Cost Effectiveness
- Experiencing Working with UNHCR and UN Women
Eligibility Criteria
Registered Non-Government organisations (national and international) that deem themselves eligible to perform and have unique and complementary attributes to UNHCR’s and UN Women’s capacities and resources for understanding the project are invited to submit concept note.
How to Apply
To submit the Concept note and application documents, interested organisations are need to register themselves at UNHCR Partner Portal via given website.
Eligible Countries: Myanmar
For more information, please visit UNHCR Myanmar Stateless Programme.