Deadline: 22-Jul-2025
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has launched a project titled “Lot 1: Strengthening the Resilience and Social Reintegration of Conflict-Affected Children and Women,” targeting those exiting armed groups and survivors of gender-based violence in Nigeria’s BAY States.
The project aims to increase access for children, youth, and women disassociated from armed groups, as well as other vulnerable conflict-affected individuals, to sustainable, equitable community-based child protection services. These services include case management, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response, and other support mechanisms.
UNICEF also seeks to enhance the capacity of children, families, communities, and partners to engage in transitional justice and reconciliation processes. This aims to boost resilience, improve social cohesion, and reduce the rejection and stigmatization of former child associates of non-state armed groups (NSAG) and other vulnerable groups.
The project will provide quality sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) prevention, mitigation, and response services. It focuses on addressing harmful social norms and practices against children, youth, girls, and women disassociated from armed groups, as well as survivors of SGBV in the BAY States. Strengthening SGBV protection mechanisms to empower women and girls and promote positive social norms change is also a priority.
This one-year project focuses on protection sectors including child protection and gender-based violence. The geographic focus is Nigeria, specifically Borno State.
Expected results include increased access to quality SGBV services for children, youth, girls, and women disassociated from armed groups and survivors of violence in BAY States. The project also aims to expand community-based mental health and psychosocial support services for children and caregivers affected by the conflict.
Survivors of SGBV will benefit from a comprehensive, coordinated approach to prevention, care, support, recovery, and perpetrator accountability. More children and caregivers exiting armed groups will access quality mental health services.
Strengthening child protection community structures and social workforces to identify, document, respond, report, and refer cases for comprehensive management is another key result. This will ensure vulnerable children, including those formerly associated with NSAG, have timely and effective access to protection services.
Social cohesion, peacebuilding, and transitional justice efforts will be supported to encourage the participation of children, families, and communities. These efforts aim to reduce stigmatization and rejection of children formerly associated with armed groups and other vulnerable populations.
Selection criteria for implementing partners include clarity of activities and expected results, cost-effectiveness, local experience and presence, sector expertise, and prior experience working with the UN.
For more information, visit UN Partner Portal.
