Deadline: 18-Jan-22
UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, an international development agency, invites qualified organizations to submit proposals to support reaching UNFPA’s 3 transformative results as outlined in its strategic plan:
- end preventable maternal deaths,
- end the unmet need for family planning, and
- end gender-based violence and all harmful practices, including child marriage and female genital mutilation.
The purpose of the Invitation for Proposals is to identify eligible non-governmental organizations for prospective partnership with UNFPA Egypt to support achievement of results.
Thematic Areas
- To engage community members to demonstrate the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls and harmful practices against girls and women, including female genital mutilation(FGM) and child marriage.
- To enhance the quality of reproductive health services, including those provided by mobile clinics
- Supporting capacity building activities for the Ministry of Health and Population, and private sector health providers.
- To empower adolescent girls to ensure they reach their full potential with informed decisions and equal opportunities.
- To inform, educate and empower women and girls to learn about forms of violence and discrimination and to seek protection and care services
- To enhance the quality of services responsive to all forms of violence against women including GBV and harmful practices
Outcomes
- Outcome 1: Sexual and reproductive health output 1 Strengthened capacities of line ministries and civil society at governorates and national levels for the provision of high-quality, integrated and rights based and reproductive health and family planning services, including for youth and in humanitarian settings.
- And under Outcome 3 Gender Equality and Empowerment Enhanced Capacity of the Government and Civil Society to respond and prevent gender based violence (GBV) with particular attention to harmful practices affecting women and girls including those affected by emergencies as well as work on the new CPD which is under development.
Specific Responsibilities
- Support the implementation of asset building programs to empower adolescent girls in targeted areas.
- Implement community knowledge building, awareness raising and mobilization activities targeting different community groups, including but not limited to, different generations of women and girls, men and boys, community and religious leaders on gender-based violence and harmful practices such as FGM and child marriage
- Support the implementation of UNFPA Social Innovation Incubator linked to UNFPA’s three transformative results:
- end unmet need for family planning,
- end preventable maternal deaths and
- end gender-based violence and harmful practices
- Implement activities to build capacity of RH and FP service providers, as well as MOHP officials
- Implement activities to build capacity of service providers as well as to provide quality services to girls and women who are at risk of/affected by gender-based violence and harmful practices, including FGM and child marriage.
- Developing interactive innovative tools that support women and girls exposed to violence with focus on psychological support activities and group discussions to reduce stigma and shame.
Specific Requirements
- Experience in the areas of girls and women empowerment and community mobilization programme activities
- Experiences in the areas of gender equality, GBV, harmful practices, and reproductive health issues.
- Experience on working on engaging men and boys
- Experience in working with refugees and migrants and implementing safe spaces.
- Experience in research, M&E and quality assessment
- Experience in advocacy and policy development
- Experience in networking and partnerships on reproductive health, gender, GBV and HP issues
- Experience in supporting MOHP in capacity building of staff and service providers.
For more information, visit https://egypt.unfpa.org/en/submission/invitation-proposals-new-ips-apply