Deadline: 19-May-23
The Plan International African Union Liaison Office is announcing a call for proposals to award a small fund grant to girls and young women with a compelling, practical and impactful advocacy initiative idea that they want to put into action.
The award’s overarching goal is to encourage and inspire African girls and young women to continue their activism in advancing the rights of children and young women, particularly girls. In addition, they have learned from the ongoing engagement with girls and young women that, access to adequate human, technical and financial resources is critical to the success of girls’ and young women’s advocacy efforts.
Plan International with the goal of advancing Children’s rights and equality for girls, works to ensure they are equipped with the tools, platforms, knowledge and resources they need to identify barriers and conquer obstacles., Girls’ and young women’s efforts must be recognized and actively promoted, while also protecting them from threats and violence and taking concrete steps to remove structural barriers and systemic disadvantages that they face. In line with this, it is also important to critically look into the shrinking civil society spaces as one of the reasons to create a platform for girls’ activism.
Objectives
- Recognize and support innovative continental advocacy efforts by Girls and Young Women on human rights affairs
- Invest in the enhancement of Girls and Young Women’s advocacy skills, ideas, and capabilities at the point of impact;
- Increased avenue for girls’ agency and assertiveness in addressing issues that prevent girls’ equal access to opportunities.
Award Details
- Each of the two award recipients will receive a grant award of $1,000 to support the implementation of their advocacy initiative.
- Grantees may also be sponsored to attend the 10th GIMAC Young Women Advocacy Training, which will take place in Nairobi, Kenya in July 2023.
Expected Outcomes
- Inauguration of a continuous and inclusive award that emphasizes the leadership of girls and young women as part of the human rights advocacy
- Witness a rise in platforms for young women to carry out initiatives on holding governments and regional bodies accountable on issues relating to gender inequality, exclusion and injustice
- Drive a more concrete effort in collaboration with other regional stakeholders to shine a light on similar activism led by girls and young women at large
Eligible Countries
- Benin, Kenya, Sierra, Leone, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Somalia, Cameroon, Malawi, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Mali, Sudan, Egypt, Mozambique, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Niger, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Guinea, Rwanda, Zambia, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Zimbabwe.
Eligibility Criteria
- All girls and young women who are interested in applying for the grant and meet the following criteria are eligible to submit a proposal;
- Applicants must be Girls and Young Women between the ages of 15 and 24.
- Applicants must be citizens of Africa and must reside in one of the African countries where Plan International has a presence/representation office.
- They will prioritize applications from Girls and Young Women with a deep interest or/and commitment to human rights advocacy, and to equality and non-discrimination.
- To be eligible for the grant, the submitted proposal must be capable of being implemented within the required time frame of one year.
Format
- Plan AULO welcomes proposals for initiatives that contribute to one or more of the advocacy outcomes; inclusive quality education, prevention of harmful practices, child protection and girls’ economic empowerment.
- Proposal documents written in English and French will be accepted.
- The proposal length should be no more than 5 pages and sent as a PDF document (if possible).
For more information, visit Plan International African Union Liaison Office.