Deadline: 12 April 2017
The British Embassy Kinshasa is currently inviting proposals for projects aimed at preventing and responding to sexual violence in conflict in DRC in 2017/18.
The UK’s Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI) aims to address the culture of impunity, ensure more perpetrators are brought to justice and provide better support for survivors.
Thematic Areas
The target thematic areas for the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative in DRC in 2017/18 are:
- Support for a more effective legal response to sexual violence in conflict in DRC, including sexual slavery. Under this theme we are particularly interested in bids that include some or all of the following: that can demonstrate strategic impact; that will increase access to justice for victims; that aim to strengthen investigative and judicial responses to sexual violence in conflict in DRC; that take a sensitive approach to tackling a culture of impunity, including consideration of the rights of suspects; that are conscious of and mitigate against some of the negative unintended consequences of interventions in this field.
- Challenging harmful attitudes towards survivors and victims of sexual violence in conflict, including victims of sexual slavery, and working to end the stigma they suffer.
Under both themes, the program are particularly interested in projects that seeks to apply innovative and/or strategic approaches to tackle sexual violence, including supporting the implementation of DRC government commitments.
Funding Information
- Bids are invited on one or both of these thematic areas.
- For each thematic area, the program welcomes bids for projects of £10,000 – £200,000 per year.
- Project proposals can be for one, two or three years, although funding will only be guaranteed for the first financial year (2017-18) and will need to be reapplied for annually thereafter.
How to Apply
Applicants are invited to submit a project proposal and Activity Based Budget in English and send them electronically at the address given on the website, with “PSVI in DRC Bid” as the subject line.
Eligible Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
For more information, please visit British Embassy Kinshasa.