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Bureau of WHA seeking Applications to support Gender-Based Violence Prevention for Ecuador’s Education System

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Deadline: 30 June 2020

The United States Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) announces a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to support a gender-based violence prevention (GBV) project focused on GBV in Ecuador’s education system.

The $641,975 is attributed to a global U.S. Department of State congressional GBV earmark, and supports the U.S. Department of State and the Administration’s Women Peace and Security (WPS) Policy Outcomes 2 and 3 and the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity(W-GDP) Initiative Pillar 3, which are:

Project Goals

The project aims to support the government of Ecuador and civil society to improve access to services and response to sexual violence and harassment in society, particularly in the educational system.

The project would support municipal governments and CSOs to build the capacity of schools and/or universities in selected provinces to provide improved access to services and response for survivors and those at-risk of GBV. The project would address socio-cultural norms that perpetuate GBV, and train CSOs to strengthen the capacity of other CSOs and local governments and associated schools in delivering GBV survivor support services and prevention activities. The project will incorporate historically marginalized communities. (Survivor support services include crisis support, psychological care, medical services, transitional housing for survivors and their children, and legal aid.) The project will not provide direct funding for such services, but rather enhance the abilities of CSOs and schools to do so. Proposals may undertake activities in one or more ‘pilot’ municipalities to establish a successful “proof of concept” in addressing GBV at the community level. Applicants should consider the implications the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) may have on the project and any possible restricted activities. The risk assessment should include a contingency plan for the various restrictions that may occur due to COVID-19.

Objectives

Project proposals must address each of these objectives:

Grant Information

Expected Outputs

Expected Outcomes

Eligibility Criteria

U.S.-based non-profit/non-governmental organizations subject to section 501(c) (3) of the U.S. tax code; Overseas non-governmental non-profit organizations; Foreign Public Entities and Public International Organizations; U.S.-based institutions of higher education, accredited overseas universities.

For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=327077

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