Deadline: 22-Aug-23
UN Women is looking to partner with an NGO to support the implementation of 2 sectoral plans at the governorate level for the Governorates of Ninewa and Thi Qar.
UN Women is currently implementing a project titled “Advancing the Implementation of the Second Iraq National Plan on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security”. The project overall goal is to foster the implementation of Women, Peace and Security commitments through national, local and community level action. Specifically, the project bolsters the implementation capacity of NAP II (2021-2024) in Iraq to ensure that the needs and priorities of women and girls affected by conflict are met and addressed. The project supports the implementation of INAP II by governmental and non-governmental actors ensuring full collaboration and participation of civil society to enhance women’s protection and participation in conflict prevention and resolution, and post-conflict state-building.
This proposal aims at supporting implementation of the INAPII at governorate level through localised plans for the governorates of ThiQar and Ninewa. These plans are pilot interventions which have been developed by the Women Empowerment Directorates at the governorate council in close coordination with UN Women and in collaboration with civil society actors. They have been endorsed in collaboration with national gender machineries and relevant governmental and civil society actors. They serve to ensure the effective implementation and monitoring of the second Iraqi National Action plan (INAP II) at governorate level.
Pillars
- Pillar (1): Participation
- Objective (1): The active participation of women in achieving and sustaining peace.
- Output (1): Women possess effective skills and abilities in negotiations and peacebuilding.
- Output (2): A political and societal environment that supports women’s participation in peacebuilding and peacekeeping.
- Output (3): Women are represented and influential in leadership positions within the security sectors and justice systems.
- Output (4): Consulting with human rights organizations and organizations concerned with women’s issues, to participate in anti-terrorism initiatives.
- Objective (2): Integrating women in relief efforts and reconstruction stages on both the national and local levels.
- Output (4): Involving clan leaders, clerics, and civil society to prevent crimes of sexual violence and facilitate the reintegration of survivors.
- Objective (1): The active participation of women in achieving and sustaining peace.
- Pillar (2): Protection
- For this pillar, the selected partner is required to coordinate with other actors including UNFPA and UNCHR specifically with regards to shelters and protection centres.
- Objective (1): Ensuring the protection of women and girls, especially in the camps, sites of displacement, and areas of return.
- Output (1): Clear and effective formal mechanisms and procedures for the protection of women and girls.
- Output (2): Women and girls are empowered to use and benefit from protection mechanisms, especially reporting.
- Output (4): Women and girls are empowered to use and benefit from protection mechanisms, especially reporting.
- Output (7): Completion of legislation that provides shelter for groups at risk, including survivors of sexual violence.
- Pillar (3): Prevention
- Objective (1): Create a safe environment for women and girls and a supportive society based on coexistence and the rejection of violence.
- Output (2): Building community capacities of aware individuals who are able to spread the concepts of peace and community cohesion.
- Output (4): Inclusion of gender in early warning systems to prevent conflict-related violence in societies.
- Output (5): Provide support to feminist human rights organizations, and conduct regular consultations on policy and law reform and service provision.
- Objective (3): Increasing the resilience of women affected by conflict through livelihood opportunities and access to services in their communities.
- Output (2): Facilitating the economic participation of women in areas that witnessed conflict and creating a suitable work environment for them.
- Output (3): Expanding economic empowerment and livelihood programs.
- Objective (1): Create a safe environment for women and girls and a supportive society based on coexistence and the rejection of violence.
Funding Information
- The budget range for this proposal should be [$220,000- $250,000].
- Expected start date and end date for completion of required services/results: September 2023—September 2024 (1 Year)
Competencies
- In the selection of partners, the following competencies will be considered:
- Soundness of technical competency described in the approach to the project as described in the Terms of Reference for the Call for Proposals, to be demonstrated by a track record of successful programmatic interventions
- Capacity to deliver expected results: governance and management competency, and financial and administrative competency, demonstrated by previous partnerships with UN Women or other donor organisations.
- Relevance of the mandate and the role of the organization to implement expected results and to contribute to the sustainability of said results, demonstrated by expertise in gender-related work and community outreach
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