Deadline: 18-Nov-20
The Spotlight Initiative Jamaica has been announced for interested Civil Society Organizations, Community based Organizations, and Faith-based Organizations and academic institutions.
The Spotlight Initiative in Jamaica provides a unique opportunity to address family violence as a major public health and development issue with significant ramifications at the individual, community and national levels. UNFPA, in collaboration with UNDP, UNICEF and UNWOMEN, will address three key priority areas within Family Violence against women and girls in Jamaica through the Spotlight Initiative: (i) Child Sexual Abuse; (ii) Intimate Partner Violence; and (iii) Discrimination against vulnerable groups.
The Spotlight Initiative will focus its work on family violence through six key pillars:
- Developing and implementing relevant legislation and policies;
- Strengthening national and sub-national institutions;
- Preventing violence through evidence-based programmes and campaigns;
- Establishing and strengthening essential services for victims and survivors;
- Ensuring the collection and use of prevalence and incidence data;
- Partnering directly with women’s movements and civil society.
Funding Information
- TOR 1: US$ 98,000;
- TOR 2: US$ 15,000.
Pillars and Activities
The Joint Programme Secretariat of the Spotlight Initiative in Jamaica, on behalf of the Recipient United Nations organizations (RUNOs): UNFPA wishes to engage civil society partners to implement activities across 2 out of 6 Pillars of the programme. The pillars and activities are as follows:
Pillar 3: Prevention – TOR 1
The objective of Activity 3.1.4 is to Support the MOEYI and CSOs to scale up and sustain the implementation of the Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) curriculum with a stronger focus on GBV and FV for children and young people in and out of school.
The specific main activities are to:
- Design a training package for school and CSO staff on VAWG and conduct training in VAWG for MOEYI and CSO programme staff in the four parishes;
- Review and update materials for HFLE sessions/workshops in schools and out-of-school to have a better focus on prevention of VAWG and FV in all their forms; and
- Support school-based, student-led campaigns.
Pillar 4: Services – TOR 2
The objective of Activity 4.1.7 is to “Develop and operationalize usage of standardized intake forms and client registration formats by both government and CSO service providers.”
The specific main activities are:
- Lead the review and development of standardized intake forms and client registration formats for the CSOs and government institutions; and
- Lead a validation and consensus workshop of the updated forms and formats and their coordinated use in accordance with the ESP principles.
Requirements
Organizations wishing to apply for the grant should meet the following requirements and competencies:
- Be a non-profit organization with a track record on ending violence against women and girls, gender equality, child protection, women empowerment, registered by relevant bodies;
- Proven experience of prevention, mitigation and response of violence against women and girls, capacity building, human rights, access to justice, security, sexual and reproductive health and rights/adolescent sexual reproductive health, legal reform, a strong understanding of gender equality and women empowerment principles, advocacy and community mobilization and engagement for social norms change (a minimum of one of the areas listed);
- Have an established physical office/presence in at least one of the target parishes;
- Ability to carry out activities under at least one of the mentioned pillars of the Initiative;
- Strong skills in written communications in English by at least one lead member of staff;
- Previous and/or current interventions in the target parishes of the Initiative is an advantage;
- A previous audit report is an asset but not mandatory;
- Previous experience working with UN agencies is an asset but not mandatory.
Submission Details
The only Expression of Interest Forms submitted in English will be considered. Those wishing to apply shall submit the following:
- Letter of Expression of Interest;
- Application Form of Expression of Interest;
- Evidence of established management structure (i.e. organogram/ organizational structure);
- Copy of valid legal registration in the country;
- Documents such as past contracts, donor reports are desirable but not mandatory;
- A previous audit report is an asset but not mandatory.
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