Call for Proposals – Creation of Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces for Women and Girls (Ethiopia)

Deadline: 09-Mar-21

UN Women has announced a call for proposals for the Creation of Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces for Women and Girls.

UN Women Ethiopia is implementing two safe city and safe public spaces projects in Addis Ababa and Hawassa as part of UN Women’s Safe Cities and Safe Public Places for Women and Girls Global Flagship Initiative. To this end, the office would like to engage a Civil Society Organization to implement community-based interventions on Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces for Women and Girls free from sexual harassment (SH) and other forms of sexual violence against women and girls.

The Global Safe Cities Programme is centered around four key outcomes:

1. Gender-responsive locally relevant and owned interventions identified: Local ownership is the cornerstone for this flagship. This outcome focuses on building this ownership by creating multi-stakeholder partnerships and providing the evidence-base for stakeholders to identify solutions.

2. Comprehensive legislation and policies to prevent and respond to Sexual Violence against women and girls (SVAWG) in public spaces: The capacity of local stakeholders will be assessed and enhanced to ensure that comprehensive legislation and policies to prevent and respond to SVAWG in public spaces are developed, and effectively implemented including strengthening the capacity of services providers and institutions.

3. Investments in the safety and economic viability of public spaces: including public infrastructure and economic development and with special concern for creating economic opportunities for women in the renewed public spaces.

4. Social and cultural transformation – to ensure that attitudes and behaviors related to women’s and girls’ rights to enjoy public spaces free from SV improved, including through activities at community, institutional and individual level, engaging girls and boys and other influential champions in transformative activities in schools, and other venues that promote respectful gender relationships, gender equality and safety in public spaces, etc.

Funding Information

The budget range for this proposal should be [130,000 -140,000].
The project will commence upon signature of partnership agreement with the selected organization and will end on 31 December 2021.

Eligibility Criteria

Legally constituted organization with a valid registration in Ethiopia.
Experience addressing issues relevant to women rights on SVAWG, women empowerment and gender equality.
Experience working in development settings and VAWG programs is mandatory.
Have experts in the areas of Human rights, VAWG and women empowerment is required
Previous working experience with United Nations is highly desirable

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