Deadline: 15-Apr-23
UN Women Multi-Country Office (MCO) – Caribbean, seeks to partner with Responsible Parties (Non-Governmental Organizations) [NGOs] who will contribute to the scale-up or creation of new and innovate interventions for the marginalized populations with which they work, as well as strengthen their capacities to design, implement and monitor their own programmes on ending violence against women and girls (VAWG), including family violence.
The Grants are intended to support NGOs working in family violence, especially those responding to the needs of women and girl survivors and those who face discrimination or marginalization (e.g., rural women and girls, young people, women, and girls with disabilities, queer, transgender, marginalized and gender non-conforming communities etc.).
Key Pillars
Complementing the Spotlight country programmes in six Caribbean countries, the Caribbean Spotlight Programme focuses on 4 of 6 pillars of programming, i.e.
- Working to ensure institutions are gender-responsive;
- Establishing comprehensive and evidence based prevention programmes aimed at changing social norms and gender stereotypes;
- Promoting the collection and use of quality, comparable data to inform public policy, advocacy, policy making, and delivery of complimentary services to improve prevention; and
- Supporting autonomous women’s movements to influence, and monitor policy and to ensure accountability.
Given the crucial role that CSO´s and feminist movements play in creating the conditions for change, in getting issues of gender-based violence, women´s equality and empowerment including advancement of sexual and reproductive health and rights on the agenda, there is an urgent need to support a regional women’s movement to coordinate and work to end violence against women and girls.
Areas
Grants can be used for a diversity of activities. These can include areas such as:
- Addressing a need or gap in civil society which is not met by other funding sources,
- Leveraging support for coalition-building among the women’s movement and civil society; building internal/institutional capacities of smaller grassroot CSOs to increase learning.
- Support technology solutions, innovation and improving coordination and integration efforts among organizations to address VAWG and GEWE.
- Improving service delivery for victims/survivors,
- Advancing intersectional analyses or research on VAWG etc.
Funding Information
- Resources are being made available within the Caribbean Spotlight Programme to provide two (2) categories of grants to NGOs/CSOs.
- Ceiling of USD $20,000 – $25,000 per organization and
- A ceiling of USD 35,000 – S50,000 per organisation.
- The expected duration of this partnership is six (6) months, commencing 1st April 2023 and concluding 30th September 2023. Extensions will not be permitted as programme closure will begin from October 2023, and to allow sufficient time for project and programme reporting.
Eligibility Criteria
- Responsible Party must be a Registered Non-Governmental Organization/Civil Society Organisation under the relevant country laws for a period no less than five (5) years before the date of the application.
- At least 3-5 years’ experience implementing initiatives on gender equality and women’s empowerment, human rights, family violence and gender-based violence including violence against women and girls.
- At least 3-5 years’ experience working with vulnerable and marginalized individuals/groups/communities including rural women and girls, women and girls with disabilities, queer, transgender, and other gender non-confirming groups.
- At least 5 years’ experience working in the CARICOM region. Joint applications between NGOS in the target countries with proven experience working in both countries may also be accepted.
- Countries to be covered:
- Antigua and Barbuda.
- Barbados.
- Belize.
- Dominica.
- St. Kitts and Nevis.
- Saint Lucia.
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
- Suriname.
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