Deadline: 18-Mar-24
UN Women Pakistan, with financial assistance from Embassy of Federal Republic of Germany, has recently launched a project ‘Improving Gender Parity for Strengthening Gender Responsive Justice in Pakistan’.
In order to improve women’s access to quality and survivor-centered justice, it is important to increase women’s participation and trust in the justice system. It is crucial to enhance women’s role and their involvement in the sector for strengthening gender-responsive justice in Pakistan. This project aims to strengthen delivery of gender-responsive justice by increasing gender parity within the justice sector institutions particularly within the Police, Judiciary, Prosecution and the Bar in ICT, Khyber Pakhtunkhwah and Balochistan. UN Women Pakistan, based on its previous experience with justice sector institutions (JSIs), believes that there is a dire need to create an enabling environment, so that women are incentivized to join and pursue a career in these institutions.
UN Women Pakistan seeks services of civil society organizations with demonstrated experience of working with communities, academic institutions and justice sector institutions (JSI) including Police, Judiciary and legal fraternity on enhancing women’s access to these institutions. The proposed initiatives, as mentioned above, will focus on enhancing gender parity in JSIs and promote structural reforms that help institutionalize gender concerns ensuring a safe and enabling environment for women. The selected organization will be expected to work directly with communities, academic institutions, and JSIs – as and when required – to achieve the following key objectives:
- To mobilise young women and girls to join justice sector institutions (Police, Judiciary, Prosecution and legal fraternity) in selected districts of Balochistan, KP and Islamabad
- To enhance awareness among communities about the role of JSIs, women’s recruitment in these institutions, and systems that help address GBV crimes
- To strengthen capacity of civil society organisations championing the cause of gender parity within justice sector
Funding Information
- The budget range for this proposal should be USD 20000-25000.
Timeframe
- Start date and end date for completion of required services/results
- Tentative start date: 1st May, 2024
- Tentative close date: 30th October, 2024
Expected Results
- The expected results are as follows:
- Increased number of women/girls in justice sector institutions including Police, Judiciary, Prosecution, and legal fraternity
- Enhanced awareness among communities about the significance and procedures of women’s representation in justice sector institutions
- Enhanced capacity of women police officials and equipped with technical skills required to become part of peacekeeping missions
- Increased acceptance of GBV as a crime among communities and knowledge on procedures to report this crime
Required Services/Results
- UN Women will require collaboration/engagement of CSOs for following activities. Each CSO will focus on one (ideally) or two themes.
- Mobilising young women and girls to join JSIs (Balochistan, KP and Islamabad/2-3 awards)
- This activity is part of project work plan and aims at mobilizing young women and girls to join Police, Prosecution, Judiciary and legal fraternity. CSOs will design activities that target women and girls in academic institutions as well as communities to orient them about procedures to join these institutions, prepare them to take tests/exams (technical as well as fitness), and provide life skills.
- Awareness raising for image-building of women in JSIs (National/1 award)
- This activity will help building positive image of women in JSIs emphasizing how they help boost confidence of women complainants and survivors of GBV. This approach will benefit both women complainants and aspirants who want to join JSIs as well as help create a conducive environment for women who are already in these institutions. Both traditional (theater performances, seminars etc) and modern (social media etc.) approaches will be used for implementation of this activity.
- Helping women lawyers to prepare for judiciary exams (KP and Balochistan/1-2 awards)
- Keeping in view the existing lower representation of women in judiciary, it is essential that women lawyers who fulfil the criteria and have potential to become judges are mentored and prepared for the exams to join judiciary. This can be done in collaboration with relevant judicial academies as well, if need be. This activity will include mentoring and technical training for women lawyers to appear in judiciary exams.
- Training legal aid workers/paralegals (KP, Balochistan and Islamabad/2-3 awards)
- To enhance legal literacy and providing an interface between JSIs (mainly Police) and community, this activity will focus on training legal aid workers/paralegals who can a) orient communities – especially vulnerable groups – about relevant laws, procedures (like registering FIR etc) and policies, b) organise community meetings to provide interface with JSIs so people are aware of their role and c) mobilizing women and girls especially from vulnerable groups to be part of these institutions.
- Mobilising young women and girls to join JSIs (Balochistan, KP and Islamabad/2-3 awards)
Competencies
- Technical/functional competencies required
- Requirements and Registration
- At least 05 years of experience in designing and implementation of similar activities.
- Reputed nationally registered organization with representative office in Pakistan and outreach in mentioned areas of intervention.
- Proven track record of working in the area of women’s access to justice and EVAWG programs.
- Demonstrated experience of community mobilisation, long-term capacity building programmes and awareness raising campaigns. CSOs should attach at least two reports/briefs on the projects to establish this experience.
- Previous experience with UN agencies or other international development agencies is an advantage.
- Ability to communicate in local language.
- A verifiable reputation of integrity and competence.
- Strong district outreach and linkages with EVAWG Alliance member organizations in Balochistan, KP, and Islamabad for ensuring collaborative work.
- Registered organization with legal statuary body in Pakistan. Registration with other institutions for smooth implementation of the project is encouraged.
- Experience and Functional Competencies
- Overall mission, purpose, and core programmes/services of the organization
- Firm Organizational experience on gender mainstreaming, Access to Justice and Rule of Law Programmes for women.
- Track record of similar work experience of specific access to justice issues and familiarity with international norms and standards on gender equality in the national and regional context.
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
- Having provincial working experience and presence of at least three years with similar interventions in provinces and/or Islamabad, and preferably in the selected districts.
- A variable reputation of integrity and competency. Proposed programme with a consortium approach of the Women rights based Organization
- Women Led organization OR with women occupying senior/decision/policy making level
- Requirements and Registration
For more information, visit UN Women.