Call for Proposals: Participation and Representation of Women in Peacebuilding in Ethiopia

Deadline: 29-Feb-2024

The UN Women is seeking proposals to engage Civil Society and Women Organizations in enhancing CSOs’ advocacy skills, promoting gender equality, and advancing the women peace and security agenda.

It also seeks to empower a network of women peace builders to take concrete action on peace and security issues. Central to the project is amplifying messaging that advocates for women’s participation and leadership in decision-making processes regarding peace and security.

This project aims at supporting the CSOs and women’s groups in building their capacity so that they can contribute to the increased participation of women in peacebuilding and conflict resolution as well as contribute to process of development of National Action Plan on Women Peace and Security.

The Responsible Party (RP) under this Call for Proposals (CfPs) in collaboration with UN Women, will deliver on results in the below areas.

• Supporting CSOs, Women Rights Organisations and grassroot organizations’ network and forums to promote women’s participation in peace building processes.
• Organize capacity building training for CSOs, WROs and grassroot organizations on advocacy skills, gender equality and the women peace and security agenda.
• Host and support CSO Forum on Women Peace and Security
• Organize awareness raising for Civil Society organizations, Women’s Right organizations on WPS agenda.

Funding Information

• The budget range for this proposal should be 100,000 – 104,000 USD.

Timeframe

• Start date and end date for completion of required services/results
  • The project will commence upon signature of partnership agreement with the selected organization and will end after 8 months. Estimated start date: March 2024 End date: October 2024

Result Framework

• These results are summarized in the below result framework:
  • Goal: To strengthen institutional capacity of CSOs to promote and advance gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) to promote cohesive, just, inclusive, and democratic society in Ethiopia.
  • Outcome 1. More women, including young women, meaningfully and effectively participate in peace building processes including through an enabling environment that supports women’s rights organizations to promote the women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda
    • Output
      • 1.1 Increased resources for women’s rights organizations working on WPS and peacebuilding to strengthen their institutional capacity to advance the participation of women in peacebuilding and conflict resolution
    • Indicator, Target, Baseline, Source
      • Indicator: 1.1.a Number of CSOs, WROs and grassroot organizations, networks and forums supported to promote women’s participation in peace process
        • Target: Year: 2024 Value: TBD Baseline: Year: 2024 Value: 0 Source: Responsible Party monitoring reports
      • Indicator: 1.1. b Number of capacity building trainings for CSOs, WROs and grassroot organizations on advocacy, WPS and gender equality disaggregated by participants Sex
        • Target: Year: 2024 Value: 1
        • Baseline: Year: 2024 Value:0 Source: Responsible Party monitoring reports, activity Reports, Workshop reports, pre and post training reports
    • Activities
      • 1.1.1 Support CSOs, WROs and grassroot organizations’ network and forums to promote women’s participation in peace building processes.
      • 1.1.2 Organize capacity building training for CSOs, WROs and grassroot organizations on advocacy skills, gender equality and the women peace and security agenda.
      • 1,2,3 Host and provide technical and financial support to CSO forum on WPS to advocate for the adoption of a NAP on WPS
      • 1.2.4 Organize awareness raising for Civil Society organizations, Women’s Right organizations on WPS agenda

Competencies

• Technical/functional competencies required.
  • Legally constituted organization with a valid registration in Ethiopia with not less than 3/5 years’ experience.
  • Experience working with grassroot community on issues of gender and peacebuilding, Women, Peace and Security and advocacy.
  • Experience addressing issues relevant to women and youth peace and security issues at institutional and local level, including Gender equality, dialogue, peacebuilding, conflict prevention, conflict resolution and reconciliation.
  • Proven organizational experiences in building Strategic Partnerships that promote sustainability with women led organizations, CSOs, government agencies and other partners.
  • Have experts in the area of service required.
  • Previous working experience with United Nations is highly desirable, not must.

For more information, visit UN Women.