Call for Proposals: Strengthening Community Safety Nets and Feminist Movement Building Phase II (Nepal)

Deadline: 27-Jun-23

UN Women is seeking proposals to strengthen and expand community safety nets as a model for economic, political and social empowerment of women and excluded groups and foster collective voice, leadership and political action of women and excluded groups to address discriminatory social norms and harmful practices to promote and harness feminist knowledge building.

UN Women implemented a pilot project “Strengthening community safety nets and feminist movement building in the post COVID-19 context, Phase I” in seven provinces from 20 October 2021-24 February 2023. The project was able to form and mobilise the CSN. It was able to address the immediate needs of vulnerable network members during the pandemic. The project was also able to foster collective voice, leadership and political action of women and excluded groups through policy dialogues and networking with provincial and local governments to address discriminatory social norms and harmful practices.

UN Women would like to partner with a CSO through consortium to implement the Phase II of the project.

Objectives

• To strengthen and expand community safety nets as a model for  economic, political and social empowerment of women and excluded groups.
• To foster collective voice, leadership and political action of women and excluded groups to address discriminatory social norms and harmful practices; and
• To promote and harness feminist knowledge building.

Scope of Activities

• Objective 1:To strengthen and expand community safety nets as a model for  economic, political and social empowerment of women and excluded groups.
  • Strengthening  existing CSNs
  • Promoting self and collective well-being and care
  • Provide a comprehensive package of support to advance women’s economic security and rights:
  • Establishment of an emergency fund
• Objective 2. To foster collective voice, leadership and political action of women and excluded groups to address discriminatory social norms and harmful practices.
  • Strengthen the CSNs through fostering collective  voice,  leadership and political action
    • Feminist conversations “Walking the Talk”
    • Strengthening CSN’s public and political advocacy capacities
    • Support local government in Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) responsive policy formulation
    • Media advocacy
• Objective 3. To  promote and harness feminist  knowledge building
  • Establishing a feminist knowledge centre
  • Promote feminist  knowledge building
  • Coordination with other stakeholders to promote knowledge exchange.

Funding Information

• The budget range for this proposal should beunder the range of USD NPR 26,000,000 – NPR 35,000,000
• Time frame: Fifteen months –15 July 2023-31 December 2026

Guiding Principles

• The implementation of the proposed activities should be guided by the following principles:
  • Result based programme management
  • Human rights-based approach
  • Cultural diversity, social inclusion, intersectionality, and gender sensitivity
  • Strategic partnership
  • Knowledge sharing and resource mobilization
  • LNOB
  • Do not Harm.

Target Group/Constituency: The initiative will target 1,620 existing CSN members. In term of diversity among this group, this should include sexual and gender minorities, single women, adolescent women and girls, youth, women with disabilities, women living with HIV, pregnant and lactating women, homeless/destitute women, women involved in wage work and daily labouretc in line with UN Women’s LNOB approach.

Geographic locations

• The initiative will work with the existing 21 CSNs (1,620 members) in seven provinces.

Eligibility Criteria

• Proven technical competencies in the application of human rights-based and intersectional feminist approaches to advance gender equality and for ensuring the voices and needs of women and excluded groups as rights holders
• Demonstrable organizational experience in working on community safety nets, movement building and able to facilitate the formation of  a consortium of women’s group and reflect it well in the applied proposal
• Sound knowledge and technical expertise on gender and intersectionality in humanitarian action
• Demonstrable experience in implementing programmes on gender equality and women’s empowerment, rooted in an intersectional feminist approach, and in formulating result-oriented programme, monitoring programme based on indicators and quality reporting
• Proven organizational experience in building strategic partnerships, connections and networks with relevant partners, including government agencies, community-based organizations, CSOs at the provincial local level
• Demonstrable commitment to working with women and other genders that are economically, socially, culturally, or otherwise excluded, excluded and/or marginalized.

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