Deadline: 17-Aug-22
UN Women Sudan seeks to engage partners to strengthen women’s access to justice, support the fulfillment of women’s equal rights to land, housing and decent work, by raising the awareness of key stakeholders and by building the capacity of women and women’s organizations to advocate for these rights and develop proposals and recommendations to reform policies and laws.
Objective
The objectives of this partnership are to contribute to advancing women’s equal rights to land ownership, housing and decent work, promoting and protecting women’s right to access residential and agricultural land, documenting and reporting on women’s issues and rights and legal action against GBV, by engaging civil society and raising the awareness of key stakeholders and by building the capacity of women and women’s organizations to advocate for these rights and develop proposals and recommendations to reform policies and laws.
Focus Areas
- Equality between men and women in the right to housing and land ownership
- Promoting and protecting women’s rights and leadership to work in the public, private and informal sectors
- Promoting and protecting the rights of women domestic workers
- Promoting and protecting women’s right to access residential and agricultural land
- Gender-based violence and legal action against GBV
- Documenting and reporting on women’s issues and rights
Funding Information
- The budget range for this proposal should be [50.000-100.000$ (Min. – Max.)
- Duration: The implementation period is for 3 monthswith starting date being 2nd October 2022 and completion of services/results by end of December 2022, and narrative and financial report to be submitted no later than 20thJanuary 2023.
Components
- Awareness raising
- Advocacy
- Research
- Capacity building
- Lobbying
- Creating and coordinating networks
- Developing evidence-based advocacy tools
Note: UN Women is seeking proposals focused on either of the above components or focused on a mix of any of the components. The programme interventions are to be implemented by either a single organization or jointly in partnership with other NGOs/CSOs in which case they will have to show proof of the partnership at the time of submitting the proposal.
Competencies
- UN Women invite qualified parties to submit Technical and Financial Proposals to provide services associated with the UN Women requirements for a Responsible Party.
- UN Women is soliciting proposals from Civil Society Organizations (CSOs).Women’s organizations or entities are highly encouraged to apply.
- Technical/functional competencies required
- The potential partners submitting proposals should be legally registered women-led and non-government organizations (NGOs) and NGO specialized in gender with a proven record of innovative and high-impact programmes on the advancement of women’s political participation, access to justice and governance mechanisms, and advocacy on women’s rights and accountability.
- NGOs should be led by women or have a representative number of women at decision making level and have proven capacity to develop and implement innovative interventions with the strategic objective of strengthening women’s leadership, building capacity and enhancing women’s empowerment specifically at grassroot level.
- All applicants will have to demonstrate absorptive capacity and a financial management record commensurate with the grant request amount.
- Extensive experience working on women’s political participation, access to justice and governance mechanisms;
- Solid experience in advocacy for gender-responsive policy and law reform;
- Solid experience in capacity building of women’s organizations and groups to enhance their ability to advocate for women’s rights;
- Track record of working with most marginalized women groups.
- Other competencies, which while not required, can be an asset for the performance of services
For more information, visit https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/programme-implementation/2022/07/call-for-proposals-unw-esa-sdn-30-cfp-2022-003-access-to-justice-en
