Deadline: 5-May-23
UN Women is seeking to partner with a national non-profit organisation to implement a component of the storytelling initiative focusing on exploring creative forms of storytelling for wider social change through development of communication products, dialogues, and advocacy.
Objectives
- The specific objectives are as follows:
- To amplify stories of women and excluded groups and create visibility of actions taken against gendered social norms in project locations, through a range of innovative communication products.
- To enhance communication and storytelling skills of women for public speaking, through the use of performance tools, story craft as well as other related skills, to enhance social-emotional capacities for critical speaking, listening and narrative skills.
- To support women and excluded groups to share their stories in different formats through an inclusive and enabling platform.
Funding Information
- The budget range for this proposal should be NPR 15,000,000 to 20,000,000
- The project will be implemented for a period of 36 months from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2026.
Project location
- The storytelling initiative is being implemented in following locations:
- Sarlahi district of Madhesh (Barahathwa Municipality, Brahmpuri Rural Municipality, Haripurwa Municipality, and Malangwa Municipality), Kavre in Bagmati (Banepa Municipality, and Mahabharat Rural Municipality), Surkhet in Karnali (Birendranagar Municipality, Bheriganga Municipality, GurbhaKot Municipality, and Lekhbesi Municipality) and Doti and Kailali in Sudurpaschim (Doti – DipayalSilgadi Municipality, Shikar Municipality, Badi Kedar Rural Municipality; Kailali -Bhajani Municipality, Kailari Rural Municipality, Dhangadi Sub-metropolitan) provinces.
Scope of work
- To achieve the above objectives, the responsible party (RP) is expected to implement the below activities in close collaboration with key stakeholders, namely UN Women’s partners for storytelling initiative, local and provincial governments, women’s self-help groups supported by the initiative, networks of excluded groups, including youth groups and people with disability.
- Objective 1: To amplify stories of women and excluded groups and create visibility of actions taken against gendered social norms in project locations, through a range of innovative communication products.
- Activity 1.1: Develop 10 new artworks depicting the lived experiences of UN Women’s storytelling initiative project participants in collaboration with artists from different backgrounds such as multimedia, music, animation, and creative art forms.
- Activity 1.2: Development of a story book capturing stories of change from UN Women’s storytelling initiative project locations.
- Activity 1.3: Dissemination of communication products
- Objective 2: To enhance communication and storytelling skills of women for public speaking, including performance tools, story craft as well as other related skills, including social-emotional capacities to critical speaking, listening and narrative skills.
- Activity 2.1: Design and organise two workshops to enhance public speaking and storytelling skills of women and excluded groups to narrate stories for social change and advocacy on gender equality using feminist pedagogy
- Objective 3: To support women and excluded groups to share their stories in different formats through an inclusive and enabling platform.
- Activity 3.1: Organise a moving exhibition (3 days in each location) covering four project provincial headquarters to bring together storytellers from relevant provinces using art and storytelling for awareness raising and advocacy on gender equality and social inclusion. It is suggested to plan the exhibition around important international days such as 16 days of activism campaign or International Women’s Day to garner more interest and visibility of the issue.
- Activity 3.2: Organise a national level exhibition (7 days) to bring together storytellers from across the provinces using art and storytelling for advocacy on gender equality and social inclusion. It is suggested to plan the exhibition around important international days such as 16 days of activism campaign or International Women’s Day to garner more interest and visibility of the issue.
- Objective 1: To amplify stories of women and excluded groups and create visibility of actions taken against gendered social norms in project locations, through a range of innovative communication products.
Eligibility Criteria
- Five to seven years of demonstrable organizational experience in working in using art for educational and behavioural change projects.
- Sound knowledge and technical expertise on gender and intersectionality.
- Demonstrable experience in implementing programmes on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
- Proven organizational experience in building strategic partnerships, connections, and networks with relevant partners, including artists from diverse art forms, creative groups, government agencies, community-based organizations at the provincial local level.
- Demonstrable commitment to working with women, girls and gender nonconforming/ nonbinary that are economically, socially, culturally, or otherwise excluded/or marginalized.
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