Deadline: 23-Dec-24
The UN Women is currently seeking proposals for a Responsible Party to implement interventions under Outcome Two of the project, specifically focusing on ensuring refugee women and youth, including women peacebuilders and women human rights defenders, gain timely and quality access to social and protection services through strengthened protection, referral, and access to justice mechanisms, and strengthening the capacity of key actors across government and non-government sectors to provide safety, mental health support, and legal aid services for women, girls, and youth, including peacebuilders and women human rights defenders.
Required services/results
- The responsible party will be required to deliver on Outcome 2 of the MUSHO Project – 6,700 refugee women and youth, including women peacebuilders and women human rights defenders, gain timely and quality access to social and protection services through strengthened protection, referral, and access to justice mechanisms.
- Output 2.1 – 6,700 refugee women and youth, including women peacebuilders and women human rights defenders, benefit from enhanced protection, referral, and access to justice mechanisms, facilitating access to social and protection services.
- Activity 2.1.1: Deliver Mental Health and Psychosocial Support services and access to justice services for women, girls and youth affected by crisis and conflict in refugee settings.
- Activity 2.1.2: N/A – delivered directly by UN Women
- Activity 2.1.3: Engage men and boys in promoting positive social norm change to end violence against women, girls and youth in refugee settlements.
- Activity 2.1.4: Conduct community awareness sessions to increase knowledge for women, girls and youth to protect themselves against violence and information on available services and referral mechanisms.
- Activity 2.1.5: Provide legal support to women survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), human rights defenders (HRD), crime victims, and women engaged in business through legal counselling, legal advice, legal representation, police and prison follow-ups, for purposes of conflict resolution, referrals, access to justice through formal justice systems and business prosperity in refugee and host communities.
Funding Information
- The maximum budget available for this call for proposals is 750,000,000 UGX.
Duration
- The implementation of the project will run for 24 months from February 2025 to February 2027.
Competencies
- Technical/functional competencies required
- Intervention Area 2 – Women and girls’ protection against all forms of violence and exploitation is enhanced, while reinforcing safety of peace activists and women human rights defenders. Intervention Area Two will enhance support to survivors of conflict related violence and increase the capacity of humanitarian actors, District Local Governments, and security officials on preventing sexual exploitation and abuse. Existing programmes will be scaled up including reinforcing safety and protection of peace activists and women human rights defenders, with a new focus on refugee communities who encounter obstacles, risks, and violations while spearheading social justice movements. The overarching goal is to facilitate genuine social changes that contribute significantly to peacebuilding.
- Other competencies, which while not required, can be an asset for the performance of services
- The partner must demonstrate proven experience and capacity in the following areas.
- Building strong, trust-based relationships with beneficiaries within Uganda’s refugee settlements.
- Ensuring accountability to affected populations and effective, transparent communication with communities.
- Utilizing participatory approaches that actively involve beneficiaries in program design and management.
- Promoting peaceful co-existence between refugees and host communities.
- Collaborating effectively with community structures, including women’s groups/representatives, Refugee Welfare Committees (RWCs), women peace mediators, lead farmers, and farmer groups, among others.
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