Deadline: 17-Sep-21
The UN-Women is soliciting proposals from Lebanese Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), with a focus on those who are neutral of parties who will be running in the 2022 elections.
UN Women Lebanon Office welcomes proposals for partnerships to achieve results under the following areas of work:
- Women’s Political Participation – with a focus on monitoring and highlighting cases of Violence against Women in Elections and Politics, in the period leading up to the 2022 parliamentary elections.
- Women, Peace and Security – with a focus on women-led community dialogue and reconciliation.
Focus Areas, Output & Activities
Area 1: Women’s Political Participation
- Outcome
- Report, monitor and raise awareness on cases of Violence Against Women in Elections and Politics
- Output
- Monitor traditional media and social media platforms for cases of VAWE & VAWP, and sexist remarks and overtones faced by female candidates and aspirants and produce monthly monitoring reports.
- Activity description
- Develop and define clear indicators of cases of VAWE and VAWP to be monitored and reported against.
- Continuous monitoring of social media and traditional media platforms, focusing on cases of VAWE, language used towards female candidates in contrast to male candidates. This includes direct monitoring of social and traditional media outlets, followed by monthly reporting on recorded cases. Reported cases are to be placed on an active platform which clearly displays updated data on highlighted cases. This is to include collected data from platform analysis undertaken.
- Monthly reports and analysis on reported cases of VAWE and VAWP, utilizing qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
- Disseminate results to raise awareness on the issue both to the public and to electoral stakeholders, including the Electoral Management Body. Conduct Election Observation and Violence Monitoring.
- Indicative sample indicators
- Number of indicators developed to define cases of VAWE & VAWP.
- Number of social media monitoring reports developed.
- Number of qualitative and quantitative analytic reports on cases of VAWE & VAWP.
- Number of dissemination sessions conducted.
- Targets
- Monthly reports and analysis on reported cases.
- 2 dissemination sessions.
- Monthly social media monitoring reports.
- These targets are indicative and will most likely be changed in the final agreement. However, to be able to compare financial proposals, please use this target in your proposal. Not all targets need to be used and additional targets can be added.
Area 2: Women, Peace and Security
- Outcome
- Women’s leadership in peace and stability initiatives at national and community levels advances tolerance across communities and common action at national level.
- Output
- More women are able to lead and foster reconciliation and understanding at community level.
- Activities description
- Identify dialogue sites, recruit women, establish women groups, and agree on tailored dialogue methodology.
- Train and coach female leaders to implement initiatives aimed at facilitating inter-generational and cross-community dialogue.
- Undertake inter-generational community dialogues on Lebanon’s past, aiming to promote tolerance and understanding, and to reduce social tensions.
- Indicative (sample) indicators
- % of women engaged in inter-generational cross-community dialogue who report an increase in level of tolerance.
- % of community members who report an increase in level of tolerance as a result to community dialogue sessions.
- Number of women engaged in intergenerational community dialogue.
- Number of community actions and events jointly implemented by women for peace.
- % of women with increased knowledge in women’s dialogue and peacebuilding.
- Number of people reached by community and online peace building activities.
- Targets
- 8 communities targeted.
- 32 female leaders trained.
- 320 women engaged in dialogue sessions organized in 16 women groups across targeted communities.
- 8 community peace actions implemented.
- 5000 people reached by community activities.
- These targets are indicative and will most likely be changed in the final agreement. However, to be able to compare financial proposals, please use this target in your proposal. Not all targets need to be used and additional targets can be added.
Eligibility Criteria
- Women’s organizations or entities are highly encouraged to apply. Private sector companies are not eligible to apply for this CfP.
- Confirm that the services being requested are part of the key services that the proponent has been performing as an organization. This must be supported by a list of at least two customer references for which similar service is currently or has been provided by the proponent.
- Confirm proponent is duly registered or has the legal basis/mandate as an organization
- Confirm proponent as an organization has been in operation for at least five (5) years
- Confirm proponent has a permanent office within the location area.
- Proponent must agree to a site visit at a customer location in the location or area with a similar scope of work as the one described in this CFP.
- Confirm that proponent has not been the subject of a finding of fraud or any other relevant misconduct following an investigation conducted by UN Women or another United Nations entity.
- The Proponent must indicate if it is currently under investigation for fraud or any other relevant misconduct by UN Women or another United Nations entity and provide details of any such investigation
- Confirm that proponent has not been the subject of any investigations and/or has not been charged for any misconduct related to sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) .
- Confirm that proponent has not been placed on any relevant sanctions list including as a minimum the Consolidated United Nations Security Council Sanctions List(s), United Nations Global Market Place Vendor ineligibility and the EU consolidated Sanction list
For more information, visit https://arabstates.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/programme-implementation/2021/08/call-for-proposals-support-work-on-women-political-participation-and-wps-in-lebanon