Deadline: 24-Mar-22
UN Women is looking for partnerships with NGO(s) to support Governmental Partners and CSOs in their efforts to implement the GEWE, WPP and WPS agenda.
UN Women Iraq aims to build on the results achieved to date and continue to work on developing the capacities of Iraqi women to engage politically, giving voice to women in communities supporting them to run for elections and by voting, thus contributing to build more inclusive decision-making processes and governance structures.
UN Women Iraq builds on the results achieved to date and continue to strengthen the engagement of strategic partners and relevant actors towards supporting UN-Women mandate in Iraq, fostering an ongoing dialogue on relevant gender-related issues.
Funding Information
The budget range for this proposal should be [Min. $ 450,000– Max. $ 500,000 per NGO]
Eligible Activities
- Organize Capacity building trainings and digital trainings to enhance women’s machineries, CSOs, women leaders, women in politics and justice sector’s capacities to implement their work on GEWE, WPP and WPS.
- Organize Meetings, consultative meetings, and events with CSOs, women leaders and women in politics to implement their work on GEWE, WPP and WPS.
- Organize advocacy and awareness raising campaigns for the commemoration of GEWE, WEE, WPP and WPS.
- Develop Knowledge products related to women participation in politics and WPS, including design, printing, dissemination, and audio video production (if needed)
Outcomes
To this aim, UN Women seeks Responsible partners that will implement activities under UN Women
- Iraq
- Impact 8/ Outcome 8.3: People in Iraq participate in and benefit from effective mechanisms – at national, sub-national and community levels – that prevent, mitigate and manage conflict, and contribute to social cohesion and peaceful coexistence, with particular focus on women and youth leadership in decision-making, peace-building and reconciliation processes.
- Yemen
- Impact 4/ Outcome 4.1: Yemeni women and Youth participate in and influence the peace and security processes in Yemen
- OUTPUT CLUSTER 2/ UN-Women effectively leverages and expands its partnerships, communications and advocacy capabilities to increase support for and financing of the gender equality agenda, while securing sustainable resourcing for the delivery of its own mandate.
Competencies
In the selection of partners, the following competencies will be considered:
- The soundness of technical competency described in the approach to the project as described in the Terms of Reference for the Call for Proposals, to be demonstrated by a track record of successful programmatic interventions
- Capacity to deliver expected results: governance and management competency, and financial and administrative competency, demonstrated by previous partnerships with UN Women or other donor organizations;
- The relevance of the mandate and the role of the organization to implement expected results and to contribute to the sustainability of said results, demonstrated by expertise in gender-related work and community outreach
For more information, visit https://arabstates.unwomen.org/en/about-us/programme-implementation/2022/02/support-governmental-partners-women-leaders-and-csos-in-their-efforts-to-implement-the-gewe-wpp-and-wps-agenda-iraq-yemen-cluster-office