Deadline: 10-Jun-23
The UN Women Somalia Country Office is seeking to engage a Civil Society Organization (CSO) working on strengthening women’s capacity in livelihoods, access to markets, financial literacy, and savings, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) and enhancing sustainable business skills development in the IDPs and host communities in Somalia (Baidoa, Puntland, Kismayo & Benadir).
The project supports the enhanced capacity of women on Economic empowerment, financial literacy and savings capacity, business development, transforming an entrenched social norm and strengthening the SGBV referral pathways and referral mechanisms which will be enhanced through intervention outlined in the call for proposal. The project will promote Women’s Economic Empowerment and livelihood enhancement and business skills developments opportunities for women in Jubaland and Southwest, Puntland States & Benadir.
Funding Information
- Slot1: The budget range for this proposal for Kismayo and Garowe should be $ 190,000 – $ 203,000.
- Slot2: The budget range for this proposal for Baidoa & Mogadishu should be $ 190,000 – $ 203,000.
- Duration: The project is to last tentatively from 1 July 2023 – 31st December 2023.
Outcomes
- Slot 1 – Implementation of The Leadership, Empowerment, Access, and Protection (LEAP) project in Jubaland (Kismayo) and Puntland (Garowe) states.
- Outcome 1: Women and girls in the identified priority areas are protected from SGBV in the context of ongoing drought and impending famine in Somalia.
- Output 1.1: Build the capacity of 1,000 women, youth, and men to meaningfully participate in efforts to bring about positive shifts in prevailing attitudes and social norms that condone VAWG and SGBV.
- Activity 1.1.1: Conduct TWO days training for 100 women, youth, and men on relevant legal frameworks governing VAWG and SGBV in crises contexts in Kismayo, and Garowe Districts.
- Activity 1.1.2: Conduct community conversations/dialogues led by community opinion leaders on QUARTERLY bases for 400 men and youth to advocate for mindset shift towards the protection and promotion of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) in Kismayo, and Garowe Districts.
- Output 1.2: Strengthen SGBV referral pathways and referral mechanisms for 2,800, to increase access of women and girls affected by drought and famine to SGBV services.
- Activity 1.2.1: Conduct a Two-day workshop on how to strengthen the referral pathways for 50 duty bearers for promoting, respecting, and fulfilling human rights for GBV survivors in Kismayo, and Garowe Districts.
- Activity 1.2.2: Develop/disseminate referral pathways/messages for right-holder through informal community meetings, radio, and other traditional platforms targeting 2,500 participants in Kismayo, and Garowe Districts.
- Output 1.1: Build the capacity of 1,000 women, youth, and men to meaningfully participate in efforts to bring about positive shifts in prevailing attitudes and social norms that condone VAWG and SGBV.
- Outcome 2: Women and girls in Somalia have increased resilience to the gendered impacts of drought and famine through increased access to sustainable economic activities.
- Output 2.1: Improve the capacity of 220 women and girls by using the Oasis model to support psychosocial and economic opportunities skills including vocational activities.
- Activity 2.1.1: Provide recreational, educational, psychosocial, and economic opportunities and vocational skill building for three months to 220 women and girls through the one stop/ GBV centres/ safe spaces in Kismayo, and Garowe Districts.
- Activity 2.1.2: Provide business start-up capital/grants to 220 second-chance education beneficiaries to start business enterprises in Kismayo, and Garowe Districts.
- Output 2.2: Increase access to sustainable income of 565 women affected by drought through of Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) in Kismayo district only of Jubaland state.
- Activity 2.2.2: Strengthening the capacity of existing (21 in Kismayo – 500 members) of Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) through trainings to engage in IGAs, improve their standard of living, diversifying production, earning more income and financial accessibility in Kismayo, districts.
- Activity 2.2.3: Community engagement and stakeholder consultative meetings for 65 participants at state and community level on inclusion and participation to promote commitment and cooperation towards effective and sustainable implementation of the VSLAs in Kismayo districts.
- Output 2.1: Improve the capacity of 220 women and girls by using the Oasis model to support psychosocial and economic opportunities skills including vocational activities.
- Outcome 1: Women and girls in the identified priority areas are protected from SGBV in the context of ongoing drought and impending famine in Somalia.
- Slot 2 – Implementation of The Leadership, Empowerment, Access, and Protection (LEAP) project in Southwest (Baidoa) and Mogadishu (Benaadir).
- Outcome 1: Women and girls in the identified priority areas are protected from SGBV in the context of ongoing drought and impending famine in Somalia.
- Output 1.1: Build the capacity of 1,000 women, youth, and men to meaningfully participate in efforts to bring about positive shifts in prevailing attitudes and social norms that condone VAWG and SGBV.
- Activity 1.1.1: Conduct TWO days training for 100 women, youth, and men on relevant legal frameworks governing VAWG and SGBV in crises contexts in Baidoa and Benadir.
- Activity 1.1.2: Conduct community conversations/dialogues led by community opinion leaders on QUARTERLY bases for 400 men and youth to advocate for mindset shift towards the protection and promotion of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) in Baidoa and Benadir.
- Output 1.2: Strengthen SGBV referral pathways and referral mechanisms for 2,800, to increase access of women and girls affected by drought and famine to SGBV services.
- Activity 1.2.1: Conduct a Two-day workshop on how to strengthen the referral pathways for 50 duty bearers for promoting, respecting, and fulfilling human rights for survivors in Baidoa and Benadir.
- Activity 1.2.2: Develop/disseminate referral pathways/messages for right-holder through informal community meetings, radio, and other traditional platforms for 2,500 participants in Baidoa and Benadir.
- Output 1.1: Build the capacity of 1,000 women, youth, and men to meaningfully participate in efforts to bring about positive shifts in prevailing attitudes and social norms that condone VAWG and SGBV.
- Outcome 2: Women and girls in Somalia have increased resilience to the gendered impacts of drought and famine through increased access to sustainable economic activities.
- Output 2.1: Improve the capacity of 220 women and girls by using the Oasis model to support psychosocial and economic opportunities skills including vocational activities.
- Activity 2.1.1: Provide recreational, educational, psychosocial, and economic opportunities and vocational skill building for three months to 220 women and girls through the one stop/ GBV centres/ safe spaces in Baidoa and Benadir.
- Activity 2.1.2: Provide business start-up capital/grants to 220 second-chance education beneficiaries to start business enterprises in Baidoa and Benadir.
- Output 2.2: Increase access to sustainable income of 5,95 women affected by drought through of Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) in Baidoa (Southwest) state only.
- Activity 2.2.2: Strengthening the capacity of existing of Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) through trainings to engage in IGAs, improve their standard of living, diversifying production, earning more income and financial accessibility in Baidoa (Southwest) states.
- Activity 2.2.3: Community engagement and stakeholder consultative meetings for 65 participants at state and community level on inclusion and participation to promote commitment and cooperation towards effective and sustainable implementation of the VSLAs in Baidoa (Southwest) states.
- Output 2.1: Improve the capacity of 220 women and girls by using the Oasis model to support psychosocial and economic opportunities skills including vocational activities.
- Outcome 1: Women and girls in the identified priority areas are protected from SGBV in the context of ongoing drought and impending famine in Somalia.
Competencies
- Technical/functional competencies required.
- Applications are encouraged particularly from organizations which focus on:
- Evidence-based programming, building on lessons learned and recommended practices, to ensure optimal results and use of resources.
- Women economic empowerments initiatives and gender-responsive approaches that place first priority on promoting and enhancing women’s livelihoods, access to market, business development skills and climate smart agricultures opportunities for crisis affected or IDPs, and at-risk women and host communities as well as strengthening institutional capacities from the local and national levels.
- Focus on disadvantaged groups, including those living in poverty, IDPs, refugee, host communities or otherwise especially excluded, and ensuring responsiveness to diversity.
- Coordination and multi-sectorial partnerships, including among government organizations, nongovernmental organizations, women, and other civil society groups.
- Commitment to sharing knowledge, by documenting, evaluating, and disseminating results, and working with UN Women staff including developing monitoring systems that can track the progress towards economic empowerment thousands of beneficiaries.
- Priority placed on sustainability of results.
- Experience in working on climate change and smart agriculture, and gender impacts, women economic empowerment and resilience and livelihood opportunities, VSLAs and crop production and skills in the context of IDPs, the crisis affected and at-risk in Somalia and other fragile contexts.
- Applying partners must introduce a section for knowledge management to showcase how they will mobilize, linkages/synergy with ongoing similar interventions within or outside of the organization, disseminate and ensure action from knowledge generated from this project.
- Applications are encouraged particularly from organizations which focus on:
- Other competencies, which while not required, can be an asset for the performance of services.
- Transformation of inequitable gender norms and power disparities between women and men, and empowerment of women and girls to thrive as equals throughout programme.
- Holistic responses that address’ inter-related rights and needs, including safety, access to livelihoods and markets access promotion, and enhancement of women economic opportunities and business development.
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