Kazakhstan: Cultural Program Projects to Preventing Gender Based Violence

Deadline: 22-Jul-21

The U.S. Mission to Kazakhstan is seeking applications for the Cultural Program Projects to Preventing Gender Based Violence.

PAS is seeking proposals from Kazakhstani and U.S. non-profit or non-governmental organization partners. Examples of programs with strong American cultural or U.S. expertise components could include, but are not limited to:

Academic and/or professional lectures, seminars, or training;
Speaking tours/public talks and trainings by U.S. experts or roundtable discussions between U.S. experts and their counterparts in Kazakhstan; and
Artistic and cultural workshops, joint performances, exhibitions or campaigns.

Competitive projects will:

Demonstrate implementer’s proven track record on executing superior cultural and educational events, exchanges, and/or programs.
Include long-term sustainability of the project and/or outcomes.
Address gender parity among participants/target audiences and include engagement with underserved communities and participants located in regions outside of Nur-Sultan and Almaty.

Goal

Increase public awareness of and reduce gender-based violence in Kazakhstan and increase the capacity of human rights activists through the sharing of U.S. models and expertise.

Objectives

Project should address one or more of the following objectives:

Raise awareness and instruct participants on basic themes of human rights, human dignity, gender equity, project management, or community work.
Promote and facilitate linkages between U.S. and Kazakhstani audiences, through U.S. best practices and standard policies addressing unfair treatment, disrespect, or violence based on gender.
Promote positive experiences, if possible, from U.S. counterparts, through sharing stories through discussion or through television, films, music, dance, theater, etc.
Foster frank dialogue aimed at greater and more effective community involvement by leaders to address social challenges around preventing and combatting gender-based violence using the U.S. model.
Increase awareness, education, and outreach initiatives among the general public, particularly in the regions, on basics of human rights, gender-based violence, and hate crimes through cultural tools such as dance, music, film, theater, etc.

Funding Information

Award amounts: each award may range from a minimum of $10,000 to maximum of $50,000
Length of performance period: 9-12 months
Anticipated program start date: July 30, 2021

Project Audiences

Kazakh-speaking public
Rural or underserved communities
Vulnerable women and victims of gender-based violence, including from marginalized and at-risk minority populations
At-risk communities (perpetrators of gender-based violence, persons with disabilities, and immigrants)
Youth, especially in regions of Kazakhstan outside Almaty and Nur-Sultan
Independent artists
Young professionals (including educators, prosecutors, legislators, doctors, decision-makers, etc.)
Other audiences if well-defined and defended by the proposal as key to achieving the goals

Eligibility Criteria

The following Kazakhstani and U.S. organizations are eligible to apply: