Deadline: 24 October 2016
The Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) is seeking proposals from qualified organisations for its programme entitiled “Safe Migration and Empowerment for Migrant Women in Urban Centres” in order to implement projects that enhance the benefits and decrease the social and economic costs for female migrants that search for economic and labour opportunities in the major cities of Myanmar.
The overall goal of LIFT is to sustainably reduce the number of people living in poverty and hunger in Myanmar.
Intervention Areas
- Access to accurate and relevant information to seek a gainful employment and to protect against fraud and exploitation.
- Promotion of nondiscriminatory access to labor markets and employment options with equal treatment of women and men.
- Safeguarding migrant women rights, security, and dignity including efforts to support and destigmatize those that survived trafficking, abuse, or are sex workers.
- Promotion of women’s professional development through skills training and education to move from lower to higher productivity jobs.
- Access to services and resources such as health, legal, social and financial services which ensure women’s security and rights. Counseling and shelter for those that experienced violence, workplace complaints, and exploitation.
- Advocacy for migration and employment policies that promote the rights of female migrants and improve labour market conditions and advance decent work for women.
- Leverage of migration benefits by supporting migrant women who want to return and invest in businesses at home. Safe ways for remittances transfer can increase the frequency and amount of money transferred; financial literacy training and support for enterprise creation can facilitate a successful return to the place of destination and contribution to the local economy.
Funding Information
The provisional allocation for LIFT’s work to leverage labour migration for rural development is currently set at up to USD 4 million.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible implementing partners include Government of Myanmar, international and national non-governmental organisations, United Nations agencies, other international organisations, academic or research institutions and private sector.
How to Apply
Proposals must be submitted via email at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit LIFT Call for Proposals.