Deadline: 14-May-21
The Caribbean Vulnerable Communities (CVC) has announced a call for proposals for the Mini Grants to support Advocacy Campaigns focused on Reducing Incidence and Impact of Gender-Based and Intimate Partner Violence on Key Population Groups, specifically women and girls, transwomen and men who have sex with Men.
Objectives
The project seeks to achieve the following objectives:
- To reduce structural barriers to key population services including stigma & discrimination and gender-based violence;
- To improve knowledge generation and use of strategic information on key populations for decision-making and advocacy by communities and other stakeholders;
- To increase domestic resources for effective key population programming; and
- To mobilize resources for key population organizations.
Areas of Interest
The campaign should focus on the the following general areas:
- To improve laws and policies focused on GBV and/or IPV or to promote the development of strong zero-tolerance policies
- Strengthening the health sector’s response to GBV and IPV including: screening for abuse, risk assessment, providing medical care, counselling referrals to a network of service providers, and community-focused prevention initiatives.
- To improve intersectoral coordination and monitor progress in developing national plans and policies on violence – creates commitment and political space for dialogue between civil society and the state e.g. score cards
- Development of community-based networks for coordinating services to victims, improving access to justice and promoting violence prevention – to enhance the quality of care provided to survivors, and help mobilize public support for survivors and decrease tolerance of violent behaviour e.g. coordination meetings
- Community-based educational activities to:
- increase knowledge of legal and social rights and empower persons to seek help for abuse; and
- promote community-wide changes in attitudes and practices related to gender norms and violence-related attitudes and behaviors against select KP groups.
Social media campaigns designed to document disseminate and promote services for survivors of GBV and IPV provided through multi-sectoral initiatives include telephone hotlines, emergency shelters, police intervention, legal assistance, counselling, psychological care, support groups, income-generation programmes etc.
Funding Information
- Each organization may apply for an award of maximum US$5,000 USD to support project-related costs for up to four (4) months. Allocations for salaries, stipends, incentives and overheads should not exceed 40% of the total budget for the grant.
Advocacy Campaign
- Give the background to the preparation of the action, in particular on the sector/country/regional context (including key challenges).
- Explain the objectives of the action.
- Desccribe the key stakeholder groups, their attitudes towards the action and any consultations held.
- Briefly outline the objectives of the proposed advocacy action, indicating the expected output(s), outcomes(s) and impact as well as underlying the main risks and assumptions towards their achievement.
- Briefly outline the types of advocacy actiions proposed, including a description of linkages/relationships between the proposed activities.
- Explain how the action will mainstream relevant cross-cutting issues such as promotion of human rights, addressing GBV and IPV, combating stigma and discrimination, and reducing related structural barriers to health, justice and /or social protection services for key population groups.
Eligibility Criteria
- Civil Society Organizations serving key populations that are based in Belize, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago.
For more information, visit https://www.cvccoalition.org/blog/call-proposals-mini-grants-support-advocacy-campaigns-focused-reducing-incidence-and-impact-1