Mini Grants to support Awareness Raising Campaigns focused on reducing Gender-Based and Intimate Partner Violence

Deadline: 21-Nov-23

The Caribbean Vulnerable Communities (CVC) is pleased to announce a call for proposal (mini-grants) to support awareness raising campaigns focused on reducing the incidence and impact of gender-based and intimate partner violence on key population groups.

In light of the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic the Global Fund, through CARICOM, made additional funding available to the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities (CVC) and partners to undertake activities aimed at addressing specific issues exacerbated by the pandemic. Gender-based and intimate partner violence was an issue of grave concern before the pandemic and the lockdowns which accompanied Covid-19 made the situation worse for several individuals. It is therefore critical to keep the spotlight and attention on the issue.

Priorities

This call for proposals will provide small grants to support GBV Awareness Campaigns inclusive of associated/related actions in support of key population groups, specifically women and girls, transwomen and men who have sex with men. Campaigns should focus on at least one of the following general areas:
- 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 behaviours against select KP groups.
- Social media campaigns designed to disseminate and promote services for survivors of GBV and IPV provided through multi-sectoral initiatives including telephone hotlines, emergency shelters, police intervention, legal assistance, counseling, psychological care, support groups, income-generation programmes, legal avenues such as protection orders.
Entities may submit more than one application, each covering a different focus area and set of interventions.

Funding Information

Each organization may apply for an award of maximum US$ 5,000 per project.
Allocations for salaries, stipends, incentives and overheads should not exceed 40% of the total budget for the grant.