Deadline: 5-Mar-24
The Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues (S/GWI) announces an open competition for organizations to submit full proposal applications to carry out a project that will provide rapid/flexible response support to women politicians, political candidates, and civil society leaders who have experienced extreme forms and/or threats of technology-facilitated gender- based violence (TFGBV) globally.
Objectives
- Establish a rapid/flexible response mechanism to address the immediate needs of women politicians, political candidates, and civil society leaders who have experienced extreme forms and/or threats of TFGBV.
- Foster safe spaces for longer-term community, connection, advocacy, and learning with and amongst women politicians, political candidates, and civil society leaders who have experienced extreme forms and/or threats of TFGBV.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $ 1,975,308
- Award Ceiling: $1,975,308
- Award Floor: $987,654
Intended Results
- Possible intended results may include:
- Women politicians, political candidates, and civil society leaders, in all their diversity, feel safe to fully and meaningfully participate in political, civic, and economic spaces both online and offline.
- Women politicians, political candidates, and civil society leaders are supported with tools, training, legal, technical, and financial support to respond to TFGBV and advocate for prevention and mitigation measures.
- Survivors of TFGBV are supported, whether through referral networks, community outreach, or any other activities to help them in their recovery and in accessing digital safety tools and expertise that are tailored to the particular needs of diverse women.
- There is increased access to support and/or remedies in responding to TFGBV-related challenges across communities.
Activities
- Applicants should tailor activities and proposed rapid/flexible response support according to needs identified in the existing evidence base and by potential beneficiary populations. In line with Do No Harm principles, all activities should be grounded in and informed by survivor-centered and trauma-informed approaches. Illustrative project activities may include:
- Providing rapid/flexible financial, legal, medical, and/or psychosocial support for immediate needs and facilitating referrals for women and girls to access longer-term assistance for ongoing physical and mental health, livelihood, and technical support needs;
- Providing access to GBV and legal service providers to mitigate harm and prevent further attacks;
- Providing technical support to women who wish to have their personal information removed from digital platforms and spaces and/or to report harmful content targeting them or their family members, including by leveraging existing resources and mechanisms;
- Setting up on-demand, frontline cybersecurity consulting services and support for women who may be at-risk of TFGBV to prevent further violence from occurring.
Indicators
- Applicant monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) plans should include at least two of the following indicators, as relevant:
- GNDR-5: Number of legal instruments drafted, proposed, or adopted with USG assistance designed to improve prevention of or response to sexual and gender-based violence at the national or sub-national level
- GNDR-6: Number of people reached by a USG funded intervention providing GBV services (e.g., health, legal, psycho-social counseling, shelters, hotlines, other)
- GNDR-8: Number of persons trained with USG assistance to advance outcomes consistent with gender equality or female empowerment through their roles in public or private sector institutions or organizations
- GNDR 10: Number of local women participating in a substantive role or position in a peacebuilding process supported with U.S. government assistance
- DR.4.2-2b: Number of women’s rights civil society organizations (CSOs) receiving USG assistance engaged in advocacy interventions
- DR.4-1 Number of USG-supported activities designed to promote or strengthen the civic participation of women
Inclusive Programming Approach
- S/GWI is committed to equity, equality, and respect for human rights. S/GWI programs are expected to foster and/or address:
- Inclusive Environments, which means programs that foster involvement, respect, and connection in which the richness of diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives are valued for all individuals.
- Social Inclusion, which means improving how individuals and groups take part in society – enhancing the ability, opportunity, and dignity of those disadvantaged on the basis of their identity.
- Intersectional nature of power and identity, which means how intersecting aspects of identity (sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex characteristics, class, religion, race, ethnicity, age, disability, nationality, etc.) interact with overlapping systems of discrimination and the need to address the impact these have on systemic access.
Priority Regions/Countries
- Applicants must demonstrate a capacity to operate globally. Priority should be given to countries currently experiencing instability, political transitions from conflict, and those with planned local and/or national elections between 2024-2026.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations submitting a full proposal must meet the following criteria:
- Be a U.S.- or foreign-based non-profit and non-governmental organization (NGO); or
- Be a private, public, or state institution of higher education; and
- Have existing, or the capacity to develop, active and equitable partnerships with in-country partners, entities, and relevant stakeholders, including NGOs and private sector actors; and
- Have demonstrable experience administering successful and preferably similar programs in size, scope, and focus. S/GWI reserves the right to request additional background information on organizations that do not have previous experience administering federal awards. These applicants may be subject to limited funding on a pilot basis.
- Public International Organizations (PIOs) are not eligible to apply as prime applicants under this NOFO; however, they may partner on a proposal as a sub-awardee. Individuals are not eligible to apply under this NOFO.
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