Deadline: 26-Mar-21
UN Women MCO- Caribbean is announcing Call for Proposals (CFP BRB30/CFP 2021/08) for Implementing Partners (For Civil Society Organizations – CSOs) to provide Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Counseling, Soft Skills Counseling, logistical support for workshops, and the development of a tool on addressing EVAW using social protection in St. Lucia.
The CSO should have a longstanding and proven track record of delivering services to women survivors of intimate partner violence.
The services required are as follows:
- A minimum of 16 group counseling sessions or 8 2-day sessions with trained and certified professionals with experience working with survivors of intimate partner violence. Participation in these sessions must be completely voluntary. Given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and physical distancing protocols that might exist, the NGO should demonstrate the capacity to deliver these sessions online.
- A minimum of 15 individual 1-hour counseling sessions with a certified professional with experience working with survivors of intimate partner violence. Participation in these sessions must be completely voluntary.
- A minimum of 6 life Skills Sessions. These should include (1) financial management; (2) women and their labour rights; (3) Food and nutrition support including backyard gardening as a strategy to enhance health and fight hunger and poverty; (4) sexual and reproductive health (including family planning) and rights; (5) entrepreneurship; (6) Disaster Preparedness and Response. Given the varied nature of the topics to be covered, the CSO should demonstrate the capacity to collaborate with various government departments such as the Ministry of Agriculture, Public Health Bureau, Department of Labour, Ministry of Commerce, National Emergency Management Organisation and NGOs to deliver these sessions.
- COVID-19: The abovementioned sessions must be delivered in compliance with existing COVID-19 protocols and directives of the Government of St. Lucia. The proposal should include measures to be taken to comply with these directives.
Funding Information
- The budget range for this proposal should be (USD $15,000 – $20,000).
- Timeframe: Start date and end date for completion of required services/results: 1 May 2021— 31 December 2021.
Competencies
- Technical/functional competencies required
- A minimum of 10 years directly delivering services to survivors of gender-based violence, including intimate partner violence.
- Staff or long-term consultants/contractors that are professionally certified psychotherapists, or counsellors or social workers with direct experience of no less than 5 years directly delivering support to survivors of gender-based violence, including intimate partner violence.
- Proven capacity to collaborate with government and other CSOs and NGOs.
- Other competencies, which while not required, can be an asset for the performance of services
- Experience working with women beneficiaries of public assistance/social assistance.
- Experience working with populations with low literacy.
For more information, visit https://caribbean.unwomen.org/en/news-and-events/stories/2021/3/sdg-fund-call-for-proposals—for-civil-society-organizations—csos-cfp-009
