Deadline: 1-Oct-21
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UN Women Office in Serbia is implementing a three-year EU funded project “Support to Priority Actions for Gender Equality in Serbia, phase II” (GEF II project) Elimination of Gender-based Stereotypes and Promotion of Women’s Active Role in Society.
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) are expected to submit proposals that will include different set of activities towards increasing public awareness on the significance of gender equality, elimination of gender-based stereotypes and supporting of active involvement of women in the socio-economic development. Outputs and activities proposed by CSOs should address unfavorable position of women, with particular emphasis on the women belonging to the multiple discriminated and vulnerable groups (such as women with disabilities, women older than 45, women with children with disabilities, women victims of violence, Roma women, rural women, single mothers etc.).
Non-exhaustive list of types of activity which Responsible Party should undertake under this CfP are:
- Community-based initiatives contributing to the breaking of gender-based stereotypes and supporting more active role of women in the society. This may include, but not limited to the following: educational programs/pilot initiatives to support mothers and fathers in relation to the harmonization of unpaid care work and their activities in the labor market; encouraging and promoting the education of girls in currently highly demanded occupations (STEM careers); mapping and challenging most common gender-stereotypes in education programmes and textbooks; supporting families with vulnerable children and young people to become aware and exercise their rights as well as to enable equal access to education and prevention of school drop-out; educating women on their legal rights regarding heritage and disposal of property; promoting gender equality in science and innovation activities; supporting women to become more active in entrepreneurial activities (access to finance, registration process, management skills, land and property as a source of liquidity); advocating for closing gender pay gap; promoting women on the decision making positions in public and private sectors (presentation of experiences, couching, motivational speeches etc.); encouraging women to actively participate in the field of circular and green economy;
- Increase visibility and awareness in local communities on benefits of piloted initiatives and establish partnership for their replication and scaling up;
- Raising awareness measures on gender-based stereotypes (e.g. using traditional and social media, as well as different innovative ways of communication to widely disseminate key messages tailored to targeted audiences);
- Support development and advocacy for policies, programs and budgets contributing to gender transformative initiatives that eliminate gender stereotypes.
Funding Information
- The budget range for this proposal should be 25,000 – 30,000 EUR.
- The proposals are expected to cover a period of minimum 12 months to maximum 18 months.
Competencies
- Technical/functional competencies required
- Experience in promoting gender equality and/or working towards empowering women to actively participate in different spheres of public life (labour market, education etc.).
- Proven experience in management of projects related to empowerment of women and/or gender equality.
- Language: Serbian; knowledge of English.
- Other competencies, which while not required, can be an asset for the performance of services
- Good knowledge of gender equality and women’s rights issues, as well as needs of vulnerable and multi-discriminated groups of women.
- Knowledge on Serbian legal and institutional framework related to gender equality.
- Previous experience working with United Nations.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=82571
