Small Grants for CSOs to prevent and end family violence in Jamaica

Deadline: 28-Apr-23

UN Women has launched a call for proposals to support the expansion of technical substantive capacity of groups working on innovative programmes to end violence against women and girls (VAWG) in Jamaica.

UN Women plans to award small grants to eligible Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) based in Jamaica to contribute to the Spotlight Initiative objectives to prevent and end family violence. The vision of the Spotlight Initiative (SI) is that the rights of women and girls to live free from violence are protected, promoted, and upheld. The impact that the SI will work towards achieving is that all women and girls, particularly those who are most vulnerable, live a life free of violence and harmful practices. UN Women plans to award small grants to eligible Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) based in Jamaica to contribute to the Spotlight Initiative objectives to prevent and end family violence.

Grant proposals for projects lasting six months or less, are solicited to support the expansion of the technical substantive capacity of women’s organizations, and organisations working with underserved communities on issues of family violence, in order to:

Scale up initiatives being implemented by CSOs in areas of: advocacy, service delivery, educational and psychoeducational programming, engaging men and boys, and creating safe spaces; and/or
Support issue-based advocacy initiatives which engage key stakeholders including media, parliamentarians and policymakers to influence laws and policies and to promote gender-responsive messages on ending violence against women and girls

Objectives

To contribute to the reduction of family violence against women and girls and
To improve access for women and girls to essential, safe, adequate, integrated gender-responsive services

Pillars

The approach will be guided by the ecological theory that underpins the connections between family and society. The ecological model is seen as the best framework within which to address the causes, consequences, and response to family violence.
- The key pillars of the Spotlight Initiative Include:
  - Pillar 1: Laws and Policies
  - Pillar 2: Institutional Capacities
  - Pillar 3: Social Norms and Behaviours
  - Pillar 4: Services
  - Pillar 5: Data Availability and Utilisation
  - Pillar 6: Women’s Rights Groups, Autonomous Social Movements and CSOs

Funding Information

Individual Proposals: Ceiling of USD 15,000
Joint proposals with two or more CSOs: Ceiling of USD 30,000

Eligible Activities

The applicant may apply for a small grant to cover the following activities:
- Introducing and improving organizational systems, tools, and processes – including scaling up work and initiatives
- Training of workforce in technical and managerial skills; and,
- Supporting with equipment such as copiers, scanners, printers, laptops and computers as long as the cost of such equipment is limited to 30% of the proposed small grant budget or USD5,000, whichever is lower.

Eligibility Criteria

Civil society and other not-for-profit organisations in Jamaica working with youth, women and girls and other marginalised groups or addressing Family Violence and VAWG.
The applicant may apply if it:
- is a registered CSO in operation for at least three years;
- is not on the Consolidated UN Security Council Sanctions List;
- is not being investigated for fraud, corruption, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or other wrongdoing;
- has not had funding received from UN Women entirely or partly written off by UN Women;
- is not currently engaged as an Implementing Partner (IP) or Responsible Party (RP) for UN Women;
- has not been engaged as an IP/RP for UN Women at any time after 21 November 2019;
- is not a government entity;
- is not a UN organization;
- is not an established CSO with the capacity to be engaged as an IP/RP;
- has sufficient capacity to collaborate with various stakeholders;
- has sufficient financial stewardship, including having adequate financial policies and procedures in place to manage the small grant; and,
- past performance has been deemed satisfactory by UN Women (if it has received small grants previously or been engaged as an IP/RP before 21 November 2019).