Deadline: 30-Aug-21
The U.S. Embassy in Lomé, Togo, through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), is pleased to announce an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to promote democratic and political participation of women and girls for a more stable, inclusive, and prosperous Togo by strengthening their ability to exercise their rights.
Objective: The objective of this program is to promote women’s rights and representation in the Togolese economy and politics by promoting access to identification documents, reducing gender-based violence, and training women and girls to combat online-harassment.
Main Activities
Potential activities may include but are not limited to the following:
- Increase access to IDs for women and girls from deprived areas: Awareness campaigns and workshops to convince parents and women and girls about the necessity to have identification and the procedures to follow to acquire it.
- Building women and girls ‘resiliency facing GBV and Human Trafficking: Capacity building and awareness raising campaigns to promote a better understanding among women and girls of their rights as guaranteed by Togolese laws and Human rights. Reduce discrimination regarding land ownership, family heritage, and widowhood practices. Identify strategies to reduce GBV, susceptibility to trafficking in persons, and combat the secondary effects and new wave of fragility created by pandemic lockdown policies to build social and political inclusion.
- Fighting women’s digital harassment: Engage a national strategy about the dangers and drawbacks of online harassment, and how women and girls can protect themselves. Capacity building for a better understanding and conscious use of social media for women and girls to mitigate online harassment.
- American Content: Any American resource, expert, and or reference work or material to show case American cultures and values.
Funding Information
- Funding Amount: $ 250,000.00 U.S. Dollars
- Period of Performance 12 months
- Anticipated Award Date: September 2021
- Anticipated Project Completion Date: July 2022
Eligibility Criteria
The following organizations are eligible to apply:
- Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations
- Public and private educational institutions
- Public International Organizations and Governmental institutions
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=334973