Deadline: 20-Mar-22
UN Women is inviting proponents to submit proposals to implement 10-month project that aims to provide gender sensitive humanitarian responses to mitigate/reduce the impact of the Gaza May 2021 escalation on women and girls, build their resilience, and promote their protection and participation in post conflict recovery in Gaza.
Priorities
To address the risks that women and girls face during and after conflict, immediate priorities should include:
- collecting sex- and age-disaggregated data on the needs of households and individuals related to social assistance and livelihood programmes as well as types of essential services (WASH, electricity, urban, social protection and GBV related);
- supporting service providers and NGOs to continue offering GBV case management, gender responsive cash and voucher assistance, reproductive and maternal health services as well as psychosocial, legal, and health support for women and children related to GBV and safety needs; and
- ensuring women and/or NGOs representing women are actively participating in decision-making committees or task forces on rehabilitation/reconstruction efforts while also ensuring confidential citizen feedback mechanisms are developed in gender-responsive and survivor-centred way, including for any Prevention against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA)-related complaints.
Important Note:
- UN Women will accept applications from:
- Individual
- Two organizations submitting a joint technical and financial proposal.The proposals should identify a lead applicant and a co-implementing partner. The lead applicant will be the one evaluated against UN Women’s eligibility criteria set out in this Call for Proposals.
- Both individual proponents’ and joint proposals’submissions can mention sub-implementing partners (e.g. grassroots organizations, informal networks, specialized agencies) in their project proposal to carry out specific project activities.
- All individual applicants and lead applicants (in the case of joint proposals) must be registered in Palestine as national/local non-governmental and non-profit organizationsand must have field presence in Gaza.
- Joint proposal submissions are highly encouraged.
- The geographical focus should be North Gaza governorate and Gaza City.
- UN Women reserves the right to exclude proponents and submissions that do not meet these requirements.
Funding Information
- The budget range for this proposal should be: ILS750,000 (min) – ILS800,000 (max).
- The initial timeframe of the project is 10 months (until 15 February 2023).
Competencies
- Technical/functional competencies required:
- Demonstrates experience in applying the GBV Guiding Principles including Safety, Confidentiality, Respect and Non-discrimination.
- Has experience in implementing projects that focus on GBV prevention and protection in Gaza.
- Demonstrates knowledge and experience in implementing multi-sectorial responses to GBV (including health, psychosocial support, cash for work and legal assistance);
- Demonstrates experience in applying GBV case management and referral pathways SOPs as approved by the GBV sub-cluster.
- Demonstrates knowledge and experience in applying survivor-centered approaches.
- Has the capacity to critically analyze context, trends and vulnerabilities related to GBV;
- Knowledge of applying participatory approaches in engaging with affected communities.
- Other competencies, which while not required, can be an asset for the performance of services:
- Previous experience managing grants from UN agencies, INGOs or international organizations.
- Complementarity with other funds and programmes managed by UN Women Palestine.
For more information, visit https://palestine.unwomen.org/en/about-us/programme-implementation/2022/02/call-for-proposal-for-responsible-parties