Deadline: 6 September 2017
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is currently inviting women civil society organizations (CSOs)/women’s CSO networks and platforms, organizations representing minority women, women with disability and/or other disadvantaged groups of women to submit proposals to contribute to ending violence against women focusing on areas such as monitoring of and reporting on the implementation of international instruments (CEDAW, Istanbul Convention), improvement of the legislative and policy environment in line with international standards and advocacy towards revision of laws and policies for protection of survivors, with a focus on women belonging to marginalized groups.
The project will contribute to the achievement of the programme “Ending violence against women and girls: Implementing norms, changing minds” (February 2017- December 2019) which aims at ending gender-based discrimination and VAWG, with a particular focus on the most disadvantaged groups of women, in six Western Balkans countries and Turkey. The programme is anchored in the normative frameworks of CEDAW and the Istanbul Convention, and is also in alignment with EU accession standards.
The programme is funded by the European Union within the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) II, and is aligned with the EU accession standards to achieve equality between women and men. More specifically, the project will contribute to the programme Specific Objective 1: “To create an enabling legislative and policy environment in line with international standards on eliminating violence against women and all forms of discrimination.”
Funding Information
In all cases, budgets of the proposals (submitted in local currency) must amount to a minimum of EU 55.000 and cannot exceed the maximum amount set for this call, EUR 60.000.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Call for Implementing Partners is open to registered CSOs working in BiH. Applications are encouraged particularly from women’s and human rights organizations.
- Priority will be given to:
- Women’s CSOs/ Women’s CSOs networks and platforms that have specialized knowledge, expertise and track record of working in women’s human rights and ending violence against women
- Women’s CSOs/ Women’s CSOs networks and platforms with track record in monitoring international human rights treaties and conventions, and more specifically Istanbul Convention and CEDAW
How to Apply
All required application documents must be submitted at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
For more information, please visit Call for Proposals.