Deadline: 6 September 2017
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is inviting women’s 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 promotion of favorable social norms fostering gender equality, prevention of gender based violence and discrimination and innovative approaches to challenging gender stereotypes, 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. More specifically, the project will contribute to the programme Specific Objective 2: “To promote favourable social norms and attitudes to promote gender equality and prevent discrimination of and violence against women.”
Funding Information
CSOs can submit more than one proposal, but only one proposal will be funded. 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 network and platforms that have specialized knowledge, expertise and track record of working in women’s human rights and ending VAWG;
- Women’s CSOs/ Women’s CSOs network and platforms with track record in working on prevention of VAWG, work with men and boys, and gender innovation
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.