Deadline: 18 September 2017
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is currently inviting women’s civil society organizations and civil society organization (CSOs) that work on promoting and defending human /women’s rights and gender equality to submit proposals to develop CSO’s capacities to use human rights- complaint mechanisms to claim women’s rights (Optional Protocol to CEDAW) and address gender-based discrimination, to contribute to the implementation of the Programme Ending Discrimination and Violence against Women: Implementing Norms, Changing Minds.
The objective of this CfPs is to enable capacity-strengthening of CSOs to use human rights-complaint mechanisms to claim women’s rights (OP-CEDAW) and address gender-based discrimination through increasing their knowledge and guidance on how to access and utilize human rights procedures, standards, and mechanisms arising from CEDAW and OP-CEDAW. In this way, defenders of women’s human rights will make strategic use of the international human rights system to protect women against discrimination and violence.
Scope of the Call for Proposal
This CfP is framed within the Programme, “Ending Violence against Women and Girls in six Western Balkan countries and Tukey: Implementing Norms, Changing Minds”. More specifically the CfP falls under the Programme Specific Objective 1:“To create an enabling legislative and policy environment in line with the international standards on eliminating violence against women and other forms of discrimination “.
It is expected that the project to be implemented under this CfP contribute toResult1.1,“Women’s voice and agency strengthened to advocate for the development and implementation of laws and policies in line with the CEDAW and the Istanbul Convention.”
The CfP envisages the following:
- Developing capacities of CSO’s to use United Nations Human Right System (UNHRS), and specifically CEDAW and OP-CEDAW, to advocate and represent women’s human rights in cases of gender-based discrimination and violence;
- Increasing public awareness among women on women human rights and protection mechanisms arising from OP-CEDAW;
- Initiating communication procedure and/or inquiry procedure under the OP.
Funding Information
- The proposed intervention size and budget request must fall between a minimum indicative amount of EUR 30.000 and a maximum amount of EUR 50.000.
- Proposals cannot exceed the maximum amount set for this call, EUR 50.000.
Duration of project
October 2017 –December 2019 (tentatively)
Eligibility Criteria
- 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
- Civil society organizations working on gender equality and women’s empowerment with track record of working on human rights defense, ending discrimination and violence against women.
- All applicants must be legally registered in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit all required application documents via email at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
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