Deadline: 25-Apr-22
Proposals are now invited for the “Enhancing access to justice for women in Nepal – Phase two” project that aims to enable people-centered and gender-responsive justice by strengthening the capacities of community-based justice actors (duty bearers) and advocacy of grassroots women’s organizations (rights holders).
As part of the regional project, UN Women Nepal successfully completed the “Enhancing Access to Justice for Women” project from June 2019 to December 2021. The project has contributed to enhancing access to justice for women in formal and informal systems in ten local government units (LGUs) of Madhes Province and Sudurpaschim Province.
To address the critical challenges of access to justice faced by women and excluded groups, the UN Women Nepal Country Office (NCO) works closely with duty bearers and rights holders to advance people centred and gender-responsive justice.
Based on the results from phase one of the project as well as lesson learned, the project will continue to focus on specific areas for continued engagement. The project will continue to strengthen the capacity of frontline justice sector actors – judicial committees, mediators and informal justice actors – to apply gender-responsive laws and procedures to address gender-based discrimination and enhance women’s access to justice in line with Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 16.
Objectives
The project has four objectives given below:
- Strengthen capacities of community-based justice actors and service providers to facilitate and enable access to gender responsive justice for women and excluded groups
- Enhance understanding of people centred and gender responsive justice among key duty bearers and service providers across all three tiers through dialogue and sharing platforms to garner commitment for gender responsive justice
- Enhance capacities of grassroots women’s organisations (GWOs) to advocate for access to justice of women and excluded groups and engage communities in social norms change
- Strengthen voice and confidence of women from marginalized groups to claim their rights
Funding Information
- The budget range for this proposal should be USD 165,000– USD 175,000.
Guiding Principles
The implementation of the project should be guided by the following principles:
- Human rights-based approach
- Gender equality and Social Inclusion
- Do not Harm
- Intersectionality
- Leave No One Behind
- Confidentiality and privacy
Eligibility criteria
Technical/functional competencies required for national-level NGO in Nepal:
- A minimum of seven years of demonstrable organizational experience and expertise in the area of access justice for women and excluded groups, and applying gender responsive justice, through programmatic interventions and policy advocacy.
- Experience of designing and implementing programmatic interventions focusing on judicial committees, mediators, informal justice actors, and grassroots women’s organizations.
- Experience of implementing access to justice related projects in the context of pandemic will be an asset.
- Strong organizational experience in building strategic partnerships with key stakeholders of justice/gender equality, and networks with relevant partners, including government, justice sector, women-led organizations, and CSOs.
- Proven capacity to design and convene consultations and dialogue, including virtual dialogues on issues related to access to justice, gender equality, and a range of issues faced by women and excluded groups.
- Sound knowledge of legal framework, policies and interventions on justice, particularly for women and excluded groups in Nepal.
- Previous experience of implementing projects on access to justice with UN agencies and development partners.
- Experience of collaborating with other implementing partners through sub-contracting modality and consortium modality
For more information, visit https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/programme-implementation/2022/03/call-for-proposals-cfp-unw-ap-npl-cfp-2022-004-enhancing-access-to-justice-for-women-in-nepal-phase-two