Deadline: 26 September 2019
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)/Liberia is seeking proposals for its program entitled “Spotlight Initiative Pillar 3 Economic Empowerment For Traditional Practitioners”.
The European Union (EU) and the United Nations have embarked on a new, global, multi-year initiative focused on eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG) known as the EU/UN Spotlight Initiative. The Spotlight Initiative places all forms of violence against women and girls at the center of efforts to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It is a new joined-up approach and partnership between the UN and the EU to deliver on the SDGs in an integrated manner in line with respective mandates. A key component of the programme is to eliminate Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV), and Harmful Practices (HPs) and increase women’s and girls’ access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHRs).
Through a comprehensive approach, the Spotlight Initiative will focus its work on eliminating SGBV and HP, and addressing SRHR, through six key pillars:
- developing and implementing relevant legislation and policies
- strengthening national and sub-national institutions
- preventing violence through evidence-based programmes and campaigns
- establishing essential services for victims and survivors
- ensuring the collection and use of prevalence and incidence data
- working with civil society organizations and women’s movements
Expected Outcome and Output
Outcome
“Harmful social norms and practices and other forms of GBV are eliminated through inclusive participation, awareness of their negative impacts, and through community-driven solutions at the national, county, community, household and individual levels.”
Output
Community advocacy platforms are strengthened to develop strategies and programs including community dialogues, public information and advocacy campaigns, to promote gender-equitable norms, attitudes and behaviours, including in relation to women and girl’s sexuality and reproduction, self-confidence and self-esteem and transforming harmful masculinities.
Project Location
The project will target five counties (Lofa, Grand Cape Mount, Montserrado, Nimba and Grand Gedeh) and 300 female traditional practitioners based on the prevalence of SGBV and HPs as evidenced by the SCORE Study including aggression by respondents in daily life; their endorsement of political violence; and their endorsement of SGBV and HPs, as well as data on SGBV by the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection and the Demographic Health Survey (DHS) data from the Ministry of Health (MoH).
Timeframe
Estimated 1 Year 3 Months The start date for the implementation of the above activities is October 1, 2019, and the end date is December 15, 2020 subject to quarterly review of progress in initial delivery of the required services/results.
Programme Principles
The selected Implementing Partner is required to consider the following programme principles when developing their proposals and actual project implementation plan:
- Prioritization: The Partner will prioritize respect, safety and confidentiality for all beneficiaries of the programme especially the female traditional practitioners and young women and girls;
- Do no harm: All activities are carefully designed and will be implemented to pose no threat to traditional practitioners, women and their children, including but not limited to survivors of violence.
- Improving coordination: The partner aims to facilitate coordination with similar initiatives of other programmes, agencies, and institutions into an effective action. The programme will assume a coordinating function and act as a source of knowledge for other organizations.
- Building partnerships: The partner will try to not duplicate existing projects, but will partner with other CSOs, the private sector, other donor-funded initiatives and government projects, and the burgeoning financial sector, wherever possible.
- Simple design: The partner will set up mechanisms for the transfer of funds to other partners as required in the implementation of the programme.
- Sharing best practices: The partner will leverage opportunities for sharing best practices during the implementation of the programme;
- Draw from and contribute to the evidence: The partner will provide new evidence on the strategies for the dissemination and roll out of the Comprehensive Prevention Strategy and the risk factors for VAWG and HPs and integrate stronger monitoring and evaluation practices.
- Integration: Working with a wide range of stakeholders’ the partner will aim to improve linkages between programme interventions.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
For more information, please visit http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=59215