Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
UN Women is offering small grant to engage on social accountability for legislation and the conduct of service providers to specific at risk groups including at-risk youth and network building among CSOs to support social justice activism on GBV and Family Violence.
UN Women’s Small Grants are designed to support institutional strengthening and capacity-building, especially for smaller/grassroot organisations. This call specifically supports CSOs working in the area of family violence, especially responding to the needs of women and children survivors as well those who face discrimination or marginalisation. Expressions of interest from CSOs not previously in receipt of Spotlight Initiative funding are highly encouraged. This grant falls under Pillar 6, in recognition of the integral role civil society has played in lobbying, advocacy, service delivery and support to address family violence in the region.
Pillars
The key pillars of the Spotlight Initiative include:
- Pillar 1: Laws and Policies
- Pillar 2: Institutional Capacities
- Pillar 3: Social Norms and Behaviours
- Pillar 4: Services
- Pillar 5: Data Availability and Utilisation
- Pillar 6: Women’s Rights Groups, Autonomous Social Movements and CSOs
Funding Information
- Amount:
- Category One: Ceiling of USD 15,000 per organisation
- Category Two: Ceiling of USD 30,000 per organisation
- Duration: Up to 6 months
Eligible Activities
- Building capacity on social accountability mechanisms for EVAWG
- Building capacity to scale up existing VAWG/FV programmes and services
- Strengthening advocacy around EVAWG
- Building internal institutional and operational capacities
- The Small Grants are not able to fund provision of direct services or operating/running costs unrelated to the specific proposal.
Eligibility Criteria
- UN Women welcomes expressions of interests in two categories:
- Up to USD 15,000 equivalent per civil society organisation (CSO) for smaller/shorter projects
- Up to USD 30,000 equivalent per civil society organisation (CSO) for larger/longer projects
- The applicant may apply if it:
- is a registered CSO in operation for at least three years;
- is not on the Consolidated UN Security Council Sanctions List;
- is not being investigated for fraud, corruption, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or other wrongdoing;
- has not had funding received from UN Women entirely or partly written off by UN Women;
- is not currently engaged as an Implementing Partner (IP) or Responsible Party (RP) for UN Women;
- has not been engaged as an IP/RP for UN Women at any time after 21 November 2019;
- is not a government entity;
- is not a UN organization;
- is not an established CSO with the capacity to be engaged as an IP/RP;
- has sufficient capacity to collaborate with various stakeholders;
- has sufficient financial stewardship, including having adequate financial policies and procedures in place to manage the small grant; and,
- past performance has been deemed satisfactory by UN Women
For more information, visit https://caribbean.unwomen.org/en/stories/news/2022/08/un-women-spotlight-initiative-guyana-call-for-small-grants-social-accountability-and-social-justice-activism