Deadline: 7 June 2019
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications from qualified local organizations to fund an activity entitled Alliances for Analysis and Communication (AA&C) Activity.
The Femicides: Prevention and Response (F-PAR) Activity seeks to increase civil society (CSO) participation to support prevention activities of gender-based violence against women, to strengthen CSO’s litigation skills to advocate before justice sector institutions, as well as to monitor justice sector performance in preventing and responding to femicide cases.
The FPAR Civil Society component complements a current activity, awarded in 2018, that works in Nuevo Leon in the Metropolitan area of Monterrey. It seeks to improve state capabilities to prevent the commission of femicides, as well as to improve state capacity to investigate, prosecute and respond to femicide cases.
Purpose
Improve prevention of, and state response to femicides, through greater empowerment of victims of GBV against women, increased monitoring of state institutions charged with the active participation of CSOs in the advocacy and for the prevention and litigation of femicide cases.
Theory of Change
IF civil society more actively engages in GBV against women prevention activities, improves advocacy for the protection of women’s rights, and increases monitoring of state institutions, THEN more women will seek and receive assistance and protection, state institutions will improve prevention and response to femicide cases, thus decreasing the number of femicides.
Type of Components
Component 1, Empowerment and Prevention of GBV against women
- Objective: Increased effectiveness of prevention mechanisms of femicides and GBV through strategic communications, empowerment of women and girls via accessible resources and information, and community engagement.
- Key Desired Outcomes
- Increased access to and use of resources and services for women and girls who are victims of GBV against women.
- Decrease or increase in sexual violence complaints depending on whether complaints are under reported.
- For women, perception of safety in the community and at home
- Change in negative gender stereotypes and norms among men.
- Increase and measurable collaboration among civil society organizations to prevent GBV against women cases.
Component 2, Enhance Accountability of Justice Sector Institutions
- Objective: Improved accountability of justice sector institutions responding to GBV against women and femicides.
- Key Desired Outcomes
- Increased and measurable compliance by offenders to precautionary measures.
- Increase in disposition rates of gender based violence and femicides cases, from criminal complaints to resolution (sentencing).
- Increased advocacy and litigation assistance from CSO‘s in gender-based violence and femicide cases.
- Increased and measurable use of gender perspectives in judicial processes, from investigations to sentencing.
- Increased and measurable access to public information on state and municipal budgets and judicial processes.
- Improved and measurable performance of justice sector institutions that address gender based violence and femicides
Component 3 (crosscutting component), Strategic Communications and Public Outreach.
- State of the art strategic communications, tailored for specific audiences, should be integrated in and throughout all activities.
- Key Desired Outcomes:
- Increased public awareness of government responsibility for prevention and response to GBV against women and femicides.
- Increased public awareness of GBV against women and the impact on victims in targeted areas.
- Increased availability of information on the rights of victims of GBV against women and indirect victims of femicides (i.e. family members, etc.)
- Increased public awareness of the social and economic impact of GBV against women in targeted areas.
Geographic Focus
This activity will focus on three municipalities including Monterrey, Escobedo, and Guadalupe in the state of Nuevo Leon, which were chosen considering different criteria such as the activation of the gender based violence alert, the presence of Centers for Victim’s Assistance, as well as because of the political will of public institutions to prevent and response to femicide cases.
The activity will coordinate directly with and complement the activities carried out under a current award, which supports state and municipal institutions to prevent, prosecute and respond to femicide cases.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $1,275,000
- Award Floor: $1,275,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Only a Mexican local entity may apply. The definition of “local entity” means a corporation, a nonprofit organization, or another body of persons that:
- Is legally organized under the laws of;
- Has as its principal place of business or operations in;
- Is majority owned by individuals who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of; and
- Is managed by a governing body the majority of who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of the country receiving assistance.
- For purposes of this section, ‘majority-owned’ and ‘managed by’ include, without limitation, beneficiary interests and the power, either directly or indirectly, whether exercised or exercisable, to control the election, appointment, or tenure of the organization’s managers or a majority of the organization’s governing body by any means.
- Applicants must have established financial management, monitoring and evaluation processes, internal control systems, and policies and procedures that comply with established U.S. Government standards, laws, and regulations.
- The recipient must be a responsible entity. For organizations new to USAID, the successful applicant will be subject to a responsibility determination assessment – a Non-U.S.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted via given website.
For more information, please visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=315365