Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund invites Proposals from CSOs in Malawi

Deadline: 7-Apr-23

The Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) has launched a Call for Proposals in Malawi to support civil society organizations working to enhance meaningful participation and decision-making of women in conflict prevention processes.

The call for proposals specifically contributes to WPHF Impact Area 2: Increased meaningful participation and decision-making of women in conflict prevention processes and response. It is aligned with the overall goal of contributing to peaceful and gender equal societies and UN Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security.

Types of Funding and Requirements

Under this call for proposals, WPHF is accepting applications for both institutional/core funding and programmatic funding.
An organization (lead applicant or co-implementing partners) can submit one application for institutional funding AND/OR one application for programmatic funding. Organizations who apply for both institutional and programmatic funding need to submit two separate applications.
- Institutional Funding: Stream 1 (USD $2,500 – $30,000)
  - Aims to reinforce the institutional capacity of women’s rights/led organizations working on gender specific issues in peace and security and humanitarian contexts, to ensure they are able to sustain themselves and to improve their impact. Prospective applicants will need to demonstrate how the current context affects their institutional and financial capacities and how the funding would support them as an organization. It will finance a limited range of activities to support the development or strengthening of a CSO’s institutional capacity. The purpose of this funding stream IS NOT to finance programmatic activities.
- Programmatic Funding: Stream 2 (USD $30,000 – $200,000)
  - This funding stream will finance projects which aim specifically to fund programmatic activities aligned with the following impact area:
    - WPHF Impact area 2: Increased meaningful participation and decision-making of women in conflict prevention processes and response.

Location and Duration

The WPHF will fund qualifying projects in any district in Malawi with the exception of Mangochi, Mulanje and Karonga districts, where other similar or related projects are being implemented.
Multi-country projects, or projects outside this geographical focus will NOT be accepted. CSOs can apply for a maximum of 2 years.

Eligibility Criteria

National, regional or local/grassroots women or young women led, women’s rights, youth rights, feminist, or civil society organizations with a proven track record working with women, young women and girls, are eligible to apply.
Women’s Rights or Feminist Organization: The organization’s official mission/vision statement must reflect its commitment to addressing multiple/intersecting forms of discrimination and advancing gender equality and women’s rights. The organization must aim to address the underlying drivers/systems/structures, including patriarchy and gendered power dynamics, and work to transform these.
Women-Led Organization: must be headed by a woman as director/head of organization.
Youth Focused Organization: To be considered “youth focused”, the organization’s core mission/vision must focus on supporting the social, economic and political participation of young women and young men and addressing multiple/ intersecting forms of discrimination against young women and men. WPHF will provide specific attention to youth focused organizations supporting young women, advancing gender equality and peacebuilding.
Young Women Led Organization: must be headed by a young person aged between 18 – 29 years old who serves as director/head of organization