Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund launches Call for Proposals in Lebanon

Deadline: 24-Apr-23

The Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) has launched a Call for Proposals in Lebanon to support civil society organizations working to ensure the protection of women and girls, enhancing their safety, security and mental health and making sure their human rights are respected, as well as those working to improve the participation of women and young women working in peacebuilding processes and contexts.

Purpose

The call for proposals specifically contributes to the following WPHF Impact Areas:
- Impact Area 5: Enhanced safety, security and mental health of women and girls’ and their human rights respected.
- Impact Area 6: Improved participation and decision making of women and young women working in peacebuilding processes and contexts.

Funding Streams

Institutional Funding: Stream 1 (USD $2,500 – $30,000)
- To reinforce the institutional capacity of women’s rights and women-led organizations working on the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Lebanon to ensure they are able to sustain themselves and to improve their impact.
Programmatic Funding: Stream 2 (USD $30,000 – $200,000)
- To finance programmatic activities of CSOs aimed at:
  - enhancing safety, security and mental health of women and girls and ensure their human rights are respected; and
  - improving the participation and decision making of women and young women working in peacebuilding processes and.

Scope (Location and Duration)

The WPHF will fund qualifying projects throughout Lebanon.
Multi-country projects, or projects outside the geographical focus will not be accepted. CSOs can apply for funding for projects with a duration of 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, and those working on peacebuilding 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