Deadline: 04-Apr-22
The Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) is excited to announce its latest Call for Proposals in Iraq to strengthen the political and socio-economic participation of women and girls affected by forced displacement.
The overall goal of the WPHF’s theory of change is to contribute to peaceful and gender equal societies. Achievement of this goal will require that women are empowered to participate in, contribute to, and benefit from conflict prevention, crisis response, peacebuilding, and recovery. Since its launch in 2016, WPHF has been supporting over 200 civil society organizations and is present in 20 countries or group of countries.
This WPHF Call for Proposals is linked to the Action Network on Forced Displacement – Women as Agents of Change led by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Grantees will be invited to participate in related activities of the action network.
The WPHF will fund qualifying projects in Iraq The projects must focus on one country. Multi-country projects will NOT be accepted.
In response to this, the focus of this WPHF call for proposals will be onlocal civil society organizations that promote the social, political and economic empowerment of forcibly displaced women and girls (e.g. refugees, internally displaced people, asylum seekers) in crisis and conflict contexts.
Funding Information
- The WPHF will grant around 1.2 million USD over one year to Iraq. TheCall for proposals aims at responding to the needs of local women’s organizations in fragile settings, with funding stream:
- Funding stream 1: Programmatic funding: from 150,000 USD to 200,000 USD
- This funding stream will finance projects which aim specifically to fund programmatic activities aligned with the WPHF Impact Area 6.
- All civil society organizations can apply for a maximum of 1-year grants.
Location
Projects should be implemented in any of the following location(s):
- Anbar
- Ninawa/Sinjar
- Kirkuk
- Baghdad
- Salah EL Din
- Babel
- Diyala
Eligibility Criteria
- International , national and local women- led, women’s rights, feminist, or civil society organizations with a proven track record working with women and girls, are eligible to apply. Grassroots and local community-based organizations are particularly encouraged to apply. Joint projects are allowed and encouraged.
- To be considered a “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.
- To be considered “Youth rights”, the organization’s official mission/vision must reflect its commitment to addressing multiple/intersecting forms of discrimination and advancing the rights of youth.
- “Youth-led organization” must be headed by a youth as defined by the country/organization
- Other CSOs must demonstrate experience in addressing violence against women and girls, gender inequalities and/or women’s rights.
Ineligible
The following are NOT eligible to apply for a grant from the WPHF:
- Organizations proposing a multi-country intervention;
- Organizations proposing an intervention in a country different from the eligible country;
- Lead-organizations that are not legally registered in the country/territory of implementation;
- Government agencies or institutions;
- UN agencies or UN Country Teams;
- Private individuals;
- Private sector entities;
- Universities and Education institutions
For more information, visit https://wphfund.org/call-for-proposals-in-iraq-6/