Deadline: 29-Jul-20
To support the achievement of Women, Peace and Security in the Arab States – Phase ll intended outcomes, UN Women in Iraq is looking for partnerships with the CSOs to provide legal and psychological service and income generating opportunities to displaced women, GBV survivors, and women of Host community in Iraq.
Through partnerships the UN Women will support the established women’s centers in Mosul and Duhok to provide legal and psychological services to women suffering from violence, as well as UN Women will provide cash for work, grants , and vocational trainings to vulnerable women in order to empower them economically and improving their living conditions. Finally, the UN Women aims to raise awareness on GBV including Covid-19 through conducting orientation sessions for women.
Outcomes
UN Women Iraq Country Office welcomes proposals for partnerships to achieve results under the following outcome/output areas:
- Outcome II: NAP implementation is undertaken by government and non-government actors through interventions to enhance social cohesion and protection.
- Output 2.2. The provision of quality multi-sectoral protection services for survivors of violence against women
Activities
Moreover, partner(s) are expected to implement the following activities:
- In Iraq, UN Women will support conducting awareness session related to GBV including COVID-19 in the two targeted governorates. The topic will be determined in consultation with UN Women and depends on the most urgent needs identified based on the evolving context (minimum target: two oriental sessions per week developed and disseminated through appropriate channels).
- Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) outlining proposed standard minimum requirements for the women’s centers (e.g. space requirements, safety and security requirements, staffing requirements, services provide to women etc.). Minimum target: One detailed SOP document developed.
- Establish a voluntarism community-based Support Group for each location to help strengthen the link between the vulnerable women and the local community. The group should include local women leaders and relevant local government representatives and it should help monitor and support women in needs, and reporting. Develop SOPs to provide clear guidance for the group’s work. Minimum target: One Support Group per location established, one SOP document developed.
Note: Proposed activities need to be adaptable to the evolving context, movement restrictions and available access. Selected organizations are expected to closely follow WHO and government-issued COVID-19 health guidelines, as well as including necessary sanitary supplies and disinfecting procedures in activities and budgets where appropriate.
Events: UN Women observes and celebrates several international days every year, and we are welcoming any additional ideas and the initiatives by partner(s) during the events of the 16 Days of Activism, 1325 Open Day, and International Women’s Day in a manner which is relevant to their constituencies and communities.
Reporting: The selected partner(s) will work closely with UN Women during project implementation and will provide monthly progress reports and quarterly narrative and financial reports in line with UN Women guidelines and requirements, as well as regular updates and quality communications material.
Timeframe
- Start date and end date for completion of required services/results 25 August 2020 – 31 December 2020.
- The partnership will commence upon signature of the partnership agreement with the selected organization and will end by 31 December 2020.
Competencies
In the selection of partners, the following competencies will be considered:
- Technical competency to be demonstrated and described in the approach to the project according to the Terms of Reference for the call for proposals, to be supported by a track record of successful programmatic interventions
- Capacity to deliver expected results: governance and management competency, and financial and administrative competency, demonstrated by previous partnerships with UN Women or other donor organisations;
- Relevance of the mandate and the role of the organization to implement expected results and to contribute to the sustainability of said results, demonstrated by expertise in gender-related work and community outreach.
For more information, visit https://arabstates.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/programme-implementation/csos-partners-for-un-women-iraq-wps-cfp
