Background Max. Grant amount: 1 000 000 USD
The UN Trust Fund is a testimony to the global consciousness that violence against women and girls is neither inevitable nor acceptable. The UN Trust Fund is a leading global grant-making mechanism exclusively dedicated to addressing violence against women and girls in all its forms. It supports effective initiatives that demonstrate that violence against women and girls can be systematically addressed, reduced and, with persistence, eliminated. Established by UN General Assembly in 1996 and administered by UN Women on behalf of the UN system, the UN Trust Fund works with non-governmental organizations, governments and UN country teams to:
- Prevent violence against women and girls by empowering groups especially at risk of violence, including adolescent girls and indigenous
or ethnic minority women, and engaging strategic groups such as youth, men and boys, and traditional and faith-based leaders in
prevention efforts
- Expand the access of women and girl survivors of violence to services including legal assistance, psychosocial counseling, health care, and
building the capacity of service providers to respond effectively to the needs of women and girls affected by violence;
- Strengthen the implementation of laws, policies and action plans on violence against women and girls through data collection and analysis,
building capacities of service providers and strengthening institutions to become more effective, transparent and accountable in
addressing violence against women.
Eligibility
- Government authorities at central/national, sub-national and/or local levels, including National Women’s Machineries and other sectoral
Ministries. A government entity may either apply individually or as part of a UN Country Team proposal, but not both.
- Civil society organizations and networks, including non-governmental organizations that are legally registered in the country of
implementation.
- Regional/international civil society organizations and networks that have national presence in the country(ies) and/or territory(ies) of
implementation. In this case, the proposal must indicate how the proposed interventions will contribute to national capacity development
and ownership of national and local organizations in the implementation.
- Operational research/evaluation institutions specialized in gender equality and gender-based violence.
- UN Country Teams (UNCTs) are eligible where requested by the government and in partnership with women’s groups, organizations
and/or networks, as well as with other civil society organizations. Only one application per country is permitted.
Proposals should ideally reflect partnerships among government and civil society. Special attention will be paid to organizations with a demonstrated record of working with local women’s organizations, especially grassroots women’s organizations and networks. Proposals from more than one organization or entity as co-applicants must clearly indicate which organization will take lead responsibility for project management and contractual obligations.
Budget
For large civil society organizations, governments and UN Country Teams, budget requests should be within the range of a minimum of US$ 300,000 to a maximum of US$ 1 million total for duration of two to three years.
For small civil society organizations, especially grassroots women’s organizations and networks, budget requests will also be considered for a minimum of US$ 50,000.
Deadline: 07 February 2014
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