OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATION/ CALL FOR PROPOSALS: ADDRESSING THE SITUATION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS WITH DISABILITIES IN POST-CONFLICT COUNTRIES

Background                                                                                     Max.Grant Amount: $ 200.000 per year

The Open Society Foundations' International Women's Program and the Disability Rights Initiative announce a call for proposals addressing the situation of women and girls with disabilities in the following post-conflict countries: Nepal, Palestine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Colombia. Only proposals from these countries will be considered for support.

We invite proposals focusing on one or more of the following objectives:

    - Reducing discrimination and violence against women and girls with disabilities
    - Strengthening access to justice for women and girls with disabilities. We seek to support efforts that strengthen judicial responses to
      rights violations against women and girls with disabilities and reduce their obstacles to accessing justice by ensuring:
    - Increasing women's and girls' with disabilities self-determination and role as decision-makers and leaders. We seek to support efforts
      that encourage and increase women's and girls' with disabilities role as decision-makers by:

Eligibility

    - Organizations managed and led by women with disabilities;
    - Organizations that have a track record of approaching disability from a rights-based perspective and demonstrate sustainability;
    - Organizations that forge partnerships with other civil society groups;
    - Local or indigenous independent nongovernmental organizations or initiatives that link local and international organizations.

Budget

Organizations can apply for one to three year grants from $25,000 to $200,000 per year. Please note that multi-year proposals require an annual assessment report prior to releasing the subsequent tranche of funds.

Deadline: 5 December 2011

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