Call for Proposals: Building the Capacity of CSO Communities on Women’s Safety Audit in Timor-Leste
Deadline: 25-Mar-22
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is seeking to partner with an organization/ consortium that preferably registered as a local Non-Governmental Organization under the Timor-Leste NGO Forum, Forum ONG Timor-Leste (FONGTIL) and Ministry of Justice to support UN Women in increasing the recognition of addressing Sexual Harassment and Gender-Based Violence in public spaces, its impact and determine the causes and recommendations to end it.
This will involve conducting a series of the Women’s Safety Audit Walk to collect data, inputs, provide suggestions, and recommendations on barriers to women and girls’ safety and security in public spaces in the targeted municipalities as well as the associated cost for implementing the recommendations , monitoring the execution of recommendations, and advocating for women and girls’ safety and security in public spaces.
Objectives
The objectives of the project are to:
Collect and compile evidence-based data, qualitative learnings inputs, suggestions and recommendations on barriers to women and girls’ safety and security in public spaces
Develop policy advocacy recommendations and evidence-based actions to improve the service delivery and public infrastructure and to prevent and respond to VAWG by identifying the gaps in services based on the audit findings.
Create and increase the spaces for women and girls’ public participation in policymaking and monitoring the allocation of the state budget to prevent and respond to VAWG in four municipalities.
Funding Information
The budget range for this proposal should be US$ 48,000- 53,000.
Geographic Focus
The project targeted four municipalities including Dili, Baucau, Covalima, and RAEOA – Oecusse.
Eligibility Information
UN Women invite qualified parties to submit Technical and Financial Proposals to provide services associated with the UN Women requirements for a Responsible Party.
UN Women is soliciting proposals from Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). Women’s organizations or entities are highly encouraged to apply.
For more information, visit https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/programme-implementation/2022/03/call-for-proposals-unw-ap-tls-cfp-2022-003-evaw-timor-leste-capacity-building-womens-safety-audit