Deadline: 27 May 2018

medica mondiale has announced a call for proposals Iraq 2018 with an aim to improve the situation of women and girls affected by sexualized and gender-based violence perpetrated during or after the war in the region.

medica mondiale is a non-governmental organization which stands up for women and girls in war and conflict zones throughout the world.

Thematic Areas

medica mondiale encourages project proposals in the following thematic areas:

• Empowering women and girls affected by sexualised and gender-based by providing trauma-sensitive direct services including psychosocial counselling, medical care, legal advice, and / or income generating activities.
• Advocacy, awareness raising and networking activities related to combating and preventing sexualised and gender violence against women in Iraq, with possible linkages to civic and political participation, peace building, justice

Funding Information

• Grants are awarded up to 10.000 Euro per project.
• The project duration is maximum one year (12 months).
• Only one grant per year will be given to any organization.

Eligibility Criteria

• This call for proposals addresses women rights organizations in the following country: Iraq, with a specific focus on Central Iraq. Organizations must fulfil the following criteria:
  • directed and led by women
  • having as primary mission the protection and promotion of women’s rights with these goals clearly reflected in their work
  • working on issues directly related to medica mondiale’s theme: combating and preventing sexualized and gender based violence against women in war and conflict zones.
  • supporting women and girls regardless of ethnicity, religion, political belief, sexual orientation, social status, or age.
  • working for social structural change to end violence against women.
  • actively include the perspectives of the women and girls they support.
  • working in collaboration with others in the human and women’s rights movement.
  • formally registered as non-governmental and non-profit organizations.
• medica mondiale does not fund individuals, scholarships, organizations founded or led by government entities or political parties.

How to Apply

Proposals must be submitted via email at the address given on the website.