UN Women seeks an implementing civil society organization (CSO) partner to:

1. strengthen the evidence base on gender-responsive macroeconomic policies with a focus on fiscal and monetary policies, as well as paid and unpaid care work to support gender-equitable inclusive growth and expansion of decent employment opportunities for women in Nepal;
2. provide technical support to relevant policy makers and practitioners on gender-responsive macroeconomic policies with access to quality policy tools for gender-equitable inclusive growth; and
3. conduct research-based policy advocacy for the creation of gender-responsive policy environment for promotion of decent employment for women as well as increased investments in the care economy.

UN Women seeks an implementing civil society organization (CSO) partner to conduct an impact assessment of COVID-19 on access to justice in Nepal. The objectives are to:

• assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to justice for women and marginalized groups, and
• map the status of e-justice/digitalization in the justice sector from the perspective of women and marginalized groups.

The project “Women’s Economic Empowerment” (WEE) will work directly with at least 1,500 women workers and women-owned businesses in two districts of Sindh, namely Khairpur and Sukkur, mobilizing them, forming them into functioning groups, and connecting them with a range of services and resources (access to finance, markets, skills development, and enterprise development etc). Efforts will also be made to train these women to maintain a mobile financial wallet for which linkage will be established with the relevant service providers and private sector.

The project “Women’s Economic Empowerment” (WEE) will work directly with at least 1,500 women workers and women-owned businesses in two districts of Punjab, namely Multan and Sialkot, mobilizing them, forming them into functioning groups, and connecting them with a range of services and resources (access to finance, markets, skills development, enterprise development, etc). Efforts will also be made to train these women to maintain a mobile financial wallet for which linkage will be established with the relevant service providers and the private sector.

The Women, Peace, and Security Programme is announcing this call for proposals targeting civil society organizations (CSOs) working in Ethiopia on peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and the women, peace, and security agenda. The call aims to reach out to CSOs that have experience and expertise in programming and delivering innovative interventions in the thematic area to contribute towards the goals of the “Strengthening institutional capacity of duty-bearers and empowering rights-holders for advancement of gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) in Ethiopia” project implemented by UN Women.

The Women in Leadership and Governance Programme is announcing this call for proposals targeting CSOs working in Ethiopia on gender equality and women’s empowerment in general and on women’s rights to participate in public and political life in particular. Targeted CSOs are expected to have experience and expertise in programming and delivering innovative interventions in this thematic area.