UN Women is offering small grants to support organizational development of civil society organizations working in the area of peacebuilding, conflict resolution and the women, peace, and security agenda under the “Strengthening institutional capacity of duty-bearers and empowering rights-holders for advancement of gender equality and women’s empowerment in Ethiopia” project implemented by UN Women.

UN Women is offering small grants to support civil society organizations working on women’s participation in leadership and decision making at all levels under 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.

[Deadline extended to 8 March 2022.]

The UN Women Ethiopia Country Office (ECO) recently launched a programme to strengthen institutional capacity and commitment of government institutions in putting in place effective coordination mechanisms and policy frameworks on prevention and response to violence against women and girls including harmful traditional practices (VAWG/HTP). The project will build on initiatives supported by UN Women thus far and ensure the desired results are achieved in terms of coordination and policy development on VAWG/HTP. The impact of the project will be to effectively mitigate, prevent, and respond to VAWG/HTP. The ECO is looking to partner with a civil society organization that has the required capacity, good reputation among government sectors, and presence in all operation areas to help implement the project.

The UN Women Country Office in Ethiopia is looking for a responsible partner/s, a civil society organization/s, to implement a pilot project on strengthening the capacity of women’s rights organizations to influence policy process and evidence-based advocacy. The project has an overall goal of enhancing the capacity of women’s rights organizations to advocate for and influence policy and decision-making processes on gender equality and the empowerment of women.

Filipino civil society organizations and academic organizations are invited to submit proposals for the project “Preventing violent extremism and countering online hate speech through women’s empowerment in the Philippines with a focus on the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)”. The project seeks to address violent extremism in BARMM by working on strengthening the capacities of local women and youth groups to counter hate speech and offline disinformation and developing gender-sensitive early warning systems. It seeks to develop dialogue between women and BARMM leaders on preventing and countering violent extremism and engage in media discussions on women’s empowerment. The project lasts until September 2022.