Women's Empowerment for Inclusive Growth (WING) project

Submission deadline: 15 January 2024

UN Women seeks to partner with a Civil Society Organization (CSO)to lead, coordinate, and implement this initiative under the WING Joint Programme (JP) in close collaboration with UN Women, sister UN agencies, the private sector and relevant government ministries and departments to increase women’s economic participation through local economic development.

Contact information

  • Contact person: Saha
  • Email: bco.procurement[at]unwomen.org
  • Telephone: +880 2 2222 83828

Comprehensive Capacity Development Support to Elected Women Representatives to advance Gender Responsive and Inclusive Governance

Submission deadline: 10 January 2024

The objective of this assignment is 1. to promote leadership and substantive participation of elected women representatives in governance structures and processes, 2. to strengthen capacities of duty bearers across governance institutions to promote and advance gender-responsive and inclusive governance and 3. to support women leaders, women living with disabilities, and their networks to address issues of gender and disability-based inequalities; demand accountability for protection/fulfilment of their rights and entitlements and influence and shape the local development agenda.

Contact information

  • Contact person: Rachana Bhattarai
  • Email: rachana.bhattarai[at]unwomen.org

Call For Proposals (CFP) for Civil Society Organizations to Support Means to Lead

Submission deadline: 14 December 2023

UN Women seeks to partner with a consortium/coalition of WLOs/WROs with the objective of implementing initiatives to support the development of three MPWC’s in the Rohingya refugee camps for women’s protection and empowerment activities, including renovations and refurbishment for pre-vocational, vocational and education activities, social gatherings of women, and child-friendly spaces.

Contact information

  • Contact person: Nadira Islam
  • Email: nadira.islam[at]unwomen.org

Create Call for Expressions of Interest: Protection Services for WHRDs

Submission deadline: 28 October 2023

The aim of the EOI is to identify women-led and/or gender-focused organizations that can provide the following types of services (but not necessarily limited to): (1) identifying WHRDs at-risk via assessing and documenting their risk/threat factors, (2) safe houses to WHRDs (3) protection services like legal, health, psycho-social support, and counselling, (4) safety (rapid response and digital security) training to help mitigate risks facing WHRDs.

Contact information

  • Contact person: Anum Aftab
  • Email: anum.aftab[at]unwomen.org
  • Telephone: +93-729-248-516

Call for Proposals: Research on climate-smart technology to reduce women’s drudgery and time poverty in Nepal

Submission deadline: 09 October 2023

The overall objective of this research is to generate relevant evidence from South experience on climate-smart technologies to reduce women's time poverty and work drudgery.

Contact information

  • Contact person: Suvi Helko
  • Email: technical-bid.np[at]unwomen.org
  • Telephone: +977-01-4290000

Call for Proposals: Research on climate-smart technology to reduce women’s drudgery and time poverty in Nepal

Submission deadline: 09 October 2023

The overall objective of this research is to generate relevant evidence from South experience on climate-smart technologies to reduce women's time poverty and work drudgery.

Contact information

  • Contact person: Suvi Helko
  • Email: technical-bid.np[at]unwomen.org
  • Telephone: +977-01-4290000

Strengthen gender-responsive policy design and implementation for social cohesion in Indonesia

Submission deadline: 20 October 2023

UN Women Indonesia is seeking one national partner to strengthen gender-responsive policy design and implementation to build social cohesion at national, sub-national (in West Java, Central Sulawesi, and West Nusa Tenggara(NTB)) and local levels. The proponent organization will support capacity building for government institutions to develop and implement gender-responsive plans and policies on prevention of violent extremism to advance sustainable peace and resilience.

Contact information

  • Contact person: Xinyue Gu
  • Email: xinyue.gu[at]unwomen.org
  • Telephone: +44 7480323916 (WA)

Support women-led initiatives to promote peaceful and resilient communities in Indonesia

Submission deadline: 20 October 2023

UN Women Indonesia is seeking one national partner to support women-led initiatives to promote peaceful and resilient communities in West Java, Central Sulawesi, and West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). The proponent organization will mainly support capacity-building activities of women, youths, and community members to become agents of change to promote social cohesion and prevent conflict, contributing to community peace and harmony.

Contact information

  • Contact person: Xinyue Gu
  • Email: xinyue.gu[at]unwomen.org
  • Telephone: +44 7480323916 (WA)

Supporting Afghan Media Initiatives

Submission deadline: 15 October 2023

The aim of the Expression of Interest (EOI) is to identify existing women led media outlets in Afghanistan and develop an understanding of the current landscape at the community, provincial and national level. The EOI is is accepting three types of profiles (1) women in radio, (2) women-led community media initiatives and (3) women-led digital media initiatives.

Contact information

  • Contact person: Anum Aftab
  • Email: anum.aftab[at]unwomen.org
  • Telephone: +93-729-248-516

Call for Proposals: Support coalition building of Afghan Women-led Civil Society

Submission deadline: 23 October 2023

The aim of this Call for Proposals is to support Afghan women-owned and women-led spaces for coalition building and other ways that Afghan women are coming together – online or otherwise – to hold spaces for women’s rights and to address women’s needs. Given the increasingly restrictive environment for Afghan women inside the country, supporting Afghan women to work together – formally and informally – is needed for joint advocacy.

Contact information

  • Contact person: Anum Aftab
  • Email: anum.aftab[at]unwomen.org
  • Telephone: +93-729-248-516