Call for Proposals: Call for Proposals for Implementing Partners for Sustaining Peace Building Bougainville Project

Submission deadline: 27 April 2024

UN Women, alongside UNDP and UNFPA, is implementing a peacebuilding project titled ‘Sustaining Peace in Bougainville - Post-Referendum Support’ (2022-2025) in support of the Bougainville Peace Agreement. The overall objective of the UN’s support is to continue facilitating mutual and collaborative partnerships between the Government of Papua New Guinea and the Autonomous Bougainville Government to:

  • Peacefully progress the implementation of post-Referendum priorities as determined by the two Governments.
  • Support communities across PNG and Bougainville to understand and buy-into the outcomes of the post-Referendum negotiations and their implementation to support ongoing peace and inclusive sustainable development across PNG and Bougainville.

Contact information

  • Contact person: Elly Kale
  • Email: elly.kale[at]unwomen.org
  • Telephone: +675 7091 8133

Call for Proposals: Enhanced Gender Equality: Strengthening Civil Society for monitoring gender equality commitments and evidence-based Advocacy in Timor-Leste

Submission deadline: 24 April 2024

Empowering CSOs to advocate for gender equality and women's empowerment, through mapping CSOs and developing tailored training in evidence-based advocacy, supporting advocacy and investment in NAP GBV and safe public spaces. It also provides technical assistance for tracking progress on sexual violence, aligning with government commitments including NAP GBV, CEDAW, NAP 1325, and the Maubisse Declaration.

Contact information

  • Contact person: Nuntana Tangwinit
  • Email: nuntana.tanagwinit[at]unwomen.org
  • Telephone: +670 77380959

Call for Proposals: Pathways to Gender‐responsive Justice: Strengthening Capacities of Duty Bearers and Rights Holders

Submission deadline: 22 April 2024

The overall objective of this initiative is to strengthen capacities of community based justice actors and service providers to facilitate access to gender responsive justice for women and marginalized group and to strengthen capacities of women human right defenders including grassroots women's organization, community base women's organization and women human rights defenders networks to facilitate access to justice for women and marginalized group.

Contact information

  • Contact person: technical‐bid.np@unwomen.org
  • Telephone: +977‐01‐4290000

Call for proposals: The United Nations Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund in the Philippines

Submission deadline: 01 April 2024

The overall purpose of this call for proposals is to provide grants to local civil society organizations in the Philippines focused on the increased meaningful participation and decision-making of women in conflict prevention processes and response in conflict and humanitarian contexts with local women and young women’s rights organizations. The call for proposals specifically contributes to WPHF’s overall goal of contributing to peaceful and gender equal societies. Initiatives should aim to reach those women and girls experiencing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, such as those excluded due to geography, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, age, migratory status, HIV status, among others and which is in alignment with the 2030 Agenda and the principle of leaving no one behind.

Contact information

  • Contact person: Gilbert Guevarra
  • Email: gilbert.guevarra[at]unwomen.org
  • Telephone: +63-916-478-7479

Women’s Economic Mainstreaming for Empowerment, Rights and Gender Equality (Women EMERGE)

Submission deadline: 15 April 2024

The primary objective of this project intervention is to enhance income opportunities for 1500 selected women from excluded groups across 10 local government units (LGU) in Madhesh, Karnali and Sudurpaschim province.

Contact information

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

Call For Proposals: Call For Proposals for Responsible Parties for Improving Gender Parity for Strengthening Gender-Responsive Justice in Pakistan- For Civil Society Organizations from Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad

Submission deadline: 18 March 2024

UN Women Pakistan seeks services of civil society organizations with demonstrated experience of working with communities, academic institutions and justice sector institutions (JSI) including Police, Judiciary and legal fraternity on enhancing women’s access to these institutions. The proposed initiatives, as mentioned above, will focus on enhancing gender parity in JSIs and promote structural reforms that help institutionalize gender concerns ensuring a safe and enabling environment for women.

Contact information

  • Contact person: Zeeshan Noel
  • Email: zeeshan.noel[at]unwomen.org
  • Telephone: +92-0305-5552474

Expression of Interest: Supporting Media Initiatives in Western Region of Afghanistan

Submission deadline: 15 March 2024

The objective of this call for Expressions of Interest (EOI) is to identify existing women-led and/or women-focused media initiatives operating from the western region (Provinces of Herat, Farah, Badghis, and Ghor). The core areas of mapping include women-led/women focused radio, TV stations, community-led initiatives, and/or digital media initiatives.

Contact information

  • Contact person: Soliman Mohiq
  • Email: soliman.mohiq[at]unwomen.org
  • Telephone: N/A

Strengthen capacity of CSOs and government entities on Women Peace and Security framework to promote social cohesion in Indonesia

Submission deadline: 18 February 2024

UN Women Indonesia is seeking one national partner to support capacity building of civil society organizations in Indonesia and government entities on strengthening the expertise and implementation capacity of Women Peace and Security framework to promote social cohesion in Indonesia. The proponent organization is expected to collaborate closely with UN Women Indonesia to support the Government of Indonesia to establish and maintain robust connections and the integration of gender perspectives into the prevention of violent extremism and social conflict within policy-making and programmatic actions. The Proponent Organization is also expected to increase the women's groups and civil society organization awareness and capacity to implement the Women, Peace and Security framework.

Contact information

  • Contact person: Xinyue Gu
  • Email: xinyue.gu[at]unwomen.org
  • Telephone: +62 812 8070 9916 (WA)

The United Nations Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund in the Philippines

Submission deadline: 22 March 2024

The overall purpose of this call for proposals is to provide grants to local civil society organizations in the Philippines focused on the increased meaningful participation and decision-making of women in conflict prevention processes and response in conflict and humanitarian contexts with local women and young women’s rights organizations. The call for proposals specifically contributes to WPHF’s overall goal of contributing to peaceful and gender equal societies. Initiatives should aim to reach those women and girls experiencing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, such as those excluded due to geography, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, age, migratory status, HIV status, among others and which is in alignment with the 2030 Agenda and the principle of leaving no one behind.

Contact information

  • Contact person: Gilbert Guevarra
  • Email: gilbert.guevarra[at]unwomen.org
  • Telephone: +63-916-478-7479

Description of Services: Comprehensive Capacity Development Support to Women Parliamentarians at the federal and provincial level to advance Gender Responsive and Inclusive Governance

Submission deadline: 06 February 2024

The objective of this assignment is to strengthen the capacity of women parliamentarians (ensuring intersectionality) at the federal and provincial level on the women’s rights instruments such as CEDAW, BPfA, UNSCRs 1325 and its subsequent resolutions including other important elements such as social media violence; networking and cross learning; strengthening GESI lens for review of laws and policies; allies with male parliamentarians; advocacy through the media to advance GEWE agenda, create strategic allies of male parliamentarians at the federal and provincial level to advocate Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) agenda within the Parliament and their own respective parties

Contact information

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