Funding for Gender Equality and Women’s Rights Organizations and Movements
Overview
These components will seek to amplify diverse grassroots women’s and girls’ voices in donor, national government and international policy making. They will do this by:
- funding and facilitating WROs, activists, women peacebuilders and women human rights defenders’ attendance and advance support at key national, regional and international meetings
- facilitating more informed policy development by better capturing, synthesizing and feeding back learning and evidence from grassroots WROs and movements
The focus is all ODA-eligible countries including conflict and crisis contexts.
A key principle is intersectionality. Both components will work with and support diverse WROs and movements, including those led by and representing women with disabilities and LBTQ+, as well as adolescent girl and youth feminist groups.
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is seeking a supply partner or consortium to lead both components, with a consortium which includes partners from the Global South encouraged. The total budget is £4.68 million, with a 3 to 6 month co-creation phase followed by 4 years of implementation.
Requirements for organizations wishing to apply
This Call for Bids will be awarded under an Accountable Grant Agreement. The lead Supply Partner must be a registered charity (in any country, not solely UK) to apply. Further requirements are listed in the Call for Bids document.
How to apply
Read the . Complete the and and return to Claire.Ambrose@fcdo.gov.uk. You should refer to the for guidance on completing the Budget Template.
Find out more in the . Questions and answers will be added to this document on an ongoing basis.
Depending on applications received, the FCDO may select a supply partner/consortium after this stage or request more detailed information from shortlisted partners.
Background information on the fund
The Advancing Gender Equality through support to Women’s Rights Organizations and Movements is a new programme comprised of 3 components:
- strengthening the effectiveness and sustainability of WROs and movements through the provision of core, flexible, multi-year funding and capacity building support
- supporting grassroots women’s attendance and meaningful participation at national, regional and international meetings
- supporting the production and dissemination of policy-relevant products that reflect the priorities and knowledge of women and girls at the grassroots.
The last 2 points are the focus of this Call for Bids.
For more information: https://www.gov.uk/international-development-funding/advancing-gender-equality-through-support-to-womens-rights-organisations-and-movements
