Sections B through J ask for the following information:
B: Project Title
C: Duration of project (2 years or 3 years)
D: Project start date and end date
F: Total amount being requested from the UN Trust Fund (in U.S. dollars)
G: Total contribution from applicants (in U.S. dollars). Matching funds and/or financial contributions from UN entities are required for UN Country Teams; government applicants are encouraged and all applicants (when possible) should indicate in-kind contributions, such as office space, staff, supplies, etc., as well as any other contributions to the project.
H: List all implementing partners involved in the project with the lead organization listed first in no more than 50 words.
I: Specify the approximate amount of the proposed budget allocated to strategies and areas of intervention (e.g., preventing violence, improving service delivery, and/or strengthening institutional response.)
J: The organization needs to indicate whether or not the project will address the intersection of HIV/AIDS and violence against women.
Section K: Problem Analysis: This is an important part of the grant application. In no more than 300 words, applicants must describe the main problem that the proposed project will address. The following information needs to be included in the Problem Analysis section including: information on the specific national and/or local law(s), policy(ies), and action plan(s) that will be addressed as well as indicating the challenges to implementing each. Provide statistical information that will illustrate the problem and justifies the need for the intervention. Include citations to references where appropriate.
Example 1: The main problem to be addressed is violence, especially sexual violence, against schoolgirls in X region that was identified through an environmental scan of education available and violence statistics analyzed from the past two years. Parents expressed their concern for their child’s safety and need for quality education, and that both boys and girls require an understanding of the impact violence, particularly sexual violence, has on them, their future, and the community.
At this point in time, there are no specific local or national laws regarding violence against women of all ages. The school district included in the proposed project does not have policies that address this issue. Working with stakeholders at the local and national levels to develop appropriate policies and laws will be a part of this project. Since the project staff have good working relationships with policy makers in the school district, as well as at the local and national governmental levels, we anticipate that the developing the laws and policies will not be difficult as best practices will be used. What will be a challenge is working to change a culture where violence against women has been ignored.
Project staff will work closely with an area construction firm to ensure that 5 safe sites will be constructed and ready for use within the first year of the project. As project staff have already consulted with the construction firm, we do not anticipate any challenges regarding implementation of this part of the project.
Example 2: The primary problem that this project will address is to improve the working conditions of women in garment factories by way of responding to sexual harassment and violence in the workplace in X region of India. According to the 2010 report Sexual Harassment: An Insight Into the Indian Garment Industry (Lyimo and Cividep-India), over 400,000 women work long hours with low pay in 1200 garment factories. A five-year trend analysis (2003-2007) revealed a 14.7% increase in cases reported. In 2008, over 12,000 cases were reported – an increase of 11.5% over the previous year. The conviction rate is only 50.5%. In addition, Indian laws regarding sexual harassment are of little use to women. Labor laws and criminal penalties are ambiguous. In addition, most women do not file a report for fear of retribution.
This project includes working with legislators to clarify specific laws regarding sexual harassment and violence in the workplace, and working closely with management of factories that are included in this project to develop and implement policies. We anticipate working closely with factory management will move forward smoothly given recent pressure from international women’s groups, increase pressure by unions, as well as the realization by companies outsourcing to Indian-based factories that this issue must be formally addressed. Working to change cultural attitudes towards violence in the workplace and sexual harassment will be more challenging. However, we know that small steps lead to larger steps that will eventually lead to societal change.
