This is the call for proposals from the US State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) to provide funding for global programs “to prevent and respond to gender-based violence (GBV) in refugee and conflict-affected populations, including research and assessments to strengthen GBV prevention and response interventions among populations of concern.”
Funding support will be made to:
“a) Global projects which seek to build the capacity of NGO and implementing partners to prevent and respond to GBV, including Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA). PRM will consider proposals that provide assistance to refugees, returnees, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Colombia and the North Caucasus. In all other regions, at least 50% of beneficiaries should be refugees or refugee returnees.
Examples of projects include, but are not limited to, the following illustrative list:
- Strengthening SEA prevention and response, including training for humanitarian actors in conducting SEA investigations;
- Training for implementing partners on GBV standards and/or managing GBV programming;
- Designing InterAgency guidelines, accountability frameworks and/or tools on GBV and/or SEA.
b) Projects involving research, assessments, or formative evaluations that could inform and strengthen PRM policy and programming for GBV prevention and response among PRM populations of concern per the mandates of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). PRM will prioritize proposals that focus largely on refugees and refugee returnees.
Examples of projects include, but are not limited to, the following illustrative list:
- Development of standards or best practices for psychosocial assistance, livelihood interventions, or addressing the needs of youth and adolescent GBV survivors.
- Research on best practices for monitoring and evaluating GBV interventions.
- Research on the links between education, fuel/firewood, engaging men/boys and GBV.”
The deadline to submit proposals is 1 July 2010 through grants.gov website. For more information, visit this link.
