Deadline- 12th September 2012
Countries/Region- Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, PNG, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu
Proposals are invited for is a specialized regional facility to support Pacific Island governments and civil society organizations to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls (VAWG) using a human rights and gender-responsive approach. It aims to operate as an effective catalyst, enabling translation of national governments’ regional and national commitments to ending VAWG in eight Pacific Island countries, namely, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu.
The ultimate goal of the Pacific Regional EVAW Facility Fund and for UN Women globally, is to prevent VAWG and expand the provision of and access to rights-based and gender responsive services to survivors of VAWG. The Pacific Regional Facility Fund’s theory of change is that through increased funding and capacity development, national and local governments and civil society organisations in the Pacific will provide more effective, comprehensive, and holistic services to survivors of violence, their families, and their communities and progressively develop prevention strategies to end all forms of violence against women.
The Pacific Regional EVAW Facility Fund offers selected grantees with financial support (grants between USD 10,000 – 100,000) for projects of 1-3 years in duration.
The Pacific Regional EVAW Facility Fund prioritises projects which take the following approaches-
- Supports the promotion, protection and fulfilment of the human rights of women and girls to a life free of violence.
- Focuses on marginalised women and girls, including those living in poverty, living with disabilities, HIV-positive women, or otherwise especially excluded or disadvantaged.
- Coordinates and builds partnership between government entities and civil society organisations.
- Commits to sharing knowledge, by monitoring, evaluating, documenting and disseminating results.
- Builds on lessons learned and promising practices, to ensure optimal use of resources and long term impact.
focus-
- Increasing access for women survivors to quality services, especially in rural and remote areas;
- Advancing primary prevention initiatives
- Influencing government policy and legislation to explicitly address primary prevention, services, budgets and coordination of responses
Eligibility–
- the national and local governments in the 8 targeted countries are eligible to apply
- Applications are limited to nationally-registered or incorporated non-profit civil society organisations (CSOs), which are based in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, PNG, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu, (for projects to be implemented in these respective countries only). These CSOs may include-
- Non-government organizations (NGOs)
- Community-based organizations (CBOs)
- Faith-based organizations (FBOs)
- Media organisations
- Groups or networks that are organised and led by women for women
- Research institutions
- Organisations that have previously been funded by the Pacific Regional EVAW Facility Fund can only apply if they have finished their current project.
- Projects may be implemented in partnership between two or more organisations / agencies – however, the lead agency should be clearly specified.
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