The UNDP’s Sudan Disarmament Demobilisation and Reintegration Programme has issued a call for proposals for the implementation of community based women’s projects limited to Blue Nile State in Sudan. The Sudan Disarmament Demobilisation and Reintegration Programme aims at facilitating the economic and social reintegration of ex-combatants and Women Associated with Armed Forces (WAAF) into civil society, thereby contributing to broader reconciliation and recovery across Sudan. Recent surveys of WAAF have indicated that other women in the community feel that they are unfairly benefiting from individual economic reintegration packages. WAAF are becoming stigmatized at the community level, which is impeding their successful reintegration as well as causing fractures in the social fabric of communities, pitting women against one another.
Community based social reintegration projects for WAAF, Female Ex-combatants (FXC) and civilian women, will support the successful reintegration of WAAF by building capacity on key life skills and supporting reconciliation and peacebuilding between WAAF, FXC and civilian women. Recent Focus Group Discussions have indicated that in many communities women are lacking physical spaces to meet and organize themselves.
The deadline for submission of proposals is 29 September 2010. For more information, visit this link.
