The Women, Peace, and Security Programme is announcing this call for proposals targeting civil society organizations (CSOs) working in Ethiopia on peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and the women, peace, and security agenda. The call aims to reach out to CSOs that have experience and expertise in programming and delivering innovative interventions in the thematic area to contribute towards the goals of the “Strengthening institutional capacity of duty-bearers and empowering rights-holders for advancement of gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) in Ethiopia” project implemented by UN Women.

The Women in Leadership and Governance Programme is announcing this call for proposals targeting CSOs working in Ethiopia on gender equality and women’s empowerment in general and on women’s rights to participate in public and political life in particular. Targeted CSOs are expected to have experience and expertise in programming and delivering innovative interventions in this thematic area.

UN Women is offering small grants to support organizational development of civil society organizations working in the area of peacebuilding, conflict resolution and the women, peace, and security agenda under the “Strengthening institutional capacity of duty-bearers and empowering rights-holders for advancement of gender equality and women’s empowerment in Ethiopia” project implemented by UN Women.

UN Women is offering small grants to support civil society organizations working on women’s participation in leadership and decision making at all levels under the “Strengthening institutional capacity of duty-bearers and empowering rights-holders for advancement of gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) in Ethiopia” project implemented by UN Women.

[Deadline extended to 8 March 2022.]

The UN Women Ethiopia Country Office (ECO) recently launched a programme to strengthen institutional capacity and commitment of government institutions in putting in place effective coordination mechanisms and policy frameworks on prevention and response to violence against women and girls including harmful traditional practices (VAWG/HTP). The project will build on initiatives supported by UN Women thus far and ensure the desired results are achieved in terms of coordination and policy development on VAWG/HTP. The impact of the project will be to effectively mitigate, prevent, and respond to VAWG/HTP. The ECO is looking to partner with a civil society organization that has the required capacity, good reputation among government sectors, and presence in all operation areas to help implement the project.

The UN Women Country Office in Ethiopia is looking for a responsible partner/s, a civil society organization/s, to implement a pilot project on strengthening the capacity of women’s rights organizations to influence policy process and evidence-based advocacy. The project has an overall goal of enhancing the capacity of women’s rights organizations to advocate for and influence policy and decision-making processes on gender equality and the empowerment of women.