Call for Proposals for Grant Submission by NGOs/CSOs to Implement a Gender Transformative Programme to Accelerate Gender Equality and Respond to Social Norms

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Overview :

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development establishes a global framework to foster a diverse society that is equitable and inclusive for all. Central to this agenda is the commitment to reduce inequalities and promote societies that are peaceful, just, and inclusive. In alignment with these goals, UNDP Malawi’s programme on Governance Pillar III: Oversight Mechanisms, Human Rights, and Rule of Law, aims to strengthen institutional oversight, human rights, the rule of law and GBV prevention and response mechanisms by law enforcement and transformative practices to ensure adherence to legal frameworks and protection of GBV survivors in Malawi. UNDP also provides policy and technical support in the realm of inclusive development, gender equality, human rights and rule of law, guided by the 2030 Agenda, the UNDP Strategic Plan 2022-2025, UNDP Malawi Country Programme Document (CPD), UNDP Global Gender Strategy 2022 – 2025, and the UNDP Gender Equality Seal.

The Programme focuses on strengthening the human rights of vulnerable populations in Malawi by empowering civil society to effectively represent, access and defend the rights of vulnerable groups including women, key populations and young people so that they are enabled and effectively resourced to lead human rights service delivery, advocate for and enjoy rights, and overcome social and structural barriers to human rights. A key element of this initiative is the creation of mechanisms for promoting and protecting the rights of marginalized women, children, people with disabilities including persons with albinism and key populations. This includes increasing public awareness campaigns against GBV, harmful practices, Sexual and reproductive health and rights violations and child marriages among others.

SDG 5 on Gender Equality mandates the State Party to tackle physical and sexual violence including child marriages being some of the barriers to attainment of gender equality. Harmful traditional practices that facilitate sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) are replete in rural areas where informal traditional justice mechanisms are mostly available as opposed to the formal justice system. The majority of Malawians who are mostly vulnerable live in rural areas. However, traditional justice mechanisms are also relatively affordable with simple procedures which are understood by communities. Harmful traditional practices including child marriages that violate human rights of young girls continue to be practiced in Malawi in violation of legislations that prohibit them. The recent assessment of Early Child Marriages Strategy for Malawi indicates the rate of child marriages being still high at 37.7 % whereby 1 in 3 girls get married under the age of 18. The interplay of formal and traditional legal mechanisms and the tendency of traditional leaders to apply traditional norms that violate human rights standards needs to be resolved. These traditional norms are often applied to the disadvantage of women.

The project seeks to increase capacity of grassroot structures including civil society, traditional leaders through the chiefs’ forums, to establish and promote a robust platform for engagement between stakeholders in the promotion of the rights of survivors of child marriages, Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) and harmful practices. The project aims at building on the impact of chiefs’ forums in recent years which includes – the termination of several child marriages and establishing mechanisms for de-normalising SGBV, increased awareness regarding GBV laws and facilitating identification and reporting of SGBV cases. On 5 March 2024, a “high-level roundtable dialogue on identifying structural barriers and accelerating solutions to gender equality and women empowerment in Malawi by 2030” resolved to invest in capacitating grassroot structures and address child marriages through increased participation in addressing social norms and economic empowerment and access to secondary education as a minimum. The project specifically focuses on engaging the grassroot structures, chiefs’ forums, traditional leaders and the public at large to ‘leave no one behind’ by working with NGO/CSO representatives working in communities especially at the grassroots level.

It is in this vein that UNDP invites civil society organizations (CSOs), to submit proposals to support enhanced prevention and response mechanisms at grassroot, and subnational levels; and to increase awareness and advocacy against harmful practices and empower the public and survivors regarding their protection and rehabilitation.

Documents :

National Call for Proposal
Proposal submission Template
Itemized Cost Estimate
Self-Certification Form

Malawi – MALAWI

Deadline :

29-May-24

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