Advancing Gender Equality through support to Women’s Rights Organisations and Movements

Closed: Call for Bids to lead the Advocacy and Knowledge components of new Women’s Rights Organisations (WROs) programme.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 25 August 2022
• Last updated: 5 October 2022 — See all updates

• Funds: Closed
• Countries: Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, The, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Occupied Palestinian Territories, The, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St Lucia, St Vincent, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• Sector: Empowerment and accountability, Girls and women, Research
• Eligible organisations: Non-governmental organisations (NGOs), UK-based non-profit organisations, Humanitarian relief organisations, Organisations based in Low to Middle Income Countries (LMIC)
• Value of funding: More than £1,000,000

Deadline for bids has now passed

Overview

These components will seek to amplify diverse grassroots women’s and girls’ voices in donor, national government and international policy making. They will do this by:

• funding and facilitating WROs, activists, women peacebuilders and women human rights defenders’ attendance and advance support at key national, regional and international meetings
• facilitating more informed policy development by better capturing, synthesizing and feeding back learning and evidence from grassroots WROs and movements

The focus is all ODA-eligible countries including conflict and crisis contexts.

A key principle is intersectionality. Both components will work with and support diverse WROs and movements, including those led by and representing women with disabilities and LBTQ+, as well as adolescent girl and youth feminist groups.

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is seeking a supply partner or consortium to lead both components, with a consortium which includes partners from the Global South encouraged. The total budget is £4.68 million, with a 3 to 6 month co-creation phase followed by 4 years of implementation.

Requirements for organisations wishing to apply

This Call for Bids will be awarded under an Accountable Grant Agreement. The lead Supply Partner must be a registered charity (in any country, not solely UK) to apply. Further requirements are listed in the Call for Bids document.

How to apply

Read the Advancing Gender Equality through Women’s Rights Organisations and Women’s Movements: call for bids. Complete the Call for Bids Initial Response Form and Budget template and return to Claire.Ambrose@fcdo.gov.uk. You should refer to the Accountable grant budget template and cost eligibility guidance FAQs for guidance on completing the Budget Template.

Find out more in the Call for Bids follow-up questions from partners (anonymised) Questions and answers will be added to this document on an ongoing basis.

Depending on applications received, the FCDO may select a supply partner/consortium after this stage or request more detailed information from shortlisted partners.

Background information on the fund

The Advancing Gender Equality through support to Women’s Rights Organisations and Movements is a new programme comprised of 3 components:

• strengthening the effectiveness and sustainability of WROs and movements through the provision of core, flexible, multi-year funding and capacity building support
• supporting grassroots women’s attendance and meaningful participation at national, regional and international meetings
• supporting the production and dissemination of policy-relevant products that reflect the priorities and knowledge of women and girls at the grassroots.

The last 2 points are the focus of this Call for Bids.

Published 25 August 2022
Last updated 5 October 2022 + show all updates

1. 5 October 2022

   Deadline for bids has now passed

2. 20 September 2022

   Update to Call for Bids follow-up questions from partners (anonymised).

3. 6 September 2022

   Additional questions and answers document updated 6 September 2022

4. 30 August 2022

   Added the call for bids guidance document

5. 25 August 2022

   First published.