Call for Proposals: Equality and Justice Under the Rule of Law

The International Women's Program (IWP) of the Open Society Institute invites proposals focusing on one or more of the following objectives:

1) Reducing discrimination and violence against women

IWP seeks to support initiatives that improve the status of women by:

• Strengthening legal frameworks and enforcement mechanisms that focus on women’s rights
• Strengthening civil society’s capacity to hold governments accountable to implement laws
• Increasing women’s capacity to understand and claim rights

2) Strengthening women’s access to justice

IWP seeks to support initiatives that strengthen judicial response to women and reduce the obstacles to access by ensuring:

• Legal aid, counsel and assistance is available and resourced
• Judges, lawyers and prosecutors understand and apply gender justice
• Transitional justice mechanisms are equitable and inclusive of women

3) Increasing women’s role as decision-makers and leaders

IWP seeks to support initiatives that encourage and increase women’s role as decision-makers in a number of arenas including the following:

• Peace and reconciliation processes
• Electoral and legislative processes
• Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR), Security Sector Reform (SSR) and reconstruction programs
• Local/indigenous independent nongovernmental organizations or initiatives that link local and international organizations

Proposals are solicited for the following countries only within the following focus areas only:

Asia

• Nepal (focus area 2 only)

Europe

• Bosnia & Herzegovina (focus areas 1 and 2)                                      

Latin America

• Colombia (focus areas 1, 2 and 3)
• Guatemala (focus areas 1, 2 and 3)

Middle East and North Africa

• Iraq (focus areas 1, 2 and 3)
• Occupied Palestinian Territories (focus areas 1 and 2)

Proposals benefiting other countries will NOT be considered at this time. 

Deadline

Proposals must be received using the template attached below in English by email (preferred), fax, or mail on or by January 15, 2010.

For More Information

For details and the proposal template, please download the document below.

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