CALL FOR SUBMISSION OF CONCEPT
NOTES FOR GRANTS
THEME: ENDING
GENDER BASED VIOLENCE FOR INCREASED WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP
The Nigerian Women Trust Fund (NWTF) is a national organization
that works across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The
organization is a nonpartisan organization. NWTF runs with a
vision of a Nigeria where women and men engage
equally in governance leading to National Development
The ideals of NWTF are woven around the principles of inclusion,
equity, favourable political environment, and the absence of gender-based
discrimination and violence.Towards the advancement
of the above, NWTF seeks to support women groups and institutions at the national, state and across
communities in Nigeria to empower them to rise above all barriers and be
able to demand for their human rights, participate fully in
governance and strengthen Nigeria's democratic process.
The overall goal of the call for the
submission of concept notes is to strengthen women’s leadership through support
to institutions with potential to be active stakeholders in the strengthening
of women’s voices and leadership and to reduce the barrier that women face by
supporting sensitization efforts aimed at ending gender based violence.
Objectives:
1.To provide institutional strengthening support
to women led and women focused organizations
2.To increase awareness through
sensitization on the need to end gender-based violence
3.To increase the number of women led and
women focused organizations that are working on women’s leadership.
4.To strengthen women’s voices on women’s
rights issues.
Thematic Areas of Grant Call
a.Institutional strengthening of women led
and women focused organizations.
b.Sensitization
on ending gender-based violence as a barrier to women’s leadership
c.Research
on topical issues that can lead to policy recommendation
and advisory around gender-based violence and women’s leadership
NWTF invites women led and women focused non-governmental
organizations organizations, community-based organizations (CBOs), academic
institutions, media and individual women
and young women networks and initiatives across Nigeria to submit
concept notes on any of the three areas of focus listed above.
Requirements
Deadline for Submission
of Concept Notes:
15June 2022. All concept notes must be submitted to: grants@womenfund.org.
Eligibility
Criteriafor Organizations Submitting Concept Notes
·Must
be a
gender-focused organization and have most of its staff and board
being women
·Must
have been in existence for at least 2 years
·Must
demonstrate the necessary organizational structures for effective implementation of the project.
·Must be a local Non- Governmental Organization (NGO)/Community
Based Organization (CBO) registered and based in Nigeria.
·Must
have an appreciable administrative, financial, human resource and information
management system to properly account for funds received.
·Must
be capable of reporting back on the outcomes of the project
·Proposed projects should be innovative, have objectives that are
sound and well-thought-out, and clearly indicate the target audience.
NWTF
Diversity and inclusion clause
The Nigerian Women Trust Fund recognizes the values of diversity, equity and
inclusion in the workplace and every area of nation building, while working
cooperatively toward achieving a work environment that reflects the interests
of a diverse people, we also hold our partners to a standard that values diversity
and inclusion.
All grant concept notes received will
be reviewed based on the criteria and in addition according to program needs, NWTF Diversity and inclusion clause and funding
availability. Only applicants whose concept notes have been shortlisted will be
invited to move on to the next stage of submitting full proposals.
Please note that NWTF will not
shortlist any concept note that focuses on funding political parties or campaigns; government agencies; scholarships; for-profit initiatives and projects
aimed at religious conversion. Young women, Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) with organizations
working in hard-to-reach areas are particularly strongly encouraged to apply.
Benefits
Categories of Grant
Category A: N2,500, 000 – N4, 500,000
This is targeted at community-based organizations
that are active and with evidence of project work in the last 2 years who
require institutional strengthening and focused on support for research on topical
issues affecting women and girls from a gender perspective, women’s rights,
women’s leadership and participation at community, state, and national levels
Category B: N5,000,000
– N7,500,000
This
is targeted at civil society organizations, Media organizations focused on
community mobilization to end gender-based violence around women’s leadership.
Duration of the grant
project: 6 -12 –months