Objective

• The general objective of this Call for Proposal is: to empower young women and girls in Kigoma region by promoting legal awareness, facilitating access to youth-friendly legal aid and referral services, and strengthening the capacity of local institutions and partners to deliver gender transformative legal education, protection, and advocacy.
• The specific objective(s) of this Call for Proposals are:
  • To increase awareness among young women and girls in Kigoma about their legal rights, with a focus on gender-based violence, child marriage, family law, inheritance laws, land laws, commercial laws and build on the civil procedures thereof.
  • To provide accessible, youth-friendly legal aid and referral services to young women and girls through community-based paralegals, institutional channels such as police gender desks, One Stop Centres and Heath Facilities
  • To strengthen the capacity of local organizations, Enabel partners, and service providers to deliver gender-transformative legal education, support, and advocacy

Domain

• Wezesha Binti” is comprised of three results domains namely:
  • Result Domain 1: Girls and vulnerable boys (14-19 years), in targeted districts of Kigoma region, access and complete quality secondary education and training in safe and conducive environments.
  • Result Domain 2: Young speople, specifically young women, have increased access to decent and green employment
  • Result Domain 3: The Community, families and local governments create a supportive environment environnent that enables girls and young women to further their education, be healthy and protected from violence and economically empowered.

Funding Information

• The total indicative amount available under this Call for Proposals is 250,000 EUR
  • Minimum amount: EUR 200,00
  • Maximum amount: EUR 250,000

Duration

• The initial planned duration of an action may not be less than 24 months nor exceed 26 months.

Expected Results

• Expected results are:
  • Increased Legal Awareness Among Young Women and Girls and improved knowledge of their legal rights related to gender-based violence, child marriage, family law, inheritance, land, and commercial law.
  • Improved access to youth-friendly legal aid and referral services through community-based paralegals and institutional channels such as police gender desks, one stop centres and health facilities that’re more accessible, responsive, and tailored to the specific needs of young women and girls
  • Enhanced capacity of legal focused local organizations, Enabel partners, and service providers to effectively deliver gender-transformative legal education, support, and advocacy

Eligibility Criteria

• To be admissible for grants, the applicant must satisfy the following conditions:
  • be a legal person; and
  • be a non-profit private entity or a foundation; and
  • Must be a national/international non-government organization, or national women's rights organization, or a feminist organization and
  • be established or represented in the United Republic of Tanzania; and
  • be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action and not be acting as an intermediary: and
  • Must have a proven experience with paralegal services in Tanzania and expertise in conducting capacity building trainings on family law, business and financial legislation and
  • Have demonstrated programmatic experience at least in one of the following thematic areas: girls' access to secondary education, skills development, and social and economic empowerment of young women and girls, and
  • May be based in Kigoma. If not, they should have either implemented a program in Kigoma within the last five years or established a partnership with a women's organization or paralegal units in Kigoma and
  • Must have implemented projects of the similar nature or that aligns with the objectives of this call for proposal and
  • Have an active Bank Account for the past 24 months; and
  • Must have in-house financial capacity and experience –managing similar grants.

For more information, visit Enabel.

https://www.enabel.be/grants/