The objective of the project is to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable women (refugees and IDPs) impacted by crises, displacement, and disasters due to climate change and food insecurity, and enabling them to contribute to, and benefit from, Iraq’s disaster risk reduction inclusive of green growth, in ways that build their overall adaptive capacities to shocks and help them meet their needs in the shorter term and longer term.

Impact Area 4/ Outcome 4: Women and girls contribute and have greater influence in building sustainable peace and resilience and benefit equally from the prevention of natural disasters and conflicts and from humanitarian action.

Outcome 1: To strengthen the resilience of vulnerable women impacted by crises, displacement, and disasters due to climate change and food insecurity, and enabling them to contribute to, and benefit from, Iraq’s disaster risk reduction inclusive of green growth, in ways that build their overall adaptive capacities to shocks and help them meet their needs in the shorter term and longer term.

Output 1: Resilience of refugee & IDP women (in total) strengthened though improved access to green productive and financial assets and green skills building opportunities with a focus on entrepreneurship and job placement in Iraq’s green economy.

Output 2: Women and men engage as leaders and partners in climate action through the promotion of positive gender-equitable climate resilient attitudes and practices.

Competencies:

In the selection of partners, the following competencies will be considered:

1. Soundness of technical competency described in the approach to the outcome/outputs as described in the Terms of Reference for the Call for Proposals.
2. Organizations with a track record of working on women’s rights and gender equality and delivering results for women’s rights.
3. Capacity to deliver expected results: governance and management competency, and financial and administrative competency.
4. Relevance of the mandate and the role of the organization to implement expected results and to contribute to the sustainability of said results.

Closing date : 5:00 pm Iraq local time on (date) Thursday 4th May 2023

Funding : $175,000 – $200,000

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