About the Project:
The WVL project is a five-year project funded by Global Affairs Canada. The project is aimed at tackling the barriers to gender equality and supporting the empowerment of women and girls through the provision of technical and financial resources to local feminist/women’s rights organizations (LWROs[1]) that are advancing the rights of women and girls and championing gender equality.
The Call
The WVL Nigeria Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) is a small grant designed to support innovative ideas and initiatives addressing women and girls’ rights issues from feminist organizations and/or women’s rights organizations or movements in Nigeria. The funding opportunity targets innovative ideas which can serve as a catalyst for new ways of doing things toward achieving gender equality and or women and girls enjoying their rights.
Since 2020, LWROs from the six project-implementing states (Lagos, Kwara, Enugu, Kebbi, Bauchi, and the Federal Capital Territory) and more, received SIF grants to implement innovative projects. These innovative projects included actions that addressed sexual and reproductive health rights of women and girls, advancing women’s political participation, and increasing girls’ enrolment and retention in secondary schools.
These innovative projects have included a wide range of women and girls-focused interventions aimed at contributing towards the enjoyment of human rights by women and girls and advancing gender equality in Nigeria. Some of these innovations include employing hybrid platforms to ensure girl’s enrolment and retention in secondary schools, particularly at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic as seen in Kebbi State, building of an App for adolescent and teenage girls to track their menstrual cycles and access important SRH information in Oyo State. The establishment of the Female Basketball League in Kaduna State gave girls an opportunity to express themselves through sports. Promotion of the Rights of Women with Disabilities and strengthening their participation in politics, done in the FCT. A Radio Drama Series in Ondo State advocating against discrimination towards single mothers; no maternity cover in their places of work. Awareness creation and advocacy for policies to address and alleviate Post Partum Depression in women done in the FCT and development of a short film to address Post Partum Depression in women as done in Plateau State amongst others.
Many of these interventions employed technology and other forms of participatory actions, thus making their proposed work distinct.
The 2023 SIF
The WVL- Nigeria Project is seeking to award at least 2 women’s rights organizations with a small grant to either test, pilot or scale up their innovative idea. The Innovative idea must contribute to women and girls enjoying their rights in the project location.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only women-led and women-focused organizations will be considered for this application.
- Only 1 application per organization will be considered.
- Only shortlisted organizations will be contacted due to the volume of applications that may be received. However, all applications will be acknowledged through an automated email that requires No Reply from applicants. Kindly note that this does not amount to being pre-selected.
- The initial shortlist may also not amount to being signed onto this project, as AAN will conduct due diligence before awarding the grant.
- ActionAid Nigeria will not be responsible for any cost you may incur during the development of the Concept Note.
- AAN guidance on SHEA, Anticorruption, Terrorism, and Conflict will apply in this process.
LWROs means women-led and focused organizations including those working on advancing girls’ rights in Nigeria
Benefit
Grant range – NGN1,000,000 to NGN2,500,000, and must be implemented within a 6-month to 1-year period.
Submission deadline:
If you are interested, kindly submit your innovation idea using the attached Concept Note templates on or before 11:59 pm, 22nd July 2023 to [email protected]. Note that the template is expandable but ensure you stay within a 5–7-page limit.
Deadline:22 July 2023
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