📋 Tender Overview
In order to address Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (SEAH) in humanitarian and development contexts, to contribute to a more accountable, effective and safer intervention system, address the root causes in a sustainable way and to foster lasting change, Switzerland provides targeted, multi-year funding for localization efforts for SEAH prevention and response in selected geographical settings with two key partners.
Country/region Topic Period Budget
Global
Gender Equality
Emergency Relief and Protection
nothemedefined
Sexual & gender-based violence
Culture & recreation
Protection, access & security
01.10.2025 - 31.12.2029
CHF 1’920’000
The project in brief
Background SEAH in International Cooperation betrays the trust placed in humanitarian and development organizations and violates international humanitarian law. As a widespread form of gender-based violence, it is a major human rights violation and a barrier to achieving SDG 5. Rooted in power imbalances and gender inequality, SEAH occurs in all contexts. Although a global PSEAH framework exists, efforts often fail to reach grassroots levels or address the needs of affected program participants effectively.
Objectives To strengthen SEAH prevention and response in humanitarian and development contexts with a focus on localization.
Target groups • Local development and humanitarian actors, programme participants and beneficiaries in selected geographical contexts (estimated 1800 directly and 10’000 indirectly targeted through PSEAH forum theatre activities per country) • PSEAH practitioners at local, national and global level including Swiss and I-NGOs, UN entities, Development Banks and private sector partners (200 local organisations mentored, all international actors at country level provided access to contextualized resources, 1 Mio. users of RSH online platform) • Survivors of SEAH and their communities (at least 100 survivors in each country are empowered to report and are supported by their communities.
Medium-term outcomes Objective 1: Awareness, dialogue and collective reflection on SEAH are enhanced through context-adapted interactive theatre performances that spark critical conversations, foster behavioral change, and motivate PSEAH action by targeted audiences. Objective 2: Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and other relevant actors across the aid sector are better equipped and able to develop and implement contextualised strategies to safeguard against SEAH.
Results Expected results: • O1: PSEAH Forum Theatre localization processes implemented in 9 geographical regions. • O1: Staff of partner organisations and broader local audiences have attended and actively participated in ocalized PSEAH Forum Theatre performances and increased their ability to act in case of SEAH. • O1: Local PSEAH Forum Theatre troupes and PSEAH resource persons in 9 geographical regions ready and supported to perform the localized Forum Theatre in different locations and for a v
