📋 Tender Overview
Country: Eastern Africa, regional/multi-country Funding amount: € 2,800,000.00 Start: 01.04.2024 End: 31.03.2029
SHORT DESCRIPTION:
project goal
Promoting self-reliance and resilience among marginalized women, girls and youth in Northern Uganda and Eastern Rwanda.
expected results
Positive gender norms protect women and girls and strengthen gender equality and the social and economic rights of women and girls in communities; Marginalised women, girls and youth have sustainable and decent income-generating opportunities; Women and girls have greater voice and leadership positions to influence decisions and take effective action to implement their priorities; Knowledge of successful approaches to transforming gender norms and empowering women is disseminated at programme, national and international levels.
target group
Direct beneficiaries are at least 57,000 women and girls, men and boys in urban and peri-urban areas as well as in rural areas and refugee settlements. In both countries, the number of beneficiaries per location will be distributed relatively evenly. The target group includes particularly vulnerable people such as teenage mothers, survivors of violence or people at risk of violence, people with disabilities and single parents. The program also addresses stakeholders (including local authorities, political decision-makers, opinion leaders, market actors and employees of women's organizations). GEAR will indirectly reach around 180,000 people in Uganda and 130,000 people in Rwanda.
Measures
Activities will support households, communities and decision-makers to change gender norms and advance gender equality. The programme will improve the capacity of women, girls and youth (VSLA members/savings groups) to set up and grow sustainable micro and small enterprises and establish relevant linkages to the market and financial service providers. To create sustainable and comprehensive impact, women and girls in local groups, grassroots and women's organisations will be supported to demand their rights, e.g. through joint advocacy work and community score cards to hold those responsible accountable for the development and implementation of gender-responsive socio-economic policies. GEAR will strengthen its partner organisations and local organisations to implement their programmes more effectively.
background information
The operation is a follow-on programme and builds on the successes and experiences of the predecessor programme. Although unique in many ways, Uganda and Rwanda face similar socio-economic challenges. Both countries have young populations and are facing increasing urbanisation and the impacts of the climate crisis. Both countries are ranked ‘low’ on the Human Development Index. Although both countries are relatively advanced in terms of gender equality legislation, implementation at the local level is often inadequate. Unequal gender norms permeate all levels of society, and gender inequality and poverty e
