📋 Tender Overview
Source of Funding / Amount: Grant 0864-nep: strengthening systems to protect and uplift women project
Ordinary capital resources: US$ 12.00 million
The project will help strengthen the governments response to gender-based violence (gbv) in nepal. The project will (i) provide long-term rehabilitation for gbv survivors; (ii) fill gaps in availability of survivor-centric and gender equality and social inclusion (gesi)-sensitive infrastructure within the nepal police to ensure safe, confidential, and respectful environments for reporting cases; (iii) build service providers capacity; and (iv) increase awareness on gbv prevention and available services. The project is aligned with the governments vision of a prosperous nepal, happy nepali, which envisions a society without discrimination, violence, or crime.
Women and girls in nepal have made significant strides in human development since 2000; however, gender disparities and gbv persist. Nepals gender development index improved from 0. 80 in 2000 to 0. 94 in 2021. _yet, women and girls continue to face discrimination that manifests in poor social and economic outcomes. The labor force participation rate among adult women (26. 3%) is significantly lower than that among men (53. 8%). _although women comprise 33. 5% of parliament, this has not translated to transformative changes. _moreover, women continue to face violence in various forms which not only violates their fundamental human rights but undermines their physical and mental health and hinders progress toward gender equality. Gbv remains a persistent problem in nepal. In 2016, 22. 0% of women aged 15-49 years had experienced physical violence since age 15-a rate that has remained unchanged since 2011. _moreover, gbv disproportionately affects those who face intersecting and multiple forms of discrimination based on disability, social group, sexual orientation, and gender identity. _gbv prevalence also varies by province with the highest rate in madhesh province (34. 2%) and the lowest in gandaki province (12. 0%). _shocks such as disaster and climate related events and the coronavirus disease pandemic can exacerbate the incidence of gbv.
Gbv incidence reduced and gbv survivors reintegrated into society (government of nepals fifteenth five-year plan 2019/20202023/2024)
Access to and quality of gbv services in project areas improved.
Women, children, and senior citizen service center services strengthenedrehabilitation services for gender-based violence survivors strengthenedcommunity awareness of gender-based violence prevention and services increasedinstitutional capacity for providing effective gender-based violence services developed
Sector / Subsector: Public sector management / social protection initiatives
