Deadline: 10th November 2023 | Southern African Strategic Grants For Gender Youth And Inclusion
| Title: | Southern African Strategic Grants For Gender Youth And Inclusion |
| Organisation: | The AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) |
| Fund/Grant: | €100 000 |
| Deadline: | 10th November 2023 |
| Eligible countries: | Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe |
The AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) is inviting organisations led by or working with youth, women and adolescent girls, working on inclusion problems, and involving individuals living with HIV to apply for strategic funds.
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The Love Alliance is a strategic cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Aidsfonds, UHAI EASHRI, ISDAO, GALZ, Sisonke, SANPUD, GNP+ and ARASA as a grant-making partner for Southern Africa. The Love Alliance operates from 2021-2025 with an emphasis on lobbying on HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights for sex workers, people who use drugs (PWUD), and LGBTIQ+ persons, including individuals living with HIV.
This request for proposals is specifically for organisations operating in Southern Africa in at least one of the following countries Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, that advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights for adolescent girls and young women, vulnerable women and adolescents. ARASA is also focusing at encouraging youth and women engagement understanding the present demographic status of the region.
The Love Alliance strives to improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of critical populations in Africa through campaigning at national, global, and regional levels. The Love Alliance aims for a major reduction in HIV incidence by influencing policies, mobilising communities, and raising knowledge of health rights in 10 countries. Love Alliance brings together NGOs run by the communities which are most affected by HIV and AIDS across Africa.
The Love Alliance strives towards:
- Goal 1: Capable, inclusive, influential, and mutually supportive important population movements in an unfettered civic space.
- Goal 2: An end to sexual and gender-based violence, stigma and discrimination against critical communities.
- Goal 3: Equal access to inclusive, people-centred, accountable, integrated HIV and comprehensive sexual rights and health services.
Funding Information
- Activities within the proposed project shall take place from 1st January 2024 to 30th of June 2025. For the duration of the award, each application can be for a minimum of €50,000 and a maximum of €100,000.
This request is for whom?
- With regard to gender equality, youth empowerment, and social inclusion, key populations in Southern Africa, such as gender and sexual minorities, adolescent girls and young women, youth, and marginalised groups, confront particular difficulties.
- Key groups in Southern Africa continue to face complicated issues related to gender, youth, and inclusion, with both advancements and obstacles.
- There are initiatives undertaken to support youth empowerment, gender equality, and inclusion of underrepresented groups.
- However, to address the prejudice, violence, and social isolation that these people experience, legal reforms, awareness campaigns, and focused interventions are required.
- Southern Africa may work towards a more just and inclusive society for all of its citizens by adopting a comprehensive and inclusive approach.
- In search of networks and organisations that will: Concentrate on promoting inclusive and gender-responsive health-related laws and policies for communities in Southern Africa while acknowledging the intersectionality that exists for important groups.
- Encourage young people and women to take the lead in the fight for better access to health services and information, particularly for important populations.
- Contribute to the body of knowledge about how women, youth, and marginalised populations in Southern Africa can access health services and information
eligibility
- If your organisation satisfies the requirements listed below, it may be eligible for this grant:
- Your organisation collaborates with any of the following organisations, networks, or consortia: Teenage girls and young women, diverse as they are, issues of inclusion, such as disability, youth in all of their diversity, especially young critical populations and individuals living with HIV.
- Your organisation has spent at least two years advocating for sexual and reproductive health and rights in Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe in Southern Africa as a not-for-profit organisation.
- Your organisation may not have a physical presence in Mozambique, South Africa, or Zimbabwe, but it must plan to cooperate with at least one of those nations.
- Your organisation has a registration with the appropriate government agency. You can find a fiscal hosting group to help you with the funding if your organisation isn’t registered. For instance, harm reduction organisations, the national network of HIV-positive persons, or other network organisations.
- You may also submit an application on behalf of a consortium made up of several community-led organisations from different nations. organisations that promote harm reduction, service providers, educational institutions, and other community-based organisations can fall under this category.
- In this situation, you must apply with a consortium that includes at least one community-led organisation and one registered lead organisation.
For more information, visit ARASA.
