Applications Invited for Projects: Technology-facilitated gender-based violence

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About the Grant

The French Development Agency (AFD) launches this call for proposals to fund civil society organizations (CSOs) for the implementation of a financing mechanism, for strengthening and structuring feminist organizations in partner countries of France’s international development and solidarity policy, whose activity has gender equality as its main objective in the said countries in which AFD is mandated to intervene. Bringing funding to feminist civil society organizations is the common thread of this mechanism.

In this regard, AFD has a grants with a budget of 4 million euros. The call for projects aims to select a consortium of French and/or international and/or national CSOs from partner countries that will manage all the funding (€4M) aimed at feminist organizations in partner countries of France’s international development and solidarity policy and AFD’s intervention. The duration of the project will be 3 to 4 years, with the possibility of financing feminist civil society organisations for variable periods, depending on the projects, within the overall project framework.

Purposes/objectives:

The project aims to finance civil society organisations from partner countries of France’s international development and solidarity policy, which work in preventing and combating TFGBV. AFD will prioritize projects that are rooted in the dynamics of societal transformation through gender equality, fully integrating multidimensional inequalities (age, disability, belonging to a minority group, etc.) which can be used in field activities, advocacy, capitalization and/or networking.

The project with a total amount of €4M will be implemented by a consortium of civil society organizations (CSOs).

The financing and civil society strengthening mechanism set up by the consortium that will be selected within the framework of this call for projects will aim to finance the activities of these feminist CSOs on the following three objectives:

• Strengthen security and respect in the digital environment, by widely spreading the necessary knowledge to fight and prevent GBTFV, equipping targeted individuals and organizations with the necessary tools and skills;
• Provide comprehensive support to TFGBV victims, including psychological, legal and technological aid;
• Produce, update and disseminate feminist knowledge on the phenomenon of TFGBV in order to inform advocacy actions for an appropriate legal framework.

Direct grants to feminist CSOs will be able to finance field activities (including training and education, formal and informal), advocacy, research and content production, capitalization, capacity building, of sharing experiences and/or networking, and may also concern their structural costs. They will also be able to support the organizational development of organizations that combat TFGBV as well as the equipment necessary to strengthen their digital protection. The prioritization between these different elements will be determined after an identification of needs, a consultation with civil society and feminist CSOs acting in the prevention and fight against TFGBV (global or regional feminist networks or associations, Global or regional funds for supporting feminist movements, international union federations, global and regional feminist NGOs, local feminist CSOs), and a mapping of CSOs likely to be recipients of project funds  (through funding but also in terms of strengthening good practices and structuring associative projects) and able to carry out long-term activities.

Scope of intervention:

The project will finance the activities of feminist CSOs working for preventing, protecting victims and fighting against TFGBV, focusing in particular on the three objectives presented below. For each objective, an indicative and non-exhaustive list of activities that can be implemented by local CSOs is proposed.

• Objective 1: Strengthen security and respect in the digital environment
• Objective 2: Provide comprehensive support to TFGBV victims, including psyhcological, legal and technological aid
• Objective 3: Knowledge production & advocacy

Structuring of the project:

According to the priorities of the FSOF, each project will be organized around the following 3 components:  

• Component 1: provision of flexible funding to feminist CSOS
• Component 2: strengthening CSO technical capacities
• Component 3: capitalization, sharing of practices and networking

Project duration: 3 to 4 years

Eligibility

• Eligible project leaders: Consortium of international - regional - national NGOs / CSOs
• Geographic focus: Africa, Near East and Middle East

How to Apply

Closing date: Sunday August 31, 2025

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