Applications Invited for GBV Solve: Open Funding Call

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About the Organization

Aparajita is a newly launched initiative by Mr. Pramod Bhasin dedicated to preventing sexual harassment through education, advocacy, and systemic change. Aparajita intends to work at the intersection of areas including root causes/ norms, law and justice, and safety in workplaces, public places, and educational institutions, among several other related areas.

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. Anchored by a network of more than 1,000 researchers at universities around the world, J-PAL conducts randomized impact evaluations to answer critical questions in the fight against poverty.

J-PAL co-founders Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, with longtime affiliate Michael Kremer, were awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics for their pioneering approach to alleviating global poverty.

About the Grant

We are excited to announce that Aparajita, in collaboration with J-PAL South Asia, is launching GBV Solve: Open Funding Call to support individuals and organizations passionate about addressing the pervasive issue of sexual harassment and violence, as well as other forms of gender-based violence (GBV).

This Open Funding Call seeks innovative, practical, and sustainable solutions to combat GBV, offering financial support for implementation and technical support in designing/conducting rigorous impact evaluations to deepen our understanding of what truly works to address GBV.

Sexual harassment and GBV remain pervasive issues in India that affects the lives of countless individuals, particularly women, across public and private spaces. Despite widespread media coverage of sexual harassment and violence in India, there is a lack of representative data on the extent of the problem. There is also little evidence on what works to solve this problem. To address this solutioning gap, Aparajita and J-PAL South Asia have come together to launch GBV Solve: Open Funding Call.

The GBV Solve: Open Funding Call invites groundbreaking actionable solutions to tackle sexual harassment and GBV in India. The funding call will focus on sexual harassment and violence outside the home, as well as other forms of gender-based violence. Successful proposals submitted to this call will be offered funding for implementation alongside technical/expert support in designing/conducting randomised evaluations.

One of the key objectives of the funding call is to support organisations and individuals committed to addressing harassment and GBV, and close the evidence gaps on what works to eliminate it in all forms. We aim to achieve this by identifying and funding solutions that could be tested for impact, and work with partners to take effective solutions to scale.  

Participating in the GBV Solve: Open Funding Call offers:

• An opportunity to build a sustainable, large-scale, and impact-driven program addressing GBV and harassment in India.
• Catalytic funding for your programme.
• An opportunity to evaluate the impact of your program with J-PAL-affiliated researchers.
• Avenues to learn about using evaluations to strengthen programming.

Awards Granted:

Selected awardees will receive:

• Flexible funding up to INR 50 lakhs to pilot and implement their new intervention ideas or support the implementation of existing solutions.
• Please note this funding is specifically to support implementation activities including piloting new interventions/ideas. This does not include funding for any research activity such as scoping, data collection, data analysis, etc.
• Access to the Evaluation Incubator by J-PAL South Asia and Aparajita, offering:
• Technical support to design impact evaluations and use of evidence/data.
• Partnerships with J-PAL researchers to conduct randomised evaluations of their solutions.
• Advisory support and ecosystem connections as needed.

Eligibility

Any institution, company, organisation or individual(s) passionate about addressing this problem and meeting the following criteria below are invited to send their best ideas:

Geographical Scope: Suggested solutions must operate in India

Focus Areas: Approaches should focus on solutions addressing sexual harassment and GBV in any form, including preventative or rehabilitative interventions. These include but are not limited to root causes of harassment, support for citizens impacted, education, and awareness programmes, social and behaviour change programmes, capacity building and training, etc.

How to Apply

To apply to the GBV Solve: Open Funding Call, please submit a Letter of Interest (LOI) here, by 20 April 2025 with the following information:

• your organisation/individual background,
• your motivation to apply for this call,
• details of your program/idea and how it differs from existing programs,
• the outcomes you aim to target via your program/idea,
• your program/idea’s potential to scale

More details are available on the LOI submission form.

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