Gender Violence Prevention Tender

Project phasesPhase 99 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2027 Active Phase 1 01.02.2016 - 30.06.2020 CompletedGender-based violence is prevalent in Nepal because of patriarchal values lack of rights awareness or support services and poor implementation of laws. In the first phase the project will directly reach 50000 households in three districts with GBV prevention activities involving women girls men and boys and will provide improved medical psychosocial and legal services for a minimum of 1000 GBV survivors. Subsequently the coverage will be increased.The project will support the Government of Nepal GoN to implement its Plan of Action to end GBV and is in line with the Swiss Cooperation Strategy 2013-2017 and the SDG 5.2. While maintaining the same outcomes and a similar focus the new intervention will be implemented by UNFPA and thus will not require formal approval by the MoF. UNFPA collaborates with the MoWCSW and the Ministry of Health and Population MoHP in line with national priorities. The goal of the proposed intervention is to reduce GBV in the project working areas. The intervention aims at supporting GoN-initiated womens cooperatives to establish GBV watch groups and adolescent girls groups. The project will also engage men and boys in the fight against GBV thus enabling communities to reflect on gender norms and to understand the rights of women. For improved services the project will support hospitals to establish One Stop Crisis Management Centers which will provide medical and community-based psychosocial services to victims of GBV and to link them to legal support and safe houses if required. The project will enable the district line agencies of the MoWCSW the police and the local authorities to better address GBV. At the national level the project will strengthen referral services and the capacities of the MoWCSW and the MoHP.