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<p class=MsoPlainText>Bytes for All and P@SHA seeking proposals for projects
that address the intersection between Violence Against Women (VAW) and
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). A project supported by the
MDG3 Fund and implemented by the Association for Progressive Communications
Women's Networking and Support Programme (APC-WNSP).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>As part of our work in Pakistan the APC WNSP, through
P@SHA and Bytes for All, are calling for proposals for projects that seek to
address the intersection between violence against women and girls, and/or to
stop violence against women and girls through the strategic use of information
and communication technologies (ICTs).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>What kind of proposals will be considered for the small
grant?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Development of tools and platforms that will facilitate
women and girls’ access, use and development of ICTs, with a particular focus
on secure online communications<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Implementation of strategies that strengthen women's
participation in ICT policy processes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Projects that promote the strategic use of ICT tools in
projects and programmes that address violence against women<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Projects that improve sexual assault survivors access
to ICTs to assist in access to information and resources<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Projects that use ICTs to support the collection of
data and statistics<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Research projects that contribute to knowledge about
the interconnections of violence against women and ICTs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Building the ICT capacities of providers of services to
sexual violence survivors<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Empowerment and self-healing methodologies through
strategic use of ICTs for women and adolescent girl survivors of violence<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Capacity-building workshops that aim to build the
skills of women and girls in the strategic use of ICTs to end violence against
women and girls<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Advocacy campaigns to lobby for policy changes that
increase access to information and communication resources and expand
communication rights for women and girls<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Awareness raising campaigns to build common knowledge,
establish and amplify context-specific discourses on the issue of violence
against women and girls and ICTs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Here are some examples of proposals that would be
considered:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Training for volunteers and staff at counseling and
women's support centres in how to use a secure online database to collect data
about survivors of violence who seek counseling and support<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Mapping projects related to the collection of
statistics about the incidences of violence against women, where they occur,
and what forms of support are available<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Creating online support networks for example for
survivors of violence, etc<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Please note that proposals that aim to only buy equipment
and hardware cannot be supported. A reasonable portion of the budget can be set
aside for equipment but we need to see how people will benefit. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Who is eligible to apply for a small grant?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Proposals will be accepted from any organisation,
network, group or collective operating from a not-for-profit framework.
Individual developers or techies with proposals for tools and platforms must
have a relationship with an organisation / network with whom they will work, or
who will benefit from and the proposal should demonstrate this.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>What are the criteria for selection?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Innovativeness<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Clearly outlines and addresses useful preventing
violence against women initiatives <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- ICT-enabled<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Projects that directly engage with the concerns of
marginalised women and girls and contribute to securing their safety and
strengthening their agency<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Activity contributes to the priority issues identified
during the National Strategy Workshop:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Awareness regarding privacy & security issues
online & how to handle them<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Monitoring & tracking of VAW<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Training of women activists<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Activity/project could be replicated<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Proposal clearly states objectives, includes a
methodology/implementation strategy, identifies outputs, partners/stakeholders
and includes a time line and budget<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Realistic within budgetary and time constraints<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Use of Free and Open Source (FOSS) applications is
greatly encouraged<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Candidates must be available for capacity building
workshop to be held during the implementation phase of the project <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>How to apply for a small grant?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Your proposal should be a maximum of 6 pages including
budget and include the following sections: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Description of the problem or issue the proposal will
respond to<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Description of the activity including objectives<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Duration of the activity<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Who are the beneficiaries?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- How does the activity relate to the project's overall
objectives in Pakistan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Capacity to implement<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Budget<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Application process:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Email to: grants@takebackthetech.pk<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Apply by: September 10<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Results out by: September 25<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Reporting requirements<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Successful grantees will be required to submit narrative
and financial report to illustrate how funds have been spent<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>To download the flyer, click here: <a
href="http://pakistanictpolicy.bytesforall.net/">http://pakistanictpolicy.bytesforall.net/</a>
or <span style='color:#1F497D'>http://jehanara.wordpress.com/</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Background<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is
an international network of civil society organisations (CSOs) dedicated to
empowering and supporting people working for peace, human rights, development and
protection of the environment through the strategic use of information and
communication technologies (ICTs).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>APC's work in women's rights and gender equality is done
through its Women’s Networking Support Programme (WNSP), a global network of
women that has supported women's networking for social change and empowerment
since 1993. APC WNSP is an international facilitator of civil society’s
engagement with ICT and its related concerns in policies and practices.
Contributions have been made at global, regional and national levels, and
particularly in developing countries through raising awareness, technical
training for women, developing tools and information resources, building
capacity in gender evaluation and influencing policies to ensure that ICT benefit
women in transformative and empowering ways.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>We see the intersection of violence against women and
girls and ICTs as a critical area for engagement in which only a handful of
women’s rights activists are active. This means that as a political space for
engagement, control of the internet and telecommunications—and related issues
of exploitation, filtering and surveillance—remain the domain of men. Women and
girls are facing increasing challenges to their right to safety and privacy
when entering online spaces and when using mobile technology. To APC, their
empowerment through skills, knowledge and community-building is the most
realistic and sustainable solution. We also recognise that women’s rights
organisations working to address violence against women and girls have not been
able to use ICT in a more strategic manner.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>The APC WNSP received a grant through the MDG3 Fund:
Investing in Equality to implement the ‘Strengthening Women's Strategic Use of
Information and Communications Technologies to Combat Violence against Women
and Girls’ project - simply titled: Take Back the Tech! to End Violence Against
Women.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>“Take Back the Tech! to End violence against women and
girls” exposes the connections between violence against women and ICTs in
practice and policy 12 countries. It has three main objectives:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- to build and strengthen the capacity of women, girls
and women’s rights organisations to use, reclaim and shape ICTs to stop
violence against women and girls<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- to create platforms and opportunities for women and
girls to critically engage with ICTs to combat violence, and as survivors of
violence, to contribute towards self and collective healing<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- to build feminist analysis, particularly around the
intersections of violence against women and ICT into global, regional and
national ICT policy processes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>__._,_.___<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
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