Reclaiming our Power!

Description

1) Objective

Proposals with “out of the box” project ideas that promote learning and focus on underrepresented groups within the following Voice rightsholder groups:

• People with disabilities
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people
• Indigenous People and ethnic minorities
• Vulnerable elderly and youth
• Women facing exploitation, abuse and/or violence
• Voice has a strong preference for projects that are designed from an intersectional point of view. This means projects should
• aim to work with more than one of the above groups to address overlapping vulnerabilities and/or forms of discrimination.

All projects MUST focus on at least one or all of the following impact themes:

• Improved access to productive resources such as land, and employment,
• Improved access to social services, particularly health and education.
• Fostering space for political participation and citizen engagement
• Addressing harmful cultural practices driven largely by socio-economic marginalization.

Project activities may include, and not limited to the following:

• Build self-confidence and capacity of all women movements (young, old, disabled, indigenous, LBQ women) to push against actors working to roll back and erode the fragile progress that women, girls, and LGBTIQ movements have worked hard to achieve.;
• Build, and/or strengthen networks of marginalised groups to improve their skills, knowledge and self-perception;
• Interventions that boost individual and/or groups economic status, such as promote women’s household bargaining power, youth access to employment opportunities, etc.;
• Strengthening the collective political voice of all women movements to improve access to productive resources such as finance, water and land;
• Civic education and public awareness campaigns to change attitudes influenced by outdated or discriminatory cultural practices within development programmes and service delivery;
• Interventions that enable persons with disabilities to live independently and participating in all aspect of life and eliminating obstacles and barriers to accessibility.

2) Eligibility 

Eligible are emerging and/or informal groups.

3) Location 

Actions must take place in Kenya.

4) Budget 

Grants may range from €5,000-€25,000.

5) Application

Applicants can submit their proposals until 21st November 2022.