Deadline: 30 September 2015
Terre des homes – Netherlands (TdH-NL) has prioritised Child Abuse/Child Sexual Health and Reproductive Rights (SRHR) as one of the thematic impact areas in all it’s operating countries till the year 2020. The abuse/SRHR theme focuses on victims and potential victims of (sexual) abuse including hazardous traditional practices. Targeting the vulnerable children who are marginalised socially, economically, physically or culturally; TdH-NL will design and implement programmes guided by the principal for objectives, outcomes, themes and approaches as elaborated in the organisational Theory of Change.
With a longer term programmatic objective, TdH-NL will undertake abuse/SRHR thematic programmes in it’s operational countries in Asia, prioritizing the South Asian countries. The key issues taken into consideration under child sexual abuse/SRHR with reference to Indian context are – i) early and forced marriage – prevention and empowerment of early and forced married girls, ii) sexual abuse, exploitation and harassment, and iii) gender-based violence.
This Call for Proposals aims to protect children from violations of their Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) and Child Sexual Abuse in India.
It specifically aims to address the following outcomes:
- Children at risk of violations of their Sexual Reproductive Health Rights / Child Sexual Abuse claim their rights
Families and communities protect children children from violations of Sexual Reproductive Health Rights / Child Sexual Abuse - The government protects children by making and adequately implementing laws and policies to protect children from violations of Sexual Reproductive Health Rights / Child Sexual Abuse
- Law enforcement agencies convict abusers of children
- Civil society organisations protect the rights and best interests of children and children vulnerable to violation of Sexual Reproductive Health Rights / Child Sexual Abuse
- Private sector contributes to the wellbeing of children vulnerable to or victims of violationa of Sexual Reproductive Health Rights / Child Sexual Abuse
Eligibility criteria
The proposed programme should be in line with the Theory of Changes and Outputs (Annex-2) and the four strategies of Terre des Hommes (see section 3.3)
Geographical focus
The following areas in India are eligible for funding: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, and Odisha.
For more information, visit this link.
