Ghana component of the Community-Led Advocacy and Digital Spaces for the Safety of Women and Girls in West Africa
Ghana component of the Community-Led Advocacy and Digital Spaces for the Safety of Women and Girls in West Africa funds civil society advocacy to protect older women and marginalized groups in Northern Ghana.
Funder: UN Women
Due Dates: October 5, 2026, 17:00 UTC (Clarification requests) | October 10, 2026, 17:00 UTC (UN Women clarifications) | October 19, 2026, 23:59 UTC (Proposals)
Funding Amounts: USD 100,000–120,000 for one Responsible Party; assignment described as 20 months
Summary: Supports community-led advocacy, capacity-building and protection against harmful practices affecting older women and marginalized groups in Northern Ghana.
Key Information: Applicants must be Ghana-based nonprofit organizations with demonstrated experience and implementation reach in Northern Ghana.
Description
UN Women seeks one qualified civil society organization to implement selected Ghana activities under the SAFE project. The intervention addresses violence, exclusion and human rights violations affecting older women and marginalized groups, particularly in Northern Ghana. Its focus includes witchcraft accusations, discriminatory widowhood rites, economic dispossession, age-based discrimination and banishment to so-called witch camps, alongside harmful narratives circulating through media and digital spaces.
The selected Responsible Party will deliver leadership workshops, local policy advocacy, survivor-centred community dialogues and coordination between traditional leaders, faith leaders, government institutions and civil society. The work promotes positive masculinities, locally grounded human rights principles, accountable protection pathways and translation of protective policy commitments into local action. Activities must align with SAFE Outputs 1.2, 2.1 and 2.3 under Outcomes 1 and 2, using culturally grounded, inclusive and intersectional approaches.
