Request for Proposals - Aurat Foundation

(twenty sub-grants between $25,000 - $60,000)
Sub-grant 199: Muzaffarabad (up to $25,000)
Sub-grant 200: Quetta (up to $30,000)
Sub-grant 201: Sibbi (up to $25,000)
Sub-grant 202: Lasbela (up to $25,000)
Sub-grant 203: Skardu (up to $25,000)
Sub-grant 204: Islamabad Capital Territory (including Rawalpindi) (up to $ 45,000)
Sub-grant 205: Peshawar (up to $ 30,000 each)
Sub-grant 206: Swat (up to $ 25,000 each)
Sub-grant 207: Lahore (up to $45,000)
Sub-grant 208: Multan (up to $30,000)
Sub-grant 209: Faisalabad (up to $30,000)
Sub-grant 210: Sialkot (up to $30,000)
Sub-grant 211: Sahiwal & Sargodha (up to $45,000)
Sub-grant 212: Rajan pur (up to $25,000)
Sub-grant 213: Rahim Yar Khan (up to $25,000)
Sub-grant 214: Muzaffargarh (up to $25,000)
Sub-grant 215: Karachi (up to $60,000)
Sub-grant 216: Hyderabad (up to $40,000)
Sub-grant 217: Jacobabad & Sukkur (up to $45,000)
Sub-grant 218: Benazirabad (up to $25,000)
Sub-grants will be awarded to increase women’s empowerment by working towards creation of
women friendly environment facilitating their mobility and economic participation.
The selected organizations are expected to design and undertake an advocacy campaign geared
towards allocation and rehabilitation of toilets for women at private sector entities/industries that
employ significant numbers of women and courts frequented by women in the designated
districts. Furthermore, the sub-grant also envisions advocacy for establishment of day care
facilities at these private companies/industries and waiting areas for women in district court
premises. The value addition through these inputs is expected to fill the gaps in the existing
facilities and services that hinder women in effectively accessing regular employment, their
retention and professional growth. Similarly, the intervention at the district courts level is
expected to provide an enabling environment for women to access the legal system.
The first component of the sub-grants seeks to undertake advocacy efforts with employers ranging
from mainstream private companies, industries as well as chambers of commerce in the selected
districts. The proposal should include a detailed advocacy plan and strategy which may include,
but not limited to, the following activities:
Conducting a series of orientation sessions with existing employers at various tiers focusing
on the importance of catering to the practical needs of women employees and providing a
more conducive environment at the workplaces
Holding meetings to advocate for allotment of female toilets and setting up of day care
facilities
Developing and disseminating manuals laying out the guidelines for gender sensitive HR
policies including Sexual Harassment Act so that women employees are able to work at
their maximum potential
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