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spaces within the court premises Establishment of one waiting room for women in each district court Rehabilitation of one toilet for women within the premises of each district court Who should apply For profit, as well as not-for-profit, organizations with prior experience working with the bar associations/councils, corporate sector and undertaking advocacy campaigns to promote women rights are encouraged to apply for these sub-grants. 6. Supporting female graduates access into Information Technology (IT) sectors through internship programs (ten sub-grants up to $75,000 each) Sub-grant 219: Lahore Sub-grant 220: Multan Sub-grant 221: Faisalabad Sub-grant 222: Karachi Sub-grant 223: Hyderabad Sub-grant 224: Peshawar Sub-grant 225: Islamabad Capital Territory (including Rawalpindi) Sub-grant 226: Muzaffarabad Sub-grant 227: Mirpur Sub-grant 228: Gilgit Information technology (IT) has traditionally remained an untapped sector for women. The barriers into this technical employment sector include lack of specialized training and access to entry points into the IT job market. However, given the huge market share in employment, the information technology sector offers huge employment potential for women. To this end, GEP envisions support to women having fresh graduate degrees by providing specialized training and internship placements. The value addition through these inputs is expected to capacitate women, provide relevant entry points into the job market as well as the exposure that will increase their chances of finding long-term employment in the sector. The selected organizations will be expected to: Conduct a detailed need assessment and identification of the required IT skills to build the capacity of women graduates and enhance their chances of employability Conduct a mapping and selection of women beneficiaries (fresh graduate) from IT departments of universities Mapping of corporate sector entities where women can be placed on internships for a period of 6-months Advocacy regarding the establishment of women friendly environment, sexual harassment at work places, gender sensitization and laws on women protection will be initiated in the selected companies where the internees are placed Develop and pre-test training material based on the identified needs Hire services of consultant in close consultation with GEP team, to develop/comprehend a manual from the already developed contents under GEP, used to impart the awareness raising training with detailed guidelines for delivery of training on Sexual Harassment Act, 14
labor laws, women friendly spaces etc. Arrange placement in companies of women for 6 months internships, with a small monthly stipend. This learning opportunity is likely to increase their employment choices and provide linkages to fresh women graduates It is hoped that the internees will serve as agents of change by initiating, advocacy regarding the establishment of women friendly environment, sexual harassment at work places, gender sensitization and laws on women protection in the selected companies where the internees are placed. Potential Organizations applying for this sub-grant must identify in each province the district having the various Public/ private universities graduates that they propose for partnership and potential industries/firms for placement. Suggested time period: 12 months Minimum suggested outputs: Conduct baseline in the first 1.5 month with the scope including, identification of employable IT skills, identification of potential companies where internees can be placed, Mapping and selection of women beneficiaries (fresh graduates) from IT departments of universities and recommendations on skills on which women internees should be trained Hire services of a gender expert as the key resource for design and delivery of training manual (from content already under GEP) on Sexual Harassment Act, labor laws, promoting women friendly spaces Develop and pre-test training modules on IT employable skills Deliver three specialized trainings for the trainee graduates (each training consisting of a minimum 20 participants for the duration of 3 weeks) Conduct three training workshops on women’s rights, labor laws, Sexual Harassment Act and promotion of women friendly spaces (each training will consist of a minimum of 20 participants and will be for a duration of 3 days) Conduct seven workshops (one in each city) with employers to orient them to women friendly workplaces, labor laws and Sexual Harassment Act Develop and maintain a database to keep track of the internees and their employment status 120 IT women graduates placed on internships with entities for six months Who should apply IT firms, academic & training institutions and NGOs are encouraged to apply for this grant. 7. Training of sub-grantees on Project Cycle Management (PCM) and Financial Management (FM), Gender sensitization and women friendly laws (one sub-grant up to $150,000) Sub-Grant 229: National This sub-grant aims to build the capacity of GEP sub-grant recipients through executing agreed number of learning interventions focusing on: 1) Project Cycle Management, 2) Financial 15
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