GENDER EQUITY PROGRAM (GEP) Request for ... - Aurat Foundation

aising training with detailed guidelines for delivery of training on Sexual Harassment Act,labor laws, women friendly spaces etc.• Arrange placement in companies of women for 6 months internships, with a smallmonthly stipend. This learning opportunity is likely to increase their employment choicesand provide linkages to fresh women graduatesIt is hoped that the internees will serve as agents of change by initiating, advocacy regarding theestablishment of women friendly environment, sexual harassment at work places, gendersensitization and laws on women protection in the selected companies where the internees areplaced.Potential Organizations applying for this sub-grant must identify in each province the districthaving the various Public/ private universities graduates that they propose for partnership andpotential industries/firms for placement.Suggested time period: 12 monthsMinimum suggested outputs:• Conduct baseline in the first 1.5 month with the scope including, identification ofemployable IT skills, identification of potential companies where internees can be placed,Mapping and selection of women beneficiaries (fresh graduates) from IT departments ofuniversities 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 trainingmanual (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 four specialized trainings for the trainee graduates (each training consisting of aminimum 30 participants for the duration of 3 weeks)• Conduct four training workshops on women’s rights, labor laws, Sexual Harassment Actand promotion of women friendly spaces (each training will consist of a minimum of 30participants and will be for a duration of 3 days)• Conduct seven workshops (one in each city) with employers to orient them to womenfriendly workplaces, labor laws and Sexual Harassment Act• Develop and maintain a database to keep track of the internees and their employmentstatus• 120 IT women graduates placed on internships with entities for six monthsWho 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 FinancialManagement (FM), Gender sensitization and women friendly laws (one sub-grant up to$150,000)Sub-Grant 229: NationalThis sub-grant aims to build the capacity of GEP sub-grant recipients through executing agreed15