SUPPLYING AUTHORITY:
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR – Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights)
EXPIRATION
1° Marzo 2024
OBJECTIVE:
AS PART OF THE UNITED NATIONS ANTI-SLAVERY FRAMEWORK: The Fund fills a niche of providing direct aid to victims and building resilience for survivors and civil society. Through Strategic Partnerships, the Fund complements and leverages the monitoring, reporting, advocacy and advisory role of other UN mechanisms combating contemporary forms of slavery.
SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT BY THE (General) ASSEMBLY in 1991 (resolution 46/122) THE UNITED NATIONS SLAVERY FUND: has awarded over $8 million to over 400 organizations in more than 100 countries, providing rehabilitation and assistance to thousands of people whose human rights have been seriously violated due to contemporary forms of slavery.
FINANCEABLE ACTIONS
THE FUND SUPPORTS PROJECTS AIMED AT THE PROTECTION: empowerment and inclusion of victims of contemporary forms of slavery, through direct welfare interventions. Assistance may include medical, psychological, social, legal, humanitarian, educational, vocational and training assistance, as well as other ways of supporting the individual.
BY “CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY” MEANS:
• Forced labor
• Worse forms of child labor
• Children in armed conflict
• Debt obligation
• Forced and early marriage
• Traditional slavery
• Human trafficking
• Sale of children
• Sale of wives
• Easements
• Sexual slavery.
ELIGIBLE ENTITIES
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS (e.g. NGOs, foundations, victims' associations, rehabilitation centres, etc) MAY APPLY FOR A CONTRIBUTION WHICH:
WE HAVE EXPERIENCE IN PROVIDING:
• Assistance and rehabilitation for victims of slavery;
• They have been in business for at least two years;
• Are legally registered and have a bank account in the name of the organization.
AMOUNT OF THE CONTRIBUTION
CONTRIBUTIONS ARE PAID: for a period of one year - from 1 January to 31 December 2025 - for amounts between 15,000 and 35,000 US dollars and should cover no more than two thirds of the cost of the Project.
METHODS AND PROCEDURES FOR SUBMISSION
CONTRIBUTION APPLICATIONS: can be submitted – in English, French or Spanish – by 1 March 2024 through the dedicated portal.
FURTHER INFORMATION
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