Islamabad, September 13, 2023 (PPI-OT): Going Global Partnerships has launched its third round of Gender Equality Partnerships grants. The grants support higher and further education institutions and sector bodies in the UK and 11 other countries (Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, Ukraine and Viet Nam) to build partnerships and enable systemic change in priority themes relating to gender equality.
Priority Themes
The Gender Equality Partnerships aims to build partnerships and systemic change in the priority themes detailed below:
Prevention of violence against women and girls with a particular focus on higher and further education institutions as safe spaces for women
Addressing women’s underrepresentation in higher and further education leadership
Enabling access and tackling subject segregation, particularly in the area of STEM (including encouraging STEM-related learning).
Strengthening pathways into employment for women graduates from further and higher education.
Core Areas
They help to strengthen higher education and TVET in five core areas:
Enabling research – supporting research, knowledge and innovation collaborations to address local and global challenges and promote inclusive growth.
Internationalising higher education and TVET – supporting systems, institutions and individuals to benefit from internationalisation, including enabling transnational education and system alignment.
Strengthening systems and institutions – improving the quality and efficiency of higher education and TVET institutions and systems.
Enhancing learner outcomes – addressing the qualities of the global graduate, including soft skills, employability and community outcomes.
Increasing equality, diversity and inclusion – making higher education and TVET more accessible, equitable and accountable.
Objectives and Outcomes
All Gender Equality Partnerships awards will have the following overarching objectives:
Stimulate innovative approaches to addressing gender inequality in higher and further education institutions in the UK and the partner countries
Contribute to long term and sustainable institutional change that promotes gender equality, opportunities for women and girls and addresses gender related biases
Support initiatives that promote gender equality, particularly in one or more of the four priority themes that the British Council has identified as globally relevant
Encourage collaboration between disciplines and between countries, which build cultural relations, and mutual understanding based on shared values.
The Going Global Partnerships programme is looking for joint projects designed to achieve some of the following gender strategic outcomes:
Women are empowered to participate in political, social and economic spheres.
An improved legal and policy environment supporting gender equality.
Improved employability outcomes for women.
Higher and further education institutions develop inclusive policies and practice that support gender equality and safer learning environments.
Increased participation of women in meaningful academic and research careers.
Increased quality, inclusiveness and relevance of learning and female student experience.
Female students are up skilled with relevant skills, including for employability or entrepreneurship, community outcomes, or soft skills.
Funding Information
An anticipated 11 joint projects will be funded, each with a value of £20,000 to £25,000 for a 12-month project period.
Ten of the project grants are open to institutions from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. One further project grant is available for Welsh institutions only.
How to apply
Download the application guidance, application form and budget template from web link provided below and Submit completed application, additional documents and budget template via email to: [email protected]
For more information, please visit: https://www.britishcouncil.id/en/call-proposals-uk-indonesia-going-global-partnerships-gender-equality-partnerships-grants
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