| Overview : The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is inviting women organizations , civil society organizations promoting women’s rights and gender equality to submit proposals to strengthen capacities of service providers to implement the relevant international standards, including those provided in the Convention of Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) and improve services provide to women survivors of violence. The deadline for submission of proposals is September 8th at 17: 00. Proposals received after the deadline will not be considered. Proposal recipient Please send all required application documents in one email to: info.kosovo@unwomen.org indicating in the e-mail subject: EVAW - CfP EVAW Capacity Development of Service Providers/Shelters Interested applicants are invited to attend one open day session, on August 22nd 2017, in which additional clarifications can be provided on the application process. Kindly communicate your request for a session on one of these days to Linda Sanaja (linda.sanaja@unwomen.org). Sessions can be in person or via skype. UN Women will acknowledge receipt of the applications through a confirmation e‐mail. Only those short listed shall be considered and further contacted. This Call for Proposals does not entail any commitment on the part of UN-Women, financial or otherwise. UN-Women reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Call for Proposal without incurring any obligation to inform the affected applicant/s of the reasons. | 
