Comprehensive and inclusive support for women and girls' victims of GBV

Budget: EUR 900,000 How to apply: The CoPower Action has been designed to directly fund initiatives addressing Gender Based Violence(GBV) against women, girls and children through an intersectional approach. All eligible activities supported through the project calls will directly respond to the multidimensional and intersecting needs of women, girls, and child survivors of GBV, strengthening an inclusive and accessible protection systems across different intervention contexts. Child protection and gender mainstreaming are expected to be integral components of the proposals submitted by CSOs, while partner organisations will provide dedicated technical support to improve the capacities of participating CSOs in these areas. 3 NATIONAL CALLS Three national calls will support CSOs in Italy, Greece and Spain focusing on: Comprehensive and inclusive support for women and girls' victims of GBV. TARGET APPLICANTS The calls target small and medium-sized grassroots CSOs, particularly those operating in rural, peripherical or marginalised areas and legally registered in Italy, Greece or Spain. The primary target group, will include Women’s rights organisations (WROs), Anti-violence centres and anti-trafficking centres, Human rights, LGBTIQ+ rights, child rights, social inclusion and disability, elderly, migrant and refugee organisations. 2 FUNDING WORKSTREAMS: 1. Enhanced protection response for women, girls and children, victims of GBV, adopting an intersectional approach. This area focusses on providing tailored protection and support services, including safe houses, medical and psychological assistance for women and girls, in all their diversity, who are victims of domestic, sexual violence and other forms of GBV considering specific barriers for equal access to protection (Budget: 540,000 EUR in total for the 3 Countries). 2. Reduction of harmful practices, with a focus on improving interventions against harmful practices such as female genital mutilation, intersex genital mutilation, forced abortion, forced sterilisation, child and forced marriage, and honour-related violence, forced medicalisation of transgender women. Funded projects will aim at both 9 preventing and responding to these practices, with a particular focus on raising awareness, strengthening legal frameworks, and providing education to communities at risk (Budget: 360,000 EUR in total for the 3 Countries). CALL TIMELINE First Round: Opening: 24/08/2026 (11/09/2026 in Greece) Deadline: 23/11/2026 at 15.00 CET Second Round: Opening: 01/12/2026 Deadline: 01/03/2027 at 15.00 CET AVAILABLE GRANT PER COUNTRY: First Round - 6 projects of the following amounts will be awarded: Stream 1: one grant of EUR 50,000; one grant of EUR 50,000; one grant of EUR 20,000 Stream 2: one grant of EUR 50,000; one grant of EUR 25,000; one grant of EUR 5,000 Second Round - 4 projects of the following amounts will be awarded: Stream 1: one grant of EUR 30,000; one grant of EUR 30,000; Stream 2: one grant of EUR 20,000; one grant of EUR 20,000 APPLICATION PROCESS: Administrative check Eligibility requirements verification and shortlisting Final assessment and selection Pre-notification and Due diligence Confirmation and signing the agreement Information session are foreseen online and in present in each country. For more information please visit: https://copower.oxfam.it/ Contact: [email protected]