Call for EOIs: Supporting Afghan Media Initiatives

Deadline: 15 October 2023

UN Women Afghanistan has announced a call for Expressions of Interest (EOIs) with an aim to identify existing women led media outlets in Afghanistan and develop an understanding of the current landscape at the community, provincial and national level.

The EOI is accepting three types of profiles:

women in radio,
women-led community media initiatives and
women-led digital media initiatives.

This mapping would be used to potentially provide support in the form of capacity building to women in media, financial support to sustain media outlets (including radio, community-based, and digital), and other areas, as per the needs identified.

Areas

The objective of this call for Expression of Interest (EOI) is to identify existing women-led and/or women-focused media initiatives, at the community, provincialor national level. Applicants are expected to submit an EOI against one of the three core areas of work outlined below:
- Area 1: Supporting Women in Radio
  - This area of work focuses on supporting women-led/owned or gender-focused radio stations that operate at community, provincial, or national-level. Applications should include the following information:
    - Name of radio station
    - Radio frequency
    - Broadcasting location(s)
    - Year of establishment
    - Link to website/any digital presence (if applicable)
    - Proposed activities for 1 year
    - Training needs
    - How the radio station is navigating restrictions impacting the media sector and women
- Area 2: Supporting Women and Community-Based Media Initiatives
  - This area of work focuses on supporting community-led media initiatives run by women for women. Applications should include the following information:
    - Name of community-based initiative
    - Location (s) of initiative
    - Year of establishment
    - Partnerships with other media organizations or women’s organizations
    - Breakdown of staff (disaggregated by sex and function)
    - Current activities (including type of content produced)
    - Training needs
    - How the community-based initiative is navigating restrictions impacting the media sector and women
- Area 3: Supporting Women-led Digital Media Initiatives
  - This area of work focuses on supporting digital media initiatives run by women for women. Applications should include the following information:
    - Name of digital media initiative
    - Online platforms used
    - Year of establishment
    - Link to website/any digital presence
    - Partnerships with other media organizations or women’s organizations
    - Current activities
    - Proposed activities for 1 year
    - Training needs
    - How the digital media initiative is navigating restrictions impacting the media sector and women.

Duration

October 2023–March 2025

Competencies

Technical/functional competencies required:
- Active work in Afghanistan.
- Women-led/owned and/or majority (over 51% women staff).
- Ability to connect and reach diverse populations of Afghan women.
- Ways of working in current context and navigate restrictions impacting media and women.
UN Women will prioritize applications
- Submitted by civil society organizations legally established and operating in Afghanistan;
- Submitted by small women-led and/or women’s rights organizations focusing on media;
- Directly benefitting Afghan women and girls, with an emphasis on marginalized women and girls at the intersectionof multiple forms of discrimination (i.e. rural women and girls, women and girls with disabilities, women-headed households, women and girls living in extreme poverty, etc.).