Announcing GBV Solve: Open Funding Call
Aparajita and J-PAL South Asia are hosting an Open Funding Call to identify and fund innovative ideas to address sexual harassment and violence in India.
What We’re Looking For
INNOVATIONS: Anyone passionate about addressing the problem is invited to send their best ideas. Through this call, we will identify and support innovative, practical, and sustainable ideas that can also be rigorously tested for impact through randomized evaluations.
What You Get
- CATALYTIC FUNDING: Selected awardees will receive funding up to INR 50 lacs to pilot and implement their ideas in the field
- EVALUATION INCUBATOR: Selected awardees will also receive support on designing impact evaluations
- RIGOROUS TESTING: Potential for your innovation to be rigorously tested for measurable impact
Focus Areas
We welcome innovative ideas across these key areas:
- Supporting Grassroots Interventions: Build capacity of case workers, constables, front-line workers, and paralegal volunteers. Support solutions from the grassroots with unrestricted, long-term funding for women-led organizations.
- Building Capacity and Legal Services: Mobilize lawyers as a cohort, provide legal services, create fellowships for women lawyers at district level, and strengthen paralegal volunteers.
- Engaging Men and Boys: Make men part of the conversation on inclusion. Engage through multiple platforms with counselling and mental health programs.
- Bystander Interventions: Government-encouraged intervention programs, social media campaigns, and training for witnesses including friends, colleagues, and family.
- Training Service Providers: Train transport and delivery workers on bystander intervention. Involve vendors, bus conductors, and auto drivers – leveraging their networks.
- Awareness and Behavior Change: Creative campaigns using film, media, and social platforms to shift attitudes and challenge harmful social norms.
- Mental Health Support: Counseling services, trauma-informed care, and psychological support for survivors and those at risk.
- Online GBV Solutions: Combating harassment through digital platforms, collaborating with tech companies, and addressing online anonymity.
- Workplace Interventions: Prevention policies, safe reporting mechanisms, and supportive environments in formal and informal workplaces.
Who Can Apply
The competition will invite applications from anyone passionate about creating a difference in this space. Whether you’re an individual, organization, researcher, or innovator – if you have an idea that can address sexual harassment and violence, we want to hear from you.
Next Steps
Applications are now open. Selected awardees will work closely with Aparajita and J-PAL South Asia to pilot their solutions and measure their impact.
Together, we can build a safer India for women.