DRL seeks SOIs that bridge the gap between civil society organizations focused on GBV and civil society focused on digital safety. DRL will support independent civil society groups, GBV direct service organizations, and/or GBV consortia and networks to pilot innovative and survivor-centered initiatives and programs to prevent, protect, or take action against Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV).
Competitive programs will apply an intersectional lens by piloting mechanisms that respond to the compounded oppression women and girls face when they are further marginalized, vulnerable, or at-risk due to other identifying factors such as ethnicity, race, ability, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, sex characteristics, religion, refugee status, etc.
The SOI goal must be centered around the ability for women and girls to engage and express themselves safely and freely on social media and other online platforms without fear or intimidation of being targeted, threatened, and silenced with TFGBV.
All programs should aim to have impact that leads to reforms and should have the potential for sustainability beyond DRL resources. DRL’s preference is to avoid duplicating past efforts by supporting new and creative approaches. This does not exclude from consideration projects that improve upon or expand existing successful projects in a new and complementary way.
