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Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY19 Protecting and Promoting the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in South America and Panama
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open source competition for a program for disability advocates and organizations in South America and Panama to more effectively ensure governments meet their obligations to protect all people in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its Optional Protocol, including but not limited to implementation, enforcement or revision of local and national laws.
National Consultancy: Development of amended or new laws on foster care, Paramaribo, Suriname
UNICEF is seeking a consultant to develop amended and new laws on foster care in Suriname.
Full Time Consultant to Support Implementation Programme for Alternative Care
UNICEF India is seeking a consultant to support implementation of the UNICEF programme for alternative care.
Local Consultant to Provide Technical Assistance for Strategic Communication on COVID 19 and Other Specific Emerging Issues within the Child- and People with Disabilities System
UNICEF Romania is seeking a consultant to provide technical assistance for strategic communication within the child protection system in matters relating to the protection of the most vulnerable children amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Senior Advocacy Manager
The International Disability Alliance (IDA) is seeking a Senior Advocacy Manager.
Trustee – Family Alliance
Family Alliance is currently looking to recruit new trustees for its Board.
Survey: How the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the most vulnerable
The Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO) is administering a survey to learn more from you about what is and is not working. The aim is to learn and share from your experience, understanding that what works for one program may work for another.
Director of Global Social Service Workforce Alliance
The Global Social Service Workforce Alliance is seeking a new Director.
COVID-19 Funding Requests and Unsolicited Proposals
USAID encourages potential partners to continue monitoring https://www.grants.gov/ and https://beta.sam.gov/ (new fedbizops) for new grant and contract opportunities related to COVID-19. Partners may submit unsolicited proposals to COVID19_Concepts@usaid.gov.
Call for Papers for Special Issue 'Irregularities in Transnational Adoptions and Child Appropriations: Challenges for Reparation Practices,' in Childhood: A Journal of Global Child Research
The Guest Editors of this special issue welcome empirical and theoretically-informed contributions that adopt local and global perspectives and investigate the conceptual and practical implications of adoption and appropriation experiences.
