The office on violence against women (OVW) emerging issues and training and technical assistance call for concept papers (call for concept papers) invited interested eligible entities to propose…

The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement to The George Washington University (GWU) to implement the Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) Training and Technical Assistance Project under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526). Over the 24-month project period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025, GWU and its project partners the Global Woman Peace Foundation, Sahiyo U.S., and the U.S. End FGM/C Network will provide training and technical assistance to OVW grantees, subgrantees, and potential grantees and subgrantees on preventing and responding to FGM/C, including understanding the intersectionality of FGM/C with domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key activities will include conducting listening sessions, delivering trainings and technical assistance, and establishing online resources addressing FGM/C prevention and response for victim service organizations and allied stakeholders such as criminal justice professionals, health care providers, and educators.

The office on violence against women (OVW) emerging issues and training and technical assistance call for concept papers (call for concept papers) invited interested eligible entities to propose projects that explore new and emerging issues and training and technical assistance projects addressing the needs and challenges of OVW grantees, subgrantees, and the larger violence against women field. In particular, with the passage of the violence against women act reauthorization act of 2022 (vawa 2022), PUB. L. No. 117-103, DIV. W, 136 stat. 49, 840-962, OVW sought to identify innovative projects and technical assistance that address the new and revised programs and issues included in vawa 2022, as well as other emerging issues in the fields of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. See 34 U.S.C. 12291(B)(11) and (16). OVW reviewed the submitted concept papers, selected promising projects in each of the call for concept papers purpose areas, and contacted selected applicants to invite them to submit a full application for their concept paper through the call for concept papers invitation to apply solicitation. With funding through the OVW FY 2023 emerging issues and training and technical assistance call for concept papers, the department of prevention and community health within the milken institute school of public health at the george washington university (GWU) will implement the female genital mutilation/cutting training and technical assistance project. GWU, along with project partners the global woman peace foundation (GWPF), sahiyo U.S., and the U.S. End FGM/C network, will provide training and technical assistance to OVW grantees, subgrantees, and potential grantees and subgrantees on the prevention and response to female genital mutilation /cutting (FGM/C), including understanding the intersectionality of FGM/C with domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking. Over the course of the project period, GWU will conduct listening sessions to help inform the development of this project, provide training and technical assistance, and establish online resources addressing prevention and response to FGM/C for victim service organizations and allied stakeholders including criminal justice professionals, health care providers, and educators. This award supports purpose area 1: emerging issues. The timing for performance of this award is 24 months for $300,000, all of which will be awarded through OVW technical assistance funding.