ActionAid International seeks Expressions of Interests
(EOIs) from consultants in the sector with technical expertise in gender and
M&E to prepare a global baseline report.
ActionAid International is an international NGO that puts
women’s rights and gender equality at the centre of its work. One of the five
strategic objectives of ActionAid’s 2012-2017 strategy is to: “Ensure that
women and girls can break the cycle of poverty and violence, build economic
alternatives and claim control over their bodies.” The “Young Urban Women”
programme contributes to meeting this organisational objective. The “Young
Urban Women” programme aims to influence both decision-makers at a local and
national level in India, South Africa and Ghana as well as decision-makers at
the international level. The programme targets women’s Economic Participation
and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). It is innovative in that
it attempts to bring together these two key areas of ActionAid’ s women’s
rights work that are frequently dealt with separately in development
interventions despite the strong linkages between these two issues in women’s
lives. In targeting both, ActionAid foresees that this programme will have a
greater impact by empowering young women to claim their rights.
Project background and overview:-
The Young Urban Women programme is a multi-country programme
that is currently being implemented in seven poor urban and peri-urban areas
across India, South Africa and Ghana. These three countries were carefully
selected among the 45 countries that are part of the ActionAid Federation
because of their large young urban populations, their influence within regional
and international forums, and the geographic spread across two continents which
continue to witness high levels of poverty and inequality. ActionAid also
considered the significant political space available within these emerging
democracies to raise the visibility of young women’s rights to decent work and
sexual and reproductive health services.
Programme goal: Our goal is that in 3 years, 5,800 young
urban women living in poverty in India, Ghana and South Africa will have
greater dignity through more economic independence and control over their
bodies, and their voices will be heard and recognised in international forums.
Expected outcomes:
• Outcome 1: Young women have safe and decent work and
livelihoods, and can exercise greater control over their income
• Outcome 2: Young women's informed choices about their
sexual and reproductive health are increasingly realised
• Outcome 3: Young women in the areas we programme in
are empowered and supported by allies and responsible stakeholders to effect
change in their own lives, their families, their communities and different
levels of government
Target group and indirect beneficiaries: There will be 2,800
young women direct beneficiaries in India; 1,000 young women direct
beneficiaries in South Africa and 2,000 young women direct beneficiaries in
Ghana. Across the programme, there will be 5,800 direct beneficiaries. National
and international advocacy of putting young women’s rights to decent work and
SRHR on the international development agenda is anticipated to have a wide impact
on young women globally.
Objective of the assignment:-
Currently a baseline is being undertaken in the three
project countries which are slated to be finished in the 1st week of June. The
3 countries would be producing three national baseline reports of approximately
30-40 pages which would need to be compiled into a single global baseline
report for the project.
The objective of this assignment is to develop the global
baseline report for the Young Urban Women’s project
Scope of the assignment:-
Using a feminist approach to monitoring and evaluation, the
consultant will develop the global baseline report based on the 3 country
reports of the baseline survey process for the YUW project. It is intended that
the global baseline report will provide: a) baseline data for the project based
on the project Results Framework b) information that will assist in designing
the project’s Monitoring and Evaluation plan and c) information that will
assist in identifying relevant policies, guidelines and frameworks for supporting
project implementation and advocacy.
Scope of the assignment:-
Using a feminist approach to monitoring and evaluation, the
consultant will develop the global baseline report based on the 3 country
reports of the baseline survey process for the YUW project. It is intended that
the global baseline report will provide: a) baseline data for the project based
on the project Results Framework b) information that will assist in designing
the project’s Monitoring and Evaluation plan and c) information that will
assist in identifying relevant policies, guidelines and frameworks for
supporting project implementation and advocacy.
Time-frame:-
The national baseline reports will be available from the
countries in the first week of June. The global baseline report will need to be
completed between the 1st to the 30th of June.
Consultant specifications:-
- Extensive
experience of working on monitoring and evaluation (MEL) systems including
baseline from a feminist lens. Extensive technical expertise on gender, particularly
on young women.
- Able
to provide evidence of producing high quality assessment/evaluation
reports and working within tight timeframes
- Significant
experience of synthesizing and analysing quantitative and qualitative data
from sample surveys.
- Immediate
availability in June 2014.
Application procedure:-
- Please
share the following documents as part of the application procedure:-
- A
cover letter with an updated CV.
- A
tentative budget.
- Examples
of previous baseline/evaluation reports undertaken.
Please email the above-mentioned documents to YUW
International Project Manager Baishali Chatterjee at baishali.chatterjee@actionaid.org by
10th May, 2014
