Consultancy to conduct a Mapping of Stakeholders intervening in Gender and Family Promotion, Women´s Empowerment and Gender Based Violence (GBV)

MINISTRY OF GENDER AND FAMILY PROMOTION

UNITED NATIONS – RWANDA

CONSULTANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Location: Kigali

Title: Consultancy to conduct a Mapping of Stakeholders intervening in Gender and Family Promotion, Women´s Empowerment and Gender Based Violence (GBV)

Project: Joint Intervention to Strengthen the National Gender Machinery

Duration of contract: One Month

Application Deadline: 28 November 2012

Expected Starting date: As soon as possible

Background and justification

The government of Rwanda has put in place measures to promote the Gender Equality agenda through the establishment of a strong policy and legal framework detailing the role of different actors in this domain. The implementation of these instruments has seen many initiatives come up including the National Gender Machinery Support Program between the One UN and the Gender Machinery. This program is supported by UN Women, UNFPA and UNDP under the UN governance theme group. The aim of the program is to strengthen the capacity of the National Gender Machinery as a whole, specifically the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion (MIGEPROF), Gender Monitoring Office (GMO), Rwanda Women Parliamentarians Forum (FFRP) and National Women´s Council (CNF) for them to adequately promote the Gender Equality agenda at country level.

One of the key activities of the project is to conduct a Mapping of all Stakeholders intervening in the area of Gender and Family Promotion, Women\\\'s Empowerment as well as Gender-Based Violence (GBV). This will permit the availability of information and enhance effective coordination of the ongoing interventions of the different stakeholders and actors.

As a matter of fact, a big number of institutions/organizations (public and private, international and local NGOs, Cooperatives, Civil Society Organizations, Companies, Projects, UN Agencies and Development Partners) are involved in Gender and Gender Based Violence (GBV) related work in all districts across the country. Whereas this is a big strength in achieving gender equality, it is also important to consolidate and effectively coordinate interventions to avoid duplication which may translate into an inefficient use of resources and efforts.

In this context, UN Women in collaboration with the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion through the National Gender Machinery Support Program seeks to hire a consultant/firm to conduct a Mapping of all Stakeholders intervening in Gender and Family Promotion, Women´s

Scope of the work

The consultant/firm will identify institutions & organizations working in the area Or Gender and Family Promotion, Women\\\'s Empowerment and GBV at national and decentralized levels. The consultant/ firm will further collect and compile information regarding these institutions &organizations. The mapping information will include: the name and nature (local or international organization/ institution); vision, mission, objectives and historical brief of the institution & organization; area of intervention and key interventions/achievements in the current year; contacts (tel. and email address) of the Legal Representative at national level; geographic coverage and average of estimated budget per year (in the mentioned domains of interventions).

The Consultant/firm will also develop a coordination mechanism to facilitate efficient and effective coordination of the stakeholders´ interventions at national level. He/she will organize the validation workshops to share the outcomes and review the mapping reports based on the feedback.

Deliverables

• An inception report with a clear methodology and a detailed work plan.
• A comprehensive mapping report including the list of all institutions/organizations intervening in Gender and-Family Promotion, Women´s Empowerment and GBV with all information regarding each institution as detailed above.
• A well-defined coordination mechanism of all interventions in the mentioned areas.

Required qualifications

• Minimum qualification of a Bachelor´s Degree in Social Sciences, Education, Law, Development Studies, and other related fields; with at least 5 years of working experience in Gender, GBV and Women´s empowerment.
• Evidence of having conducted similar studies at national level
• Fluency in English, Kinyarwanda and French
• Working experience in Rwanda will be an added advantage.
• Proven experience in Statistics or Information Technology (IT) will be an added advantage.

How to apply

Qualified and interested consultants/firms can submit the technical and financial proposals in separate envelopes to UN Women office, do UNDP, 12 Avenue de l´Armée, Kigali-Rwanda. ´´Submission for the Consultancy Services to conduct a Mapping of Stakeholders in the area of Gender and Family Promotion, Women´s Empowerment and GBV´´ should be clearly indicated on the sealed envelope.

The following documents should be attached in the technical proposal envelope: profile of consultancy firm, CVs of individual consultants, copies of degrees/diplomas, letters of reference and proof of previous completed similar assignments carried out.