Deadline: 25 June 2017
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is seeking proposals from qualified organizations for the Provision of services related to media trainings under ending violence against women project.
The priority is to strengthen the capacities of those media professionals which are in most need of this type of training, as well as to reach out to smaller newsrooms in BiH and strengthen capacities of those journalists who do not operate in urban centers and who do not have a lot of opportunities to participate in thematic trainings on gender equality and violence against women and girls. The locations will be agreed upon together with UN Women.
Objectives
- Relying on the abovementioned processes, the purpose of the consultancy is to develop a series of capacity building activities for practicing journalists, journalism students, editors, bloggers and public relations officials working in institutions involved in the response to cases of VAW and DV from different locations in BiH.
- The activities should focus on actively involving media to make general public more aware of the negative consequence of violence against women, developing a higher sensitivity to gender based violence as a socio-cultural phenomenon, rather than a sensationalistic one-off story.
- The aim is to identify a roster of media professionals who would commit to raising public awareness about violence against women and its gendered nature through outreach activities, as well as strengthen the educating role of media about the causes and effects of violence against women and stimulating public debate on the topic.
- Outreach activities should particularly include but should not be limited to portraying the importance of the role of men in addressing gender based stereotypes and violence.
Eligibility Criteria
- This RFP is open to all international and national organizations that can provide the requested goods/services/works, are legally constituted and have a valid registration.
- A proposer may be a private, public or government-owned legal entity or any combination of them in the form of association(s) including joint ventures or consortiums with a formal intent to enter into an agreement.
- Specific knowledge of media in Bosnia and Herzegovina, gender equality and in particular violence against women and domestic violence
- Previous experience in providing trainings to journalists and similar audiences;
- Previous experience working with UN Women and other UN Agencies will be considered as an advantage
- Track record of similar assignments (trainings, workshops for media)
- In support of UN Women’s mandate, proposal submissions from women-led/owned organizations or companies with 51% or more employment of women and from developing countries are encouraged. UN Women also expects vendors to engage in responsible business practices, and highly recommends proposers to participate in the UN Global Compact.
How to Apply
Proposals must be submitted via email at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
For more information, please visit UN Women Request for Proposal.