Deadline: 30-Jun-22
UN Women Bangladesh has announced a call for proposals to develop a comprehensive civil society organization (CSO)-led CEDAW shadow/alternate report on the implementation status of Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in Bangladesh.
The CSO shadow/alternate CEDAW report will be developed based on inputs from the local and national consultations.
The purpose of the assignment is to draft a comprehensive CEDAW Shadow/Alternate report on the implementation status of CEDAW in Bangladesh. The government is drafting the State Party report, in case the government report is published the CSO reporting may shift into a shadow report.
Objectives
The specific objectives of the assignment are to:
- Prepare a comprehensive CSO led Shadow/Alternate report assessing the implementation of the CEDAW Concluding Observations
- Raise awareness on CEDAW and its implementation in Bangladesh through consultations at the national and sub-national level.
Scope of Work
- Conduct desk review of last cycle CEDAW report, Beijing+25 national review report, SDGs progress report and other relevant documents
- Organize and facilitate 1 national and 4 divisional level (day long) consultations with key stakeholders to raise awareness on CEDAW and its implementation status in Bangladesh and to collect inputs for the Shadow/Alternate report
- Organize 10 KIIs with relevant government officials and grassroots women’s networks
- Develop CSO led Shadow/Alternate CEDAW report based on inputs from the local and national consultations, KII with government officials, feminist leaders and advocates and grassroots women’s networks
- Organize a national sharingon key findings by involving 70 participants from the government, CSO, grassroots women’s networks, academia and excluded women’s groups
- Organize a media roundtable highlighting key findings of the Shadow/Alternate report
Funding Information
- The budget range for this proposal should be [USD 20000– USD25000]
- The work is expected to be completed by November 2022
Selection Criteria
Proposal will be selected based on technical (70%) and financial (30%) assessments. The technical assessment will review the following:
- Extent to which the proposal fulfills the requirements of the Call for Proposals.
- Clarity of the situation analysis and problem identification.
- Soundness of strategy, proposed activities and expected results against the problem analysis.
- Application of a participatory process to bring together various strategic partners.
- Realistic work plan to complete the activities.
- Applicants’ institutional capacity and relevant experience.
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