Deadline: 3-Nov-22
UN Women seeks to partner with national non-profit organization to conduct capacity development activities for Dalit Women on storytelling through photography and provide tools to capture and develop photo stories about social norms they are keen to change for equality and issues they identify in their communities and enable them to work and publish stories in mainstream media.
Objectives
- The specific objectives are as follows:
- Strengthening photography and reporting capacity of Dalit women to document issues of gender equality and social inclusion in mainstream platform.
- Develop acute reporting skills from gender sensitive and social justice reporting in journalism.
- Foster social norm change by using photography and reporting to build narratives from intersectional lens in mainstream media.
Funding Information
- The budget range for this proposal should be NPR 1,500,000 NPR 2,500,000.
- Duration: The capacity development project shall be implemented in six-months period (October 2022 to March 2023).
Eligible Activities
- To achieve the above objectives, the responsible party is expected to implement below activities in close collaboration with UN Women.
- Selection of top five participants:
- The responsible party is expected to design selection criteria prioritizing Dalit women with intersectional identity who are youth to be part of the project and create accessible mediums for them to apply to be part of the project.
- The responsible party will create a panel including UN Women to shortlist top five panelists based on the selection criteria.
- Photography Training:
- The responsible party is expected to design and deliver at least 15 training sessions for the capacity building of five selected participants to turn their lived experiences or personal observations into compelling and impactful photo stories.
- Reporting Training:
- Includes at least two training session focused on basic skills of reporting in journalism, as well as reporting from the lens of gender equality and social inclusion.
- Accompaniment Support:
- Ensure all selected participants have a dedicated mentor throughout the duration of the project.
- Collaborate and coordinate with mainstream media houses and or broadcasting agencies to provide internship opportunities for at least three months for selected five participants. Responsible party should ensure travel, telephone charge and other prerequisite expenses to complete task are covered for the selected five participants.
- Create an enabling environment for participants to fully engage in the workshop and internship by providing accompaniment support as per their unique needs such as ensuring accessibility for persons with disability, providing interpretation support where needed and connecting with mental health counselling as required.
- Selection of top five participants:
Procurement of five smart phones with following specifications:
- Display: 6.53 inches, 1080 x 2340 pixels of resolution
- OS and Memory: Android 10, Octa-core CPU, 6GB RAM, and 128GB internal memory
- Camera: 48 MP main (back) camera with LED flash, HDR, panorama, and 13 MP front camera
- Sound: Loudspeaker with stereo speakers and 3.5mm jack available
- Network and Connectivity: GSM/HSPA/LTE network, dual-band WLAN 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, and USB Type-C 2.0
- Battery: Li-Po 5020 mAh, non-removable, fast charging, and reverse charging.
Eligibility Criteria
- Technical/functional competencies required
- Other competencies, which while not required, can be an asset for the performance of services
- A non-governmental organization with at least fifteen years of progressive experience in delivering workshops on visual journalism.
- Availability of experts/trainers equipped with the required skills to design and deliver the above-mentioned training.
- Experience in working with international organizations will be added advantage.
- Previous experience in delivering similar services to international organizations and/or UN agencies would be an added advantage.
- Experience working with media houses and or broadcasting agencies.
- Other competencies, which while not required, can be an asset for the performance of services
- Composition of Team
- Technical Team:
- A minimum of five years of demonstrable work experience in photography.
- At least five years of working experience in journalistic reporting and editing in mainstream media.
- Strong knowledge and experience in gender equality and social inclusion particularly with a focus on social norm change interventions.
- Project Team:
- A team leader with minimum of five years of work experience in project management.
- A finance officer with minimum two years of work experience.
- Maintaining gender parity is a must in the team. UN Women is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, caste and culture. Therefore, applying agencies are highly encouraged to propose the human resources accordingly.
- Technical Team:
For more information, visit https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/programme-implementation/2022/10/unw-ap-npl-cfp-2022-006-shaping-narratives-reclaiming-power