Deadline: 6-Mar-25
The UN Women is accepting applications to strengthen gender sensitive HIV/AIDS response of community led organisations and stakeholders.
This program component supports the vision of National AIDS Control Program’s quality care and dignified treatment, and thus support building capacity of community organization, including but not limited to the local HIV/ AIDS networks, HIV/ AIDS alliance organizations, local self-help groups working with vulnerable population of Female Sex Workers (FSWs), migrant women, women who are injecting drug users and LGBTQAI community.
Objective
- Build a cadre of 40 master trainers and the Capacity of 80 CBOs, 2000 people on the intersectionality of HIV and Gender, including but not limited to the local HIV/ AIDS networks, HIV/ AIDS alliance organizations, local self-help groups working with vulnerable population of Female Sex Workers (FSWs), migrant women, women who are injecting drug users and LGBTQAI community, for two states as mentioned in this RFP over a period of 6 months.
- Output 1: Evidence generated on existing gaps, challenges and strategies, through consultations with CBOs and networks at each geography on intersectionality of HIV and gender, final module and 1 white paper
- Output 2: A cadre of 40 master trainers created from among CBOs/Networks/CSOs, who further contribute to capacity building on the intersectionality of Gender & HIV of 2000 people.
Funding Information
- The budget range for this proposal should be INR 15,00,000 to INR 17,00,000.
Timeframe
- All work must be completed between 1st April 2025 – 30th September 2025 or 6 months from the date of contract issuance, whichever is earlier.
Outputs
- Output 1: Evidence generated on existing gaps, challenges and strategies, through consultations with CBOs and networks at each geography on intersectionality of HIV and gender, final module and 1 white paper produced
- Activities:
- Conduct stakeholder mapping and develop the state scenarios on Gender and HIV (for target States, through desk review and insights from consultations and pilot testing). Stakeholders include all kinds of organizations, institutions, networks, and entities involved in providing services for HIV/AIDS in the region (consultation, referral, education, awareness, prevention, or treatment).
- Conduct pilot testing of UN Women’s module on Gender and HIV with at least 20 CBOs in each State, with minimum 25 participants (The draft module will be provided by UN Women)
- Design and develop the final module post pilot testing. Develop one facilitator’s guide for Master Trainers, and module PPTs in English, Hindi and Assamese.
- Align the module content to enable it to be delivered through completely online platforms, like UN Women’s Learning Management System.
- Activities:
- Output 2: A cadre of 40 master trainers created from among CBOs/Networks/CSOs, who further contribute to capacity building on the intersectionality of Gender & HIV of 2000 people.
- Activities:
- Identify and mobilise 100 CBOs, CSOs and Networks for capacity building
- Conduct trainings of minimum 80 CBOs, CSOs and networks working in the domain of providing HIV/ AIDS services.
- From among the 80 CBOs trained in Activity 2.2, identify and train at least 40 master trainers through 2 ToTs during the project period.
- Facilitate cascade trainings through the master trainers to reach a minimum of 2000 people in the prescribed geographies. Each training session should be a minimum of 2 days. Develop an evaluation report on the effectiveness of the trainings.
- Activities:
Geographic Focus
- Uttar Pradesh
- Assam
Competencies
- Technical/functional competencies required
- The organization must have a minimum 7 years of experience in facilitating and managing large scale HIV program/ projects and working with CBOs specifically on WLHIV, women in sex work, women migrants.
- Five years of work experience on the issue of Gender equality, women’s empowerment, and related legislations.
- Demonstrable experience of designing, conducting, and monitoring of trainings/ capacity building workshops on Gender and HIV.
- Demonstrable experience of developing training modules.
- Understanding of the local context and functional competency in the local languages in Uttar Pradesh and Assam; and knowledge on the structure and functioning of HIV and Gender program is desirable.
- Demonstrable experience in advocacy initiatives with Government and other key stakeholders.
- Ability to deliver efficiently large-scale mobilization and training programmes in a defined timeline.
- Other competencies, which while not required, can be an asset for the performance of services
- Substantial experience of working with CBOs and network organizations working in the domain of HIV and Gender. State Departments and Corporate/Foundation for implementing large scale capacity building programs across the country.
- Experience of working with National AIDS Control Program and Gender
- Qualifications of Key Personnel:
- Team leader
- The team lead should have minimum 10 years of experience in sectors of HIV and gender.
- Specialization in gender, Women’s economic empowerment, social development, and women’s rights.
- Significant knowledge and experience of approaches on vocational education, gender and skill training and placements.
- Recent experience with gender equality issues and knowledge of mainstreaming gender equality into policies/programming/development.
- Experience in Maharashtra.
- Facilitation skills, particularly designing and developing skill training modules and delivering the same.
- Excellent documentation and communication skills.
- Team members
- Team members must have a minimum of 5 years of experience in implementing skill development and placement projects.
- Experience in gender, Women’s economic empowerment, social development, and women’s rights.
- Facilitation skills, particularly designing and developing training modules and delivering the same.
- Excellent documentation and communication skills in English and Hindi.
- Demonstrated writing skills in English
- Team leader
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