Deadline: 5-Jun-22
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) kindly requests you to submit your Proposal for Spotlight Initiative in Afghanistan Study on prevention and protection mechanisms relating to sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices.
The Spotlight Initiative (SI) aims at mobilizing the commitment of political leaders and contributing to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Initiative aims at ending all forms of violence against women and girls, targeting those that are most prevalent and contribute to gender inequality across the world. The Spotlight Initiative will deploy targeted, large-scale investments in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Pacific and the Caribbean, aimed at achieving significant improvements in the lives of women and girls.
Afghanistan is one of the countries in Asia to benefit from this transformative initiative. The Afghanistan SI initiative aims at targeting the most at-risk groups, to accelerate efforts towards the elimination of Sexual Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and Harmful Practices (HP)
Pillar
The SPI Afghanistan Country Program will use a multi-sectoral, multi-layered, interlinked community-centered approach to the implementation of the interventions on the following six Outcome Areas based on the socioecological model for addressing SGBV/HP:
- Pillar One: Legislative and Police Frameworks
- Pillar Two: Strengthening Institutions
- Pillar Three: Prevention and Social Norms
- Pillar Four: Delivery of Quality, Essential Services
- Pillar Five: Data Availability and Capacities
- Pillar Six: Supporting the Women’s Movement and CSOs
Components
Survey components: This study includes five components, each with distinct objectives and scope. The selected firm is expected to refine the objectives, questions and scope of each component during the inception phase.
- First component: National Inquiry SGBV/HP
- Second Component: Stakeholder Mapping
- Third Component: Prevention – Root causes of violence, opportunities to prevent VAWG
- Fourth Component: Services – Women’s access to SGBV, perceptions and barriers
- Fifth Component: Baseline
Duration
- This study should be completed within 12 weeks from the date of signing the contract. Results from the study shall be shared as soon as they become available.
Deliverables
Expected deliverables, timeframe for the work (and payment schedules). The time frame for the entire consultancy should not exceed 12 weeks:
- Deliverable 1: Inception report and corresponding presentation to the SI Advisory Group along with data tools collection
- Deliverable 2: First draft baseline study report and presentation, including analysis of findings
- Deliverable 3: Report of the validation workshop (Stakeholder validation workshop to present the report and incorporate feedback)
- Deliverable 4: Final draft baseline study report, executive summary and presentation
Geographic Activities
- The project activities will be implemented under each survey component. The exact locations will be ascertained after onboarding the Contractor to carry out an assessment.
- UNDP will provide guidance to the Contractor on the areas to be targeted by the project interventions. Under UNDP’s guidance the Contractor will conduct assessments to identify target beneficiary groups based on established selection criteria.
Roles & Responsibilities
The Spotlight Advisory Group is also responsible for the following:
- Preparation (gathering documents from relevant UN, government and CSO entities);
- Ensuring that the selected consulting firm understands the TOR and ensuring that the consulting firm understands the UN evaluation norms, standards and ethics, and commits in writing to abide by them;
- In close collaboration with the SI technical team members, setting up appointments and preparing letters of introduction;
- Coordinating and providing timely feedback and input on draft versions of the methodology, tools and postponement;
- Ensuring payments are made against deliverables;
- Publishing, generating knowledge and dissemination; and
- Following up on the technical feedback for timely submission of incorporation in the final report.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=91128