Background

Although inequalities between men and women have many forms, the most aggravated is violence against women and girls. It is estimated that 35 per cent of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or sexual violence by a non-partner at some point in their lives. However, some national studies show that up to 70 per cent of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime. Women who have been physically or sexually abused by their partners are more than twice as likely to have an abortion, almost twice as likely to experience depression, and in some regions, 1.5 times more likely to acquire HIV, as compared to women who have not experienced partner violence. Worldwide, almost 750 million women and girls alive today were married before their 18th birthday. Although child marriage is more common in (West and Central Africa, where over 4 in 10 girls were married before age 18, and about 1 in 7 were married or in union before age 15), early marriages have been legally banned in Georgia only in 2017. Child marriage often results in early pregnancy and social isolation, interrupts schooling, limits the girl’s opportunities and increases her risk of experiencing domestic violence.

In Georgia, joint UN Women, EU and GEOSTAT study of 2017 has found that violence is a common experience in many women’s lives, with one in seven women aged 15-64 reporting that they have experienced physical, sexual and/or emotional violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime. The study confirms that violence by non-partners is also a concern in Georgia. Non-partner physical and emotional violence was also identified as relatively common among women in the qualitative interviews. In particular, women reported experiencing physical and emotional abuse from family members, including parents-in-law, brothers, stepchildren and sisters-in-law.

UN Women (previously UNIFEM) started to work on ending violence against women and girls (EVAWG) and domestic violence (DV) in Georgia back in 2010, engaging partners from government, civil society and grassroots women’s groups to improve legislation and policies, develop institutional capacities, service-provision and raising awareness towards prevention and response. The experience, success stories as well as lessons learned of UN Women Georgia’s work in the field of EVAWG and DV represent important information for analysis and experience sharing with other development partners as well as internally within UN Women. In order to analyze and document this work experience - the process, results, as well as individual stories of beneficiaries, UN Women Georgia Country Office would like to develop a knowledge product with the help of a consultant.

Duties and Responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities of consultant:

  • In close cooperation with a dedicated staff in UN Women Office collect and review all programme documentation that is related to EVAWG/DV portfolio;
  • Prepare a detailed work plan for the assignment;
  • In close cooperation with a dedicated staff in UN Women Office develop detailed time-line of key achievements/milestones of the office’s EVAWG/DV work;
  • Prepare the knowledge product, that reflects the process, results, lessons learned; Liaise with UN Women partners, conduct field visits as necessary in order to collect quotations, individual stories, etc. that will be incorporated in the knowledge product;
  • Prepare photo documentation that will illustrate the knowledge product.

Deliverables:

  • Desk review of relevant programme documentation that is related to EVAWG/DV portfolio (5 working days) -  home based by July 20, 2018;
  • Work plan for the assignment with timelines (1 working day) - home based by July 20, 2018;
  • Finalize time-line of key achievement/milestones of the office’s EVAWG/DV work (2 working days)- home based by July 31, 2018;
  • Mission to Georgia to collect first-hand information from partners and beneficiaries (8 working days) – field trips to Tbilisi, Gori and Kutaisi, Georgia, by August 31, 2018
  • Draft of the knowledge product (in English), that will include also inputs from the field trips (5 working days) - home based, by September 14, 2018;
  • Final knowledge product with relevant photo documentation prepared in line with UN Women Standards for Publications (in English) (5 working days) - home based, by September 28, 2018.

Competencies

Core Values:

  • Respect for Diversity
  • Integrity
  • Professionalism

Core Competencies:

  • Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
  • Accountability
  • Creative Problem Solving
  • Effective Communication
  • Inclusive Collaboration
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Leading by Example

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: http://www.unwomen.org//media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-employment-values-and-competencies-definitions-en.pdf

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

  • Graduate degree in journalism, public relations, or gender studies;

Experience: 

  • At least five years of experience in creating media contents (writing articles, blogs, human stories);
  • At least three years of experience working on violence against women and domestic violence issues, knowledge of the Georgian context will be an asset;

Language:

  • Fluency in English (a native speaker has a distinct advantage).

Evaluation procedure:

The candidates will be evaluated against the following technical and financial criteria:

  • Graduate degree in journalism, public relations, or gender studies (max 50 points);
  • At least five years of experience in creating media contents (writing articles, blogs, human stories) (max 150 points);
  • At least three years of experience working on violence against women and domestic violence issues, knowledge of the Georgian context will be an asset (max 120 points);
  • Fluency in English (a native speaker has a distinct advantage) (max 30 points);

Maximum total technical score amounts to 350 points. Only candidates who have passed over the minimum qualification criteria and have accumulated at least 245 points out of maximum 350 under technical evaluation will qualify for the next stage i.e. evaluation of their financial proposals.

Evaluation of submitted financial offers will be done based on the following formula: S = Fmin / F * 150

S – score received on financial evaluation;

Fmin – the lowest financial offer out of all the submitted offers qualified over the technical evaluation round;

F – financial offer under consideration.

The winning candidate will be the candidate, who has accumulated the highest aggregated score (technical scoring + financial scoring).

Management arrangements:

The Consultant will work under the overall guidance of the UN Women Country Representative and Programme Specialist and direct supervision of UN Women Programme Analyst leading EVAWG/DV Portfolio.

Financial arrangements:

Payment will be disbursed upon submission and approval of deliverables and certification by UN Women Programme Analyst that the services have been satisfactorily performed as specified below:

  • Deliverables 1, 2, 3 – 30%;
  • Deliverables 4,5 & 6 - 70%

Application procedure:

  • Motivation letter;
  • CV;
  • Dully filled Personal History Form PHF11 that can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment
  • Lump sum financial proposal/offer* in USD;

*The applicants are required to submit an aggregated financial offer (“aggregated financial offer” is the total sum of all financial claims of the candidate for accomplishment of all tasks spelled out in this ToR).

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

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