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Terms of Reference

Women Affairs Center

Consultancy Services to Review and Update WACs Study Report which assesses

the social norms that hinder access to VAW services for women survivors of

VAW

Within the programme entitled"

HAYA- Eliminating Violence against Women funded by the Government of

Canada

1-Background

Women Affairs Center (WAC) was established on August 1991 by a group of

activist professional women to promote women's rights and gender equality within

the Palestinian society via empowering and enhancing women abilities in a range

of non­traditional skills to address the problems and respond to the needs of women

under the difficult political, socio­economic, cultural and legal context in the Gaza

Strip. It’s a women knowledge based center playing an innovative and catalytic

role in empowering women; and advocating women's rights and gender equality in

the Palestinian sustainable development process. WAC is an independent and

non­profit Palestinian NGO with the purpose of empowering women and

advocating women’s rights and gender equality through capacity development,

information and innovative research and advocacy programs.

Currently, Women Affairs Center is implementing a project entitled "HAYA-

Eliminating Violence against Women funded by the Government of Canada

and in coordination with UN Women. The project aims to improving ability of

women and girls to freely and safely make informed decisions to use EVAW

services and advocate for comprehensive EVAW services and increased

knowledge and capacity of women to demand budgeted and results oriented

services to eliminate VAW. The project targets the women and girls survivors of

violence in all areas of Gaza Strip. The two immediate outcomes are proposed to

be accomplished to contribute to achieve a progress towards the intermediate

outcome, including:

1. Immediate Outcome 2.1 (Gaza) Increased ability of women and girls to

freely and safely make informed decisions to use EVAW services and

advocate for comprehensive EVAW services.

2. Immediate Outcome 2.2 (Gaza) Increased knowledge and capacity of women

to demand budgeted and results oriented services to eliminate VAW.

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Through the programme “HAYA- Eliminating Violence against Women

project”, the project aims to identify a total of 75 (25 women annually, 5

women per governorate per year) who survived from violence in different areas

of the Gaza Strip. These women will help inform and guide the project

interventions to support and increase the access of women victims of VAW to

services. Also, the survivors of violence will help identify the various obstacles

they faced while attempting to access these services.

The ultimate outcome of this project is reduced vulnerability of women and girls

in West Bank and Gaza to all forms of violence against women and from the

threat of such violence. This ultimate outcome will be achieved only if the

1intermediate outcome 1" Increased access by women and girls to gender-

responsive EVAW services (economic, medical, medical-legal psychosocial,

security, shelter) free of discrimination" is realized.

The project intermediate outcome will be realized through the delivery of

Immediate Outcome 2.1 (Gaza): Increased ability of women and girls to freely

and safely make informed decisions to use EVAW services and advocate for

comprehensive EVAW services; and Immediate Outcome 2.2 (Gaza) Increased

knowledge and capacity of women to demand budgeted and results oriented

services to eliminate VAW

2. Purpose and Scope of Assignment:

The project aims to assess the social norms that hinder access to VAW services

for women survivors of VAW. WAC is seeking a consultant to elaborate an

evidence-based research to measure the following information:

Geographical Scope: Gaza Strip

1- The main obstacles facing women to access VAW related services

2- Customs and traditions and their impact for Women to access VAW

services

3- Women's lack of awareness / knowledge of legal and social referral

systems

4- Identify the cultural traditions, stigmas, minsets and general societal

culture which hinders women's access to VAW services

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3. Approach & Methodology

The study aims to identify the main obstacles that women face in accessing services

in response to GBV, and what are the main reasons that why victims do not have

access to these services (behaviors, attitudes, lack of services or lack of awareness

of services and providers)

This study will primarily measure two important things: 1-the number of women

who know about this existence of these services, their providers and their places,

2- number of people actually using these services and officially documented in

service providers.

On the other hand, the study will measure the effectiveness of these services in

eliminating violence against women and assess women experiences in face

obstacles accessing violence against women services.

focus of the study in measuring the effectiveness and quality of services from the

point view of communities and also service providers. Looking int SOPs, capacity

of service providers, Knowledge of gender sensitivities, rights-based approach,

attitudes and behaviors of service providers etc.

This study is based on another task which is identifying 75 women survivors of

violence who will be work with them throughout the project through GBV training,

increase knowledge about how to access to these services and other activities aim

to raising awareness of the importance of these services and facilitating their free

and safe access.

We want to mention that this study focuses on the diversity of target groups of

women vulnerable to violence or victim of violence or survivors of violence to

know more about obstacles that they faced and measure the ability to reach more

women and make them aware of the importance of services and how to access them.

Also, the researcher must use mix methods (Quantity & Quality method) and use

the following tools:

Tools:

Baseline & End line questionnaire.

questionnaire to be filled by women Survivors of violence.

interviews with women to select potential positive deviants.

Focus Group.

Workshops to disseminate positively deviant practices.

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4- Deliverables The consultant/researcher has to submit the following deliverables:

The plan for delivering this assignment via methodology.

A draft note with preliminary findings of the study report to be presented for

discussion with WAC

A draft study report with findings and recommendations to be shared with WAC

for comments cooperation with UN Women.

Final elaborated study report considering WAC’s comments.

Implement a presentation session (PPP) for results of the study

4- Qualifications of the consultant WAC seeks qualified consultant /research firm or individual researcher with strong

experience in the field of GBV research. The consultant /research firm or individual

researcher should present set of qualifications and technical backgrounds that suits

the scope of the consultancy. Consultant/researcher Competencies:

• At least 5-7 years of proven experience in the field of gender equity and GBV

• Strong research and analytical skill;

• Proven research achievements in GBV or women survives from violence

5. Implementation Timeline:

The assignment is expected to take place through three weeks in the period from

( 15 of October 2019 to 3 November 2019). The assignment will commence upon

signing the contract with the Consultant/researcher and will end by the satisfactory

submission of the deliverables outlined in the TOR.

7. Awarding process

Offers will be assessed first on their technical merit using the evaluation criteria

below. Only technical scores of at least 70 points will qualify for the financial

review. The financial offer weight is 30% from the total weight while the

technical offer is 70% of the total weight.

The technical offers will be scored out of 70 marks according to the

following criteria:

1. Quality of consultant firm resume and team qualifications

2. provide examples of work/reports with similar outputs for WAC’s verification

study report.

3. Proposed methodology and approaches

4. Proposed action plan

Please note that the technical and financial proposals submitted in Arabic

with summary in English

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CLOSING DATE AND DELIVERY:

Closing date for receiving consultancy offers is (10 October 2019) they should be

delivered in envelopes with name of consultancy by hand at 12 O’clock

8. Submission of proposals:

Interested Consultant/researcher shall submit the following conditional terms:

1. The technical offer must include;

The CV of the consultant clarifying related experience. The CV should include at least:

- An elaborated methodology to perform the required tasks including the level

of effort in details of each team members

- Proposed study outline

- Actions plan

- Samples of previous relevant work.

2. The financial offer: the financial proposal should be submitted in NIS

Proposals should be submitted in a two separated sealed envelopes. The first envelop

is a Technical Offer and the second one is Financial offer by (Name of the company/

individual research) to the following address:

Name:

scientific background & degree:

Number of years of work experience related to his/her role in the TOR:

Number of years of training experience related to his/her role in the TOR:

Number of Years

or months of

experience (in

numbers)

Project name/

training topic Where Donor

Achievement

in the same

topics of the

TOR

Notes

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2nd floor, Al Said Building

Khalil Al-Wazier Street, Lababidi Square

Tel: 08-2877311\2

Wissam Jouda

Project Coordinator

Email: [email protected]

ANNEX 1: FINANCIAL OFFER

No. Item Unit

No.

of

units

Unit

cost

NIS

TOTAL

COST

NIS

1

Develop a study report that measure

ability of women and girls to freely and

safely make informed decisions to use

EVAW services and advocate for

comprehensive EVAW services .

No. 1

TOTAL COST (IN

FIGURES) :

TOTAL COST (IN

WORDS):

- All costs above must be in NIS.

- All costs above must include invoice.

Name and signature of the consultant

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