Background

Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.

Christian Aid in Ethiopia strategic priority areas include climate justice, Economic justice, humanitarian/resilience and addressing Gender and social inclusion as a cross cutting priority.

Gender inequality is primarily an issue of unequal power relations between men and women. It violates human rights, constrains choice and agency, and has negative impacts upon people’s ability to participate in, contribute to and benefit from social, political and economic development. The impacts of gender injustice are experienced most severely by women and girls. Therefore, a project entitled ‘Empowering Women and Girls for Gender Equality and Advancement in South Omo, Ethiopia’ is designed taking into account these needs and constraints.

In order to bench mark the current situation and measure the achievements against the projects’ set indicators, Christian Aid is seeking the services of an external consultant to conduct a baseline survey for the collection of reliable baseline data.

Objective

The objective for the proposed survey is

• To enable the project implementing partners to obtain baseline data against set project objectives and indicators
• Assess the capacity and limitation of gender responsive service provision of justice, health and other government institutions in the target areas:
• Conduct Gender and power analysis to understand power dynamics
• Assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) of the community on gender equality.
• Respond to key research questions specified in the ToR

Competencies Required

The applying firm or consultants need to have and fulfil at least the following competencies.

• Experience and knowledge in designing and conducting research or baseline studies targeting different audiences, using mixed methods including qualitative and quantitative data collection, and participatory studies with community members
• Experience and knowledge on conducting gender and power analysis
• Demonstrable expertise on violence against women, women’s right and gender equality
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and excellent skills in data analysis
• Previous similar work experience in the Southern Region is highly preferred
• Ability to write high quality, clear, concise reports in English