Terms of Reference: Recruiting a consultant to conduct a Pro-WEAI Baseline for Rural Women Economic Empowerment Joint Program (JPRWEE).
1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND:
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The five-year JP-RWEE Phase II, led by FAO, IFAD, WFP and UN Women, across six countries—Nepal, Niger, Pacific Islands, Rwanda, Tunisia, and Tanzania—empowering rural women and men through coordinated efforts to enhance well-being, rights, and resilience, aligning with the SDGs for poverty reduction, sustainable agriculture and improved food security and gender equality.
In Rwanda, building on the achievements of JP-RWEE Phase I, JP-RWEE Phase II extends these lessons to enhance the economic capacity of 5,600 rural women and 2,400 men (8,000 direct beneficiaries) across five districts of Rwanda: Kirehe, Ngoma, Gisagara, Nyaruguru and Nyamasheke. The goal is to tackle systemic barriers preventing women's socioeconomic empowerment.
Around one-third of farming households in Rwanda are led by women, and nearly 70% of women are actively engaged in agriculture. Despite their vital role, various obstacles hamper their productivity, including limited access to training, finances, and markets, alongside the burdens of unpaid care work and gender-based violence. Addressing these issues could result in a significant 20-30% increase in farm yields if women had equal resource access as men.
Phase II aims to empower rural women's leadership and engagement in local decision-making and foster economic empowerment within households and communities. Utilizing the Gender Action Learning System (GALS) approach, JP-RWEE promotes collaborative family efforts, leading to better relationships and informed decision-making for transformative changes.
JP-RWEE Phase II, in its inception phase, is undertaking a baseline study to establish foundational data and situational analysis before implementing program interventions. This baseline assessment encompasses both treated and control groups, aligning with counterfactual evaluation principles. The baseline's objective is to comprehend and quantify the initial standing of JP-RWEE beneficiaries across diverse indicators, such as the pro-WEAI Index (Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES), Household Food Expenditure Share (HFES), Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDDW), Climate capacity Score (CCS) and SAMS (agriculture production).
Amongst these programme indicators, the pro-WEAI index is a composite measurement tool that captures the women's control over crucial aspects of their lives within households, communities, and the economy. The Pro-WEAI index spans five domains: decisions in agricultural production, access to and control over productive resources, income utilization authority, community leadership, and time allocation. It also measures women's relative empowerment compared to men within households, addressing obstacles in the agriculture sector to enhance women's agency, inclusion, and empowerment. This innovative index aims to highlight the links between women's empowerment, food security, and agricultural growth.
2. OBJECTIVE OF THE CONSULTANCY
The main objective of the consultancy is to conduct a Program level Empowerment in Agriculture Index (Pro-WEAI) baseline for the JPRWEE Phase II Program.
3. SCOPE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
The assignment will mainly focus on developing a sampling strategy, training the enumerators, overseeing quality data collection, data cleaning and analysis, and producing the Pro-WEAI baseline report for Rwanda.
4. ASSIGNMENT DURATION
The assignment will be conducted within 80 working days between the period of 1st October 2023 to 31st January 2024.
6. RECRUITMENT PROCESS
All interested and qualified individual consultants may download the Consultant terms of reference via this link: https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2023-09/JPRWEE%20Rwanda_%20ToR%20ProWEAI%20Consultant%20Final.docx and submit their application package (as stated in the ToRs) to UN Women through rwanda.offers@unwomen.org not later than 22nd September 2023. Remember to use Pro-WEAI Baseline as the subject of the email and ensure all required documents are attached.
