Amref Health Africa is the premier African-led international health development organization headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. Founded in 1957 as the Flying Doctors of East Africa to bring critical health services to remote communities, Amref Health Africa in the intervening years has broadened its mission to include training of some 500 thousand community health workers and managing the design and implementation of health development projects in more than 30 countries across Africa. With a focus on women and children, Amref Health Africa strives to overcome the most critical health challenges facing the continent: maternal and child health, HIV & TB, malaria, clean water and sanitation and surgical and clinical outreach. Amref Health Africa has offices in Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, South Sudan, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda as well as in Europe and North America. The organization employs over 1,000 people.
Christian Children's Fund of Canada (CCFC) is a Canadian-registered charity and child-centered international development organization. CCFC is a member of Child Fund Alliance – a coalition of international organizations who create significant changes in the lives of impoverished children, families, and communities. Headquartered in Markham, Canada, CCFC has over 50 years of experience managing child and community development programs in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. CCFC started its operation in Ethiopia in 1987 and it has been implementing development programs focusing on Health (maternal, new born and child health) and Nutrition; Water, Sanitation and Hygiene; Education (including Early Childhood care and Development, Sustainable Livelihood Development and Strengthening Community Organizations. CCFC mainstreams three key cross-cutting themes: child protection, gender and environment in its programs and projects.
Amref Health Africa in Ethiopia and Christian Children's Fund of Canada (CCFC) would like to commission the task of conducting rapid gender analysis to a local consultant(s) for the project titled Canada-Africa Initiative to Address Maternal, Newborn and Child Mortality (CAIA-MNCM) supported by the Government of Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) (Global Affairs Canada) via its Partnerships for Strengthening Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PS-MNCH) initiative.
The purpose of the assignment is to conduct a rapid gender analysis to understand the local context and to assess gender equality with regards to the Ethiopian component of the project. The rapid gender analysis has to be undertaken in Zone 1 and 4 Zone of Afar (namely, Dubti, Mille, Adar, Chifra, Logia, Ewa, Awra and Gulina) where Amref Health Africa will implement the project, and 5 district, namely, Bati, Dawa Chefa, Dawa Harewa, Artuma Fursi and Jile Tumuga districts in Oromia Administrative Zone of Amhara National Regional State where CCFC will implement the project.
The main objectives of the gender analysis for the CAIA-MNCM project include:
· To assess how the proposed activities may potentially impact on women’s and men’s access to and control over services, resources and decision-making related to health, with a focus on Reproductive, Maternal, New-born and Child Health (RMNCH), WASH, and nutrition.
· To assess the values, beliefs, assumptions and prejudices that may impact the behaviour of women and men; including interaction/relationships. This includes identifying gender roles and how they change over time.
· To identify the stakeholders, and analyse the power structures, both formal and informal, that affect women’s ability to access health services and to make decisions relating to health. Identify how women and children are included and possibly excluded from decision-making processes both inside and outside of the household. This includes identifying specific groups that may be included and excluded, and why.
· To assess the likeliness of intended behavioural change among men and women. To identify barriers and potential to women’s and men’s participation and how both sexes are likely to benefit from the intended outcomes. Particular attention will be paid to decision-making relating to RMNCH and accessing RMNCH services (including WASH), as well as barriers to male participation.
Deliverables
The consultant will be responsible for the following deliverables:
· To review country-specific policies and guidelines related to gender, Global Affairs Canada /DFATD’s Gender Equality Policy, and key project documents (i.e. Proposal and Logic Model), and to work closely with assigned focal persons so as to understand the project goals and context as it relates to gender.
· To conduct a rapid gender analysis in the project targeted area using the proposed methodology and tools outlined in Terms of Reference (TOR) for rapid gender analysis (you can find from Amref Health Africa in Ethiopia office). This also includes providing feedback and input into how the tools can be strengthened given the local context.
· To develop a gender analysis report outlining the findings from the rapid gender analysis using the template provided (you will get with TOR).
Consulting firms or individual consultants are invited to indicate their interest in conducting the gender analysis. Consultants should meet the following qualifications:
Potential consultants are invited to collect TOR for this Rapid Gender Analysis free of charge from our office or through email of amrefinethiopia@gmail.com until May 5, 2016 and can submit the proposal till May 6, 2016, 12:00PM (mid-day).
The proposal shall include financial and technical proposals disaggregated by regions (Afar and Amhara regions) sealed in separate envelopes and submitted to Procurement department in person
Amref Health Africa, Ethiopia office
22 Mazoria near to Yohannies Kito Bet
in front of Catholic school
P.O.Box 20855, Code 1000
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia