Job Summary
The overall objective of this consultancy is to gather evidence based information to determine the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability and impact of FIDA-Kenya’s programs and the extent to which women’s and girl’s constitutional gains / rights have been realized in Kenya and measure their level of access to justice at national level and focus counties Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu.
Minimum Qualification:Bachelor
Experience Level:Senior level
Experience Length:10 years
Job Description
EOI/09A/2020: CONSULTANCY TO UNDERTAKE A GENDER AUDIT.
1.0 About FIDA-Kenya
The Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Kenya is a non-governmental,
non-partisan, non-profit making organization established in 1985 with a
mission to promote women’s individual and collective power to claim
their rights in all spheres of life. FIDA-Kenya is a membership
organization with over 1,100 women lawyers and law students committed to
the creation of a society that is free from all forms of discrimination
against women in Kenya. The organization works towards addressing
challenges facing women’s access to their social, political and economic
rights.
To address these challenges, FIDA-Kenya has two key programs: Access to Justice and Women and Governance. The Access to Justice Program
focuses on providing Legal Aid, Public Interest Litigation and
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in the form of Mediation as well as
Psychosocial Support. The Women and Governance Program focuses
on advocacy, policy engagement and transformation of formal and
cultural systems to ensure that they are gender sensitive and
responsive, uphold and respect women’s rights.
2.0 Background
Kenya is largely a patriarchal society, which has contributed to
women’s subjugation in both the private and public spheres. Women have
historically taken a secondary position to men, and this tradition is
manifested in the practices, policies, and laws of the country. Cultural
attitudes and low levels of education also impede women’s participation
and representation in decision-making at all levels, as well as their
lack of access to economic opportunities. Women's empowerment and the
promotion of gender equality are key to achieving sustainable
development. Greater gender equality can enhance economic efficiency and
improve other development outcomes.
Over the years, FIDA-Kenya has established offices in Nairobi,
Mombasa and Kisumu with each serving the counties within their regions.
The organization’s two main programs, Access to Justice and Women and
Governance have the overall objective of addressing challenges facing
women’s access to their social, political and economic rights. This is
achieved with the support of various development partners, key among
them being DANIDA (Danish International Development Agency).
3.0 Scope of Consultancy
FIDA-Kenya would like to undertake a Gender Audit whose purpose is to
understand gender patterns in the design and delivery of policies and
legal services in Kenya; performance and management of gender equality
at national level and focus counties Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu. The
role and impact of FIDA-Kenya’s programs in enhancing women’s rights and
access to justice at the national and focus counties level.
The organization would like to contract the services of a suitable firm or individual to undertake this evaluation.
4.0 Overall Objective of the Consultancy
The overall objective of this consultancy is to gather evidence based
information to determine the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness,
sustainability and impact of FIDA-Kenya’s programs and the extent to
which women’s and girl’s constitutional gains / rights have been
realized in Kenya and measure their level of access to justice at
national level and focus counties Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu.
4.1 Specific Objectives of the Consultancy
More specifically, the gender audit will:
Determine the level of public knowledge on women’s and girls’ rights, and their perception of gender equality.
Measure percentage increase in the realization of women and girls’ constitutional rights in Kenya.
Determine relevance and effectiveness of advocacy activities carried
out by the organization to promote gender responsive policies, laws,
processes and programs at national level implemented to promote
compliance with constitutional provisions and international standards
Indicators.
Measure the impact of reviewed and implemented gender responsive
policies, laws, processes and programs at County levels in promotion and
compliance with constitutional provisions and international standards
Indicators.
Ascertain the impact of work done by FIDA-Kenya on Strategic Impact Litigation.
Determine the effectiveness and efficiency of women causes established and supported by FIDA-Kenya.
Measure percentage increase in access to justice by women in Kenya.
Measure percentage increase in the number of women filing cases to court over the past five years.
Establish whether Court decisions delivered by the Family Court,
Land and Environment Court and the Employment and Labor Court reflect an
understanding and respect of the principles of gender equality and
non-discrimination.
Determine what role Alternative Justice Systems (Mediation and
Traditional Justice System) have played in enhancing women’s access to
justice in the focus counties.
Determine impact of FIDA-Kenya’s publications in informing and
guiding intervention by public and private institutions on women’s
rights concerns.
Gauge the level of knowledge on issues of women’s and girls’ rights
among public staff in national and county departments (gender expertise,
competence and efforts at capacity building).
Determine the level of information and knowledge management within
the national and county departments, and gender equality policy as
reflected in its products and public image, which can be in formal and
informal means of information and knowledge sharing.
Establish how gender issues are mainstreamed in various departmental work and programming in national and county government.
Ascertain gender issues in staffing and human resources concerning
balance of women and men in the national and county government.
To establish the perceptions of achievement on gender equality among public staff in the national and county governments.
Determine systems and instruments in use for accountability,
evaluating and monitoring on gender equality in the national and county
governments.
Ascertain the level of female political participation in decision making / leadership processes.
Gauge the level of sustainability of the program.
5.0 Methodology
The consultant will be expected to utilize a multi-method,
qualitative and quantitative participatory approach to conduct the
evaluation. The questionnaires will be administered on FIDA-Kenya
clients and public officers in departments that have worked with
FIDA-Kenya at the national and county levels. The Consultant will also
be expected to carry out an analysis of case law and other relevant
Court documentation from the identified Courts.
NB: The consultant will be required to provide a methodology that
takes cognizance of the prevailing WHO/MOH Guidelines on COVID-19
Pandemic.
6.0 Indicative Time Frame
It is expected that the whole task should be completed within 45 calendar days.
7.0 Deliverables
The following are the deliverables:
Inception report detailing the methodology, work plan and budget.
Submission of all data collection tools for approval before data collection.
First draft narrative report.
Submission of hard and electronic copies of materials, data collected/analyzed and other gender audit documents.
A summary PowerPoint presentation highlighting main findings and recommendations.
Final narrative report of the gender audit detailing the process and
methodology, findings, lessons learnt and key recommendations.
The consultant will report to the Deputy Executive Director and
have direct communication with FIDA-Kenya’s Senior Program Officer and
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer during the execution of this
assignment.
8.0 Expected Profile of the Consultant
Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Law, Research or Gender
Studies. (Master’s degree in the above will be an added advantage.)
A minimum of 10 years’ experience undertaking research on human rights.
Evidence of undertaking of similar work in the last five years.
Excellent analytical and report writing skills.
9.0 Requirements
Interested individuals, companies or research firms should submit a
detailed expression of interest (technical and financial proposal):
? The technical proposal should include an interpretation of the
objectives of the consultancy, detailed methodology and an elaborate
work plan. Organization/individual capacity statement, past experience
and activities related to the gender audit, CVs of the consulting team
and their roles in the achievement of the assignment; names, addresses
and telephone numbers of three professional referees.
? The financial proposal should include a detailed budget proposal; a
detailed profile of the firm including contact and physical address,
telephone numbers and copy of registration certificate, VAT and PIN
where applicable.
How to apply
Interested applicants should send their expression of interest documents (in PDF format), clearly marked “EOI/09A/2020: Expression of Interest - Gender Audit” on or before15 September 2020to: The
Executive Director, Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA-Kenya), Amboseli
Road, Off Gitanga Road, Lavington. P.O. Box 46324– 00100, NAIROBI or email to:**********.
