Call for Expression of Interest

Background: 

The Network of Ethiopian Women’s Associations (NEWA) is a non-partisan, non-governmental network organization established in 2003, and currently NEWA has 50-member local organizations and associations seeking to create a stronger advocacy voice for women’s advancement. NEWA has a twofold goal: synchronizing the individual activities of women’s associations into an integrated collective effort and synergy to realize their common aspirations for gender equality; and launching a vigorous public campaign of promotion, advocacy, and lobbying for women’s rights.

NEWA with the support from CST Ethiopia is implementing a project entitled as “Advancing Gender Equality: Strengthening Women-Led Advocacy to Combat Systemic Barriers in Ethiopia”.

This national-level project aims to strengthen the voice, leadership, and participation of women in Ethiopia by dismantling social, political, and institutional barriers that hinder their involvement in decision-making and advocacy.

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The project’s specific objectives include:

• Strengthen the Leadership of Women-Led and Women Rights Organizations
• Enhance Women’s Voice in Governance and Public Participation
• Address Legal and Institutional Gaps in Women’s Rights Participation
• Combat Harmful Social Norms and Gender-Based Discrimination

One of the activities of the project is to conduct research on Ethiopian Women’s Participation in Leadership: Challenges, Opportunities and Develop a Policy Brief regarding the issue.

Objective of the Assignment

1. General Objective: The overall objective of this assignment is to conduct comprehensive research on the challenges and opportunities for women’s participation in leadership in Ethiopia, and to prepare a policy brief based on the findings and beyond.

2. Specific Objectives: The consultancy service is expected to achieve the following specific objectives:

• To conduct research that gathers evidence on the existing challenges, opportunities, trends, and status of women’s participation in leadership and decision-making in Ethiopia.
• To prepare a user-friendly policy brief detailing the opportunities, challenges, and practices of women’s participation in leadership in Ethiopia.
• analyze existing legal and policy frameworks that either hinder or support women’s participation in leadership.
• To explore the current status, past experiences, and new developments in enhancing women’s participation in leadership in Ethiopia.
• To provide Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound (SMART) recommendations that contribute to the enhancement of women’s participation in Ethiopia.

Upon completion of the assignment, the following outcomes and key deliverables are expected:

• A comprehensive and high-quality research report exploring the opportunities, challenges, trends, and practices of women’s participation in leadership.
• A well-developed, comprehensive, and user-friendly policy brief covering legal and policy frameworks, current trends, and SMART recommendations.
• All raw data collected during the research, including interview transcripts and audio recordings.
• A PowerPoint presentation slide deck for the dissemination of the research findings.

• Applicant must have a renewed trade/business certificate for the year 2017 E.C (2025G.C), VAT, TIN, the renewed professional license certificate, attaching CV of the consulting team.