Naseej Baseline Study

Terms of Reference for Naseej Baseline Study

EuropeAid/154792/DH/ACT/Multi 

Project  Naseej: Connecting Voices and Action to End Violence Against Women and Girls in the MENA Region

Co-funded: The European Union

Location: West Bank, Area C, East Jerusalem and Gaza strip

Duration: 42 months 

General Background

Oxfam is an international confederation counting 19 organizations working together with partners and local communities in more than 90 countries. Oxfam has been working in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel (OPTI) since the 1950s, a country office was established in Jerusalem in the 1980s. Oxfam mainly works in the most vulnerable communities, in Gaza, East Jerusalem, and Area C.

In this framework, Oxfam is looking for a consultant to conduct a Baseline study of the project “Naseej: Connecting Voices and Action to End Violence Against Women and Girls in the MENA Region”.

Project Background

Naseej is a regional project that connects women voices and actions to end violence against women in the MENA region. The project will tackle Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in conflict and occupation affected areas, through channeling financial support to women rights and civil society organizations (WROs and CSOs) to prevent and respond to SGBV. This will be done in parallel with technical and capacity building support to strengthen the capacities in these organizations to support of their work. in conflict and occupation affected areas.

The Project targets the 3 fragile and conflict-affected countries of Yemen , Iraq, and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT – West Bank, in particular, Area C, East Jerusalem, Gaza Strip). 

The project’s Overall objective/Impact is to contribute to more gender-equitable societies in Iraq, Yemen, and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) in which women and girls live free from violence across all spheres of life. The Specific objective of the project is to support women's rights civil society organisations (WROs) in the target countries to effectively prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) during conflict

If you are interested, please download full ToR: Naseej Baseline ToR

Please submit the technical and financial offer with all requested documents by email by the 27th of February 2020 to the email address: [email protected] quoting the reference code in the subject line of your email.