Final External Evaluation of the “Transformative Approaches to Recognize, Reduce, and Redistribute Unpaid Care Work in Women’s Economic Empowerment Programming” – Senior Position at UNDP – United Nations Development Programme: (Deadline 1 November 2022)
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BACKGROUND |
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| Care work is fundamental for human wellbeing as well as essential for a vibrant, sustainable economy with a productive labour force. The centrality of care to sustainable development and its relevance for gender equality are now widely recognized by the global community including as a target under Sustainable Development Goal 5. Care work ensures the complex and life-sustaining web on which our very existence depends; without it, individuals, families, societies and economies would not be able to survive and thrive. Yet, around the world women and girls shoulder a disproportionate share of care work that is unpaid, unrecognized and undervalued. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, women already did three times as much unpaid care and domestic work as men with women on average doing around 4.1 hours per day compared to men who on average do around 1.7 hours. For women living in rural areas these figures can vary widely, particularly in areas with limited access to regular basic services such as energy, water and sanitation, as women and girls tend to bear the brunt of the unpaid labour to collect and manage these resources and services for daily household consumption.
Furthermore, illness or other crises in the household can increase the time spent by women and girls on care-giving and domestic work. This has been brought into sharp focus by the COVID-19 pandemic which has exacerbated the care demands on women and girls due to pandemic-related measures and lockdowns. As evidenced from previous epidemics, women and girls tend to be the ones who take on the bulk of the extra care needed when national systems are unable to cope. Addressing unpaid care work is particularly relevant in West, Central and Southern African contexts where access to decent work is limited and women’s employment options are significantly constrained by societal expectations that burden them with disproportionate responsibility for unpaid care and domestic work. In order to address the inequities in unpaid care, UN Women has developed the ‘Transformative approaches to recognize, reduce, and redistribute unpaid care work in women’s economic empowerment programming’ programme (‘3R Programme’) to be implemented in Rwanda, Senegal and South Africa. |
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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES |
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| 2. Description of the Programme The programme ‘Transformative approaches to recognize, reduce, and redistribute unpaid care work in women’s economic empowerment programming’ (‘3R Programme’) is being implemented by UN Women in Rwanda, Senegal and South Africa from 1st April 2021 to 31st December 2022 with the funding from Global Affairs Canada (GAC). The overarching goal of the 3R programme is to remove the structural barriers to women’s full and equal participation in the economy by recognizing, reducing, and redistributing unpaid care work. In order to contribute to this overarching goal/impact, the expected outcomes and outputs of the project are: Outcome 1: National and local governments develop/strengthen laws, policies and services that recognize and address the disproportionate share of unpaid care work by women and girls. Output 1.1: National and local governments have greater understanding and knowledge of the 3Rs of unpaid care work and the disproportionate share of unpaid care work by women and girls. Output 1.2: National and local authorities have increased tools and capacities to develop and implement laws, policies and services that address unpaid care work. Outcome 2: Women’s cooperatives and other organizations provide transformative care services in rural and/or urban areas to reduce and redistribute unpaid care work. Output 2.1: Women’s cooperatives and other organizations have increased capacity to provide care services. Output 2.2: Conduct needs and ecosystem assessment research for digital risk transfer and risk financing solutions to address unpaid care risks for rural women in Senegal. Output 2.3: Women’s cooperatives and other organizations have access to time-saving, climate resilient infrastructure and/or technologies needed to provide care services Output 2.4: Women’s cooperatives and other organizations have strengthened capacity to advocate for recognizing, reducing and redistributing unpaid care work 3. Evaluation objectives, criteria, and key questions The objective of this assignment is to conduct an end-term independent evaluation of the programme to assess its effectiveness, build evidence of results, and highlight the strategies that have contributed to, or hindered, their achievement. In addition, the evaluation will assess the project’s contribution to increased national capacity, ownership and transparency. The evaluation will provide highly relevant recommendations and lessons learned for future and ongoing programmes on unpaid care work. Within the broader and country specific context, the evaluation is expected to: * Assess effectiveness and a potential measurable impact of the Program intervention on the target group on the recognition, reduction and redistribution of unpaid care work in Rwanda, Senegal and South Africa. * Identify and document lessons learned, best practices, success stories and document and analyze challenges and possible weaknesses to inform future work of UN Women in the area of unpaid care work. * Analyze the relevance of the Program objectives, strategy and approach at the local and national levels in the three implementing countries. * Analyse and assess the strategies in place and contribute to identify additional strategies for replication and up-scaling of the programme’s best practices. * Identify, assess, and validate innovation in all aspects of the program. Criteria to be used for this evaluation includes OECD/DAC evaluation criteria: relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability. Human Rights, Gender Equality and Disability Inclusion will be considered as an additional criterion. In line with the quest to incorporate human rights, gender equality and disability inclusion in all UN work, and acknowledging UN Women’s Evaluation Policy, which promotes the integration of women’s rights and gender equality principles into evaluation, these dimensions will require special attention for this evaluation and will be considered under each evaluation criterion. A number of key evaluation questions are reported below for each of the criteria. During the inception phase, the consultant will be responsible for analysing, selecting, refining and complimenting them, compiling the final set of questions the evaluation will seek to answer, to be included in the final Inception Report. Relevance and Design
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Effectiveness
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Sustainability
4. Stakeholder engagement In line with UN Women evaluation standards, this exercise will be gender sensitive, consultative, inclusive and participatory and will ensure the participation of women and CSOs representing various groups of women in the target municipalities, districts and provinces of Rwanda, Senegal and South Africa. Special attention will be given to representativeness of all target groups of women including rural women, women and girls with disabilities, single parents, illiterate women, ethnic minority women and women with other identities, as applicable. A diverse group of women who have participated in the programme, and other community members who were direct and indirect programme beneficiaries, will benefit from this evaluation findings and should be included as the key actors in the design of the main recommendations. Similarly, direct implementing partners will be involved in the evaluation process as key informants and sources of information. 5. Scope of Evaluation The evaluation will be conducted by a Senior Evaluation Consultant who will lead the evaluation process. The Senior Evaluator will conduct the evaluation and coordinate the work with a national consultant in Senegal. The Senior Evaluator will conduct field visits and interviews in Rwanda and South Africa and conduct a comprehensive analysis of all data and information, including from Senegal, and consolidate in a final report. The evaluation will cover the whole duration of the project, between 1st April 2021 and 31st December 2022. The geographic scope of the evaluation coincides with the programme scope:
6. Evaluation process and methodology The external end-term evaluation will be conducted in accordance with United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) standards, and more specifically, UN Women’s GERAAS (see Annex 1) will be used to assess and ensure the quality of evaluation products. All deliverables will be reviewed against the GERAAS criteria by the Evaluation Management Group for approval. This includes subjecting the Evaluation Report to UN System-wide Action Plan on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN SWAP) quality scoring, requiring that evidence of gender integration is demonstrated throughout the evaluation process and in the report. The evaluation methodology should clearly focus on highlighting gender issues in the implementation of the programme, in line with the following criteria: – GEWE is integrated in the evaluation scope of analysis and evaluation indicators are designed in a way that ensures GEWE related data will be collected. – GEWE is integrated in evaluation criteria and evaluation questions are included that specifically address how GEWE has been integrated into the design, planning, implementation of the intervention and the results achieved; – A gender-responsive methodology, methods and tools, and data analysis techniques are selected. – Evaluation findings, conclusions and recommendations reflect a gender analysis. The design should promote inclusion and participation by employing gender equality and human rights responsive methodological approaches such as those with a focus on utilization, empowerment or feminist approaches. Materials that the evaluator will be expected to consult are: programme documents and tools at global and country level, country offices’ records (meetings, monitoring visits), documents related to the Steering Committees, etc. Data sources that the evaluator will be expected to consult are: UN Women teams, beneficiaries, partner organizations, implementing partners, governmental partners, etc. The evaluator will have to detail a data management plan on how confidentiality will be guaranteed, that the nature of informed consent must be included in the inception report, that the evaluator develops a sampling frame and to take measure to ensure data quality, reliability and validity of data. The evaluation process is divided in six phases:
A full methodology will be developed by the consultant during the inception phase and included in the inception report. This will include the identification of a variety of key informants to consult, and specifically outline the instruments and tools (interviews, observations, focus groups, literary journal, survey, site visits, etc.) that will be used to collect relevant information and data. The list of sources of information collected will be then attached to the evaluation report. 7. Duties and Responsibilities Under the coordination and supervision of UN Women, in close collaboration with the Evaluation Reference Group, the final evaluation of the programme will be conducted by a Senior Consultant in collaboration with a Junior Consultant in Senegal. The Senior Consultant will work in close collaboration with the programme coordination team and implementing partners. She/he will coordinate the work with a Junior Consultant in Senegal and supervise him/her. The senior consultant will be home based with travel to Rwanda and South Africa as she/he is responsible for direct data and evidence collection in these two countries, field visits and interviews. NB: Covid-19 vaccination is a mandatory requirement for traveling to South Africa. The senior consultant is expected to perform the following activities as part of conducting the independent evaluation:
8. Deliverables The following deliverables are expected:
Both the interim and the final report will be structured as follows: I. Table of Contents II. List of abbreviations and acronyms III. Executive summary IV. Background and context V. Evaluation purpose VI. Evaluation objectives and scope VII. Evaluation methodology and limitations VIII. Evaluation findings a. Relevance and Design b. Efficiency c. Effectiveness d. Sustainability e. Gender, Equity and Human Rights IX. Conclusions X. Recommendations XI. Lessons learned XII. Annexes a. Terms of Reference b. Documents consulted c. List of institutions interviewed, and sites visited d. Evaluation tools (questionnaires, interview guides, etc.) e. Summary matrix of findings, evidence, and recommendations f. Evaluation brief N.B.: All payments are subject to the submission of deliverables and following the Evaluation Management Group’s approval of satisfactory performance. Satisfactory performance will be assessed based on GERAAS quality assessment standards (see annex 1 for more information) Suggested agenda (subject to possible evolutions):
9. Evaluation Management, reporting and supervision The Evaluation Management Group: The Management Group, under UN Women’s leadership, is in charge of the management of the evaluation. With this regard, it organises the consultant recruitment process, and shares the necessary information with the Evaluator. It will support the Evaluator with the needed technical assistance to ensure an in-depth understanding of the project under evaluation. It quality assures the different deliverables and takes key decisions concerning the evaluation, including approving deliverables. The Evaluation Reference Group : The Reference group, which comprises a selection of project stakeholders, strengthens the independent character of the evaluation and bring technical contributions at all stages of the evaluation, from its planning, to the submission of the final report. It contributes to identify any factual errors or errors of omission or interpretation at key stages of the evaluation process.
10. Duration of the assignment The assignment must be conducted during 46 working days within the span of maximum three months. 11. Consultant Profile
12. Ethical Code of Conduct The United Nations Evaluations Group (UNEG) Ethical Guidelines and Code of Conduct for Evaluation in the UN system are available at: http://www.uneval.org/document/detail/100; Norms for evaluation in the UN system: http://unevaluation.org/document/detail/21 and UNEG Standards for evaluation (updated 2016): http://unevaluation.org/document/detail/1914. We expect in the inception report a clear plan for how information will be used, reported on and who will benefit from this information needs to be spelled out in the ToR. The plan should elaborate how informed consent will be obtained.
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COVID-19 full vaccination is a mandatory requirement for traveling to South Africa. Gender Sensitivity: At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need. UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. ANNEXES Annex 1 UN Women GERAAS evaluation quality assessment checklist Annex 2 UN Women Evaluation Consultants Agreement Form: https://gate.unwomen.org/resources/docs/SiteDocuments/UNWomen%20-%20CodeofConductforEvaluationForm-Consultants.pdf Annex 3 UNEG Norms and Standards for evaluation? http://www.unevaluation.org/document/detail/1914 Annex 4 UN Women Evaluation Handbook https://genderevaluation.unwomen.org/en/evaluation-handbook Annex 5 Resources for data on gender equality and human rights • UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) – Universal Human Rights Index: http://uhri.ohchr. org/en • UN Statistics – Gender Statistics: http://genderstats.org/ • UNDP Human Development Report – Gender Inequality Index: http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/gender-inequality-index-gii • World Bank – Gender Equality Data and Statistics: http://datatopics.worldbank.org/gender/ • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Social Institutions and Gender Index: http://genderindex.org/ • World Economic Forum – Global Gender Gap Report: https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-global-gender-gap-report-2017 • A listing of UN reports, databases and archives relating to gender equality and women’s human rights can be found at: http:// www.un.org/womenwatch/directory/statistics_and_indicators_60.htm • Example evaluation questions from OECD DAC 2012 Guidance Evaluating donor engagement in situations of conflict and fragility http://www.oecd.org/dac/conflict-fragility-resilience/publications/4312151e.pdf |
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