Girl-Centered Data Expert support to GMO

TERMS
OF REFERENCE

Consultancy:
Girl-Centered Data Expert support to GMO

1.
OBJECTIVE:

Girl
Effect pioneers an integrated brand approach that reframes the value of girls
and shapes new social norms that bre

ak the cycle of poverty.

We
want to help create a ‘new normal’ for girls. A world in which girls are not
held back from reaching their full potential: either by themselves, their
families or their communities. A world in which girls can stay in school, get
access to health services, get married and have children when they choose,
realise their economic potential and their dreams: because they demand it and
because the others in their lives demand it, for them too.

Through
the latest ideas in branding and technology, we’ve developed a new kind of
brand. A brand that attracts, connects and empowers girls at scale and changes
the way millions of people think, feel and act towards them.

Ni
Nyampinga (the beautiful girl inside and out, who makes good decisions) is
Rwanda’s first youth brand, aimed at inspiring and enabling Rwandan girls to be
future leaders. The brand is dynamic, aspirational, dignified, and optimistic
and embraces the values and richness of Rwandese culture. Launched by Girl Hub
Rwanda in 2011, Ni Nyampinga currently consists of a quarterly magazine and
weekly radio show that is by girls for girls and reaches a national audience.

The
content is designed to inspire self-belief as well as provide practical and
enabling information that can be used every day in girl’s lives. We see Ni
Nyampinga as being at the forefront of building the creative industries in
Rwanda

Girl
Effect Rwanda has established a working relationship with the Gender Monitoring
office (GMO) to enhance systematic availability of girl centered data to inform
policy makers. This has been through provision of technical support via a
consultant to work with the GMO on various assignments as per previous ToRs.
The support from the consultant has among other things facilitated GMO by
supporting the creation of specific monitoring/assessment tools to generate
girl centered data, Review of the girls education policy, development
indicators on adolescent girls that were later proposed by GMO to be captured
in the EICV5.

The
current TORs aim to continue that technical support and strengthen the
collaboration with GMO towards support to the upcoming EDPRS 2 review process
and compilation of a report to inform EDPR3 elaboration processes with data on
adolescent girl’s needs. The support will also extend to assessing mechanisms
of preventing and responding to human trafficking, monitoring GBV service
delivery by Isange One Stop Centers, and review of the district development
plans to inform how girl’s needs are integrated in those plans. The above
mentioned work will inform our work under the Ni Nyampinga brand.

2.
SCOPE OF WORK:

Building
on the previous experience with Gender Monitoring Office, GER seeks to hire a
consultant to deep dive into the data on the adolescent girls and provide GER
evidence to better position adolescent girls’ voices in the relevant government
sector agenda /plans mainly the EDPRS2 review, supporting the monitoring of
GBV/Human trafficking service delivery, EDPRS3 development process and district
development plans.

We
are also aware of the Gender profiling process that Gender Monitoring Office
has spear headed at the district level. This also presents us with a great
opportunity to understand the gender related situations at the district level.
Need to be mindful however, that adolescent girls’ related data might be
missing but a review of the District Gender profiles may provide a background
status of the selected districts.

3.
SPECIFIC TASKS/ ACTIVITIES:

Support
the review process of the EDPRS2 and feed into the development of the
EDPRS3;

Develop
a roadmap for the review process of the EDPRS2 and identify key important steps
and opportunities to improve or position girls’ voices in this process.

In
collaboration with GMO, Conduct audits including in Education, health,
governance, key relevant units in the various Ministries and Community of
Practice for Girls (COP4G) members and other relevant stakeholders in order to
highlight how girls’ needs are taken into consideration and which
programs/projects are supporting girls and promoting their empowerment in the
current GoR’s sectorial policies. This will require a desk review as well all
data collection using the already developed girls’ responsive indicators to
support the analysis.

Identify
key allies in the private, NGO and public sector and make a case for girls’
through presentations. Attend key important technical working groups to ensure
the data gathered and the recommendations are shared with the key stakeholders
as part of the process.

Review
and pull insights out of approved GER and external reports with a view of using
the findings to inform policy briefs among others.

Support
the review process of the district development plans to inform development
of the new ones;

Use
the girl centered planning, budgeting checklist already developed with GMO to
conduct a gender audit of the current district development plans and provide a
report of the analysis with recommendations on how to influence the upcoming
district planning frameworks to improve performance towards girls’ specific
needs.

Submit
a gender audit report with the key findings for the targeted districts and
recommendations on best ways to influence next steps.

Present
the report to GMO and Girl Effect leadership and key stakeholders to discuss
ways forward to influence the upcoming review and development of new district
development plans and budgets.

Develop
a road map for the upcoming review process of the districts development plans
and performance contracts with clear timelines and when this process could be
influenced.

Through
GMO convene strategic dialogue with selected districts and provincial officials
to position girl’s needs in the planning process of the local Government.

Continue
to provide support to the GMO on mainstreaming and positioning of girl’s
issues across GMO’s strategic plan;

Based
on previous achievements in developing tools and framework for girl
centered indicators and gender audits conducted, the consultant will keep
supporting the various units in GMO and lead in the development of girl-
centered policy and advocacy briefs, talking points, actions points and
reports to inform effective planning for adolescent girls and boys.
Review
GMO strategic plan and come-up with gaps on adolescent girls and support
to mainstream the issues in the yet to be developed strategic plan.
Serve
as a Special advisor to High Monitoring Council on issues of adolescent
girls
Support
the monitoring of GBV service delivery by Isange One Stop Centers,
development of the monitoring report and specifically come up with a brief
on how adolescent girls are accessing the services.
Develop
a concept note on monitoring mechanisms on prevention and response to
human trafficking; contribute to the monitoring and reporting activities.
In
addition, the consultant will organize dialogues on implementation of the
recommendations from the assessment on GBV prevention and response in
secondary schools.

Methodology:

The
consultant will be working closely with the Girl Specialist Team Senior
manager on all the above – mentioned tasks and steps for the period.
Regular updates will be developed and shared to inform the GER daily work
and feed in to our background information on critical issues like safety
as well as our content creation processes for Ni Nyampinga.
He/She
will be also working with GMO on positioning of girls issues in the daily
plans and activities.

4.
OUTPUTS/DELIVERABLES

A
work plan for the above mentioned activities with clear timelines and
stakeholders to be involved in each with a roadmap for the review process
of the EDPRS2.
Provide
a report from the audit process as well as policy briefs with recommendations
on best ways to ensure the needs are embedded in the upcoming EDPRS3 and
sectorial strategic plans.
Present
key findings to GER, GMO and COP4G and help in developing a clear work
plan on best ways to influence the process in line with the roadmap.
Report
on support to districts on girl’s inclusion in districts performance
contracts and identified needs of support.
Audit
and assessment tools on Gender and GBV service delivery.

5.
REPORTING

The
consultant will report to Gender Monitoring Office and designated supervisor
will officially transmit reports to GST senior manager through normal
administrative procedures.

6.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND BACKGROUND

Post
graduate qualification in social science, economics, gender, development
and other related fields with a strong background in gender accountability
and programming for adolescent girls.
Strong
research record and focus on inclusive economic development, poverty and
adolescence planning and budgeting.Strong background in participatory
monitoring learning methodologies.

Strong
gender analysis, reporting and writing skills, able to extract learnings
and issues from voluminous findings and package them into
briefs/talking/action points.
Evidence
of previous experience in designing M&E frameworks for adolescents’
programs preferably.
Great
understanding Rwanda’s Institutional, legal and policy frameworks related
to gender.
Proven
experience/familiarity with policy participatory audits particularly those
pertaining to gender and specifically girls.
Capacity
to convene and facilitate consensus building among multitude of
stakeholders.
Knowledge
of issues critical to girls and boys (particularly adolescents) such as
but not limited to, gender based violence, teenage pregnancy, school
dropouts among others.
Evidence
of ability to deliver high quality and timely products, turn research into
practical advice and lead to adoption of new approaches by partners.
Evidence
of developing proxy indicators related