TOR-Seminar on “Women and their Ownership of Assets
Feminist Power in Action for Women’s Economic Rights
(FEM-PAWER)
Consultancy Terms of Reference
“To organize and conduct a Multi-Stakeholders seminar on
“Women and their Ownership of Assets”
Background
The Programme MENA Feminist Power in Action for Women’s Economic Rights (FEM-PAWER) will strengthen young women who face multiple discrimination of economic gender-based violence (E/GBV) in the MENA specific countries (Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Tunisia) to be the leader for change by holding duty bearers accountable toward Women Economic Rights (WER) and improve conditions for young women in the informal sector.
FEM-PAWER aims at building the capacities of Women Rights Organizations (WRO) and Young Women in lobby and advocacy (in the field of economic gender-based violence and WER), aiming at improving the gender responsive accountability mechanisms of duty bearers. The Program promotes inclusive collaboration through providing small grants to partner organizations (POs), capacity development, networking and creating coalitions opportunities and lobby and advocacy related actions. The inclusive partnerships are the backbone of the Program and is intended to be applied also among POs, across PO lobby and advocacy work, as well at Consortium level. A total of 11 POs have been supplied with sub-grants in Palestine.
About PWWSD:
Established in 1981, Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development (PWWSD) is a non-governmental women’s, developmental, and learning human rights organization that contributes to developing feminist struggle within national, social, and developmental dimensions. The organization believes that liberating women is connected directly with ending the occupation and establishing a full Palestinian democratic sovereign civil state. PWWSD is active all-over West Bank including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, and is an active member in several local, regional, and global networks and coalitions.
Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development (PWWSD) aims for a free and democratic Palestinian society based on gender equality, respect for human rights and social justice. The organization promotes women’s empowerment, women’s participation in the national struggle against the occupation, women’s contribution to the development processes, the entitlement of women to political, economic, and civic rights, women’s access to justice and their right to a life free of violence
Purpose of Assignment:
- The main goal of this assignment is to conducting a multi-stakeholder’s seminar in the subject of “Women and their ownership of assets (land/ real estate, financial shares) . The consultant who expected to conduct this assignment will collaborate closely with the PWWSD project team to ensure successful implementation. The target group for this seminar will includes but not limited to :Closed Government institution or ministries;
- NGOs and women organizations;
- FemPawer partners organizations (POs);
- Expertise;
- Women entrepreneurs and women leaders in business;
- Research and statistical centers /institutions;
- Media institutions;
Place: The seminar is planned to be conduct in Ramallah
The consultant will conduct the following tasks:
- Meetings with PWWSD project team conducting meetings with PWWSD project ream to ensure a common understanding of the project requirements
- Organizing and coordination that including the administrative and logistic facilities like hospitality preparations, banners, stationary, sound system, zoom link……etc.;
- Designing the invitation and the program;
- Follow up and monitor speakers’ interventions in the seminar and their preparation /presentations;
- Facilitation of the seminar
- Moderation of the seminar
- Responsibility for documenting and reporting of the seminar activities and discussions
- Dissemination of the seminar outcomes and facilitation of the media publication/coverage
Qualifications:
- BSc or Master’s Degree in, economic, business or related fields
- Proven and documented experience in conducting seminars and events in the field of socio-economic and women rights fields
- Proven and documented experience with WRO, NGOs, CSOs and INGOs
- Familiarity with WRO work.
Deliverables:
- Invitation and the agenda for the seminar (design that includes detailed information about the seminar)
- Seminar results report with supporting documents (Attendance sheet, photos, media links)
Implementation time frame:
The seminar is expected to be implemented between 10th and 25th of July, 2023.
How to apply:
This call is open for individuals (Consultants), Companies and Organizations. The interested applicant should send technical and financial offers including taxes (EUR) no later than 25th June, 2023: pwwsd@PWWSD.Org or b.abuaker@pwwsd.org,
Evaluation criteria’s:
- Applicant profile (20%)
- Qualifications (25%)
- Past experience in the field of financial audit with WRO, CBOs and INGOs. (25%).
- Financial evaluation: (30%)