National Consultant-Consultancy to conduct “Gender analysis of Ethiopian Police University College Curriculum, modules and courses

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Overview

Conduct a gender analysis of Ethiopian Police University College curriculum.

You have:

• The consultant must have master's degree in Social Science (Education, Gender Studies, Law and related fields)
• The consultant must have a minimum of eight years of relevant experience in research, analysis and data collection particularly on issues of Gender and Gender analysis
• The consultant must bring one expert who has first degree in Pedagogy, Law and/or Gender with more than five years’ experience related to curriculum/module development
• Fluency in English and Amharic (oral and written) is required
• Computer skills: full command of Microsoft applications (word, excel, PowerPoint) and data encoding softwares
• Previous experience working with the UN is an asset

Contract

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Background

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (UN Women) mandate provides for support to catalytic and innovative programmes which promote gender equality, women’s empowerment and human rights in Ethiopia. UN Women globally is working towards ensuring women and girls who have experienced violence to access available, accessible and quality essential services so that the impact of violence is addressed, and perpetrators are held accountable. UN Women’s Ethiopia Country Office (ECO) three-year programme on “Preventing and Responding to Violence Against Women and Girls in Ethiopia (VAWG) “is broadly focused on a comprehensive approach that encompasses legislation and policies, prevention, services for survivors, research and data. The programme supports an effective response to combat VAWG through enhancing the skills of law enforcement personnel on handling and responding to VAWG cases including strengthening their institutional capacity through development of standardised protocols and guidelines.

Police officers have an ethical duty to safeguard the rights of all victims, irrespective of their background. Given that communities are often very diverse; it is important that the policing approach is sensitive and responsive to this diversity. Inadequate law enforcement is still one of the main challenges to the elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), leading to high levels of perpetrator impunity, insufficient allocation of resources to respond adequately to victims/survivors needs and weak monitoring and coordination of initiatives. According to UNODC police act with a victim-centred approach when they place needs of the victim/survivor at the core of any intervention, from institutional policy, all the way to operations and concrete actions. This entails ensuring a service delivery that protects, assists and supports the empowerment of women and girls, at the same time prioritising issues of physical and psychological safety.

Gender-responsive policing is meant to be regularly informed, broadly consulted and dynamic in partnership building. Its foundation is an institutional understanding of the nature of VAWG, its causes and consequences and how it impacts women and girls differently and disproportionately. From this understanding, gender-responsive policing reverts to its framework of principles and common characteristics Integrating a gender perspective into policing more effectively provides safety and access to justice for all. Men, women, boys and girls face different safety concerns because they experience different crimes, in different locations, perpetrated by different offenders. This involves reviewing existing policies and procedures to check that they are non-discriminatory and gender inclusive and identifying gaps or areas for improvement at strategic and operational levels Curriculum approaches are important, as education that encourages people to question, negotiate and challenge violence and gender discrimination is critical for preventing Gender Based Violence (GBV). The curriculum is the strongest tool to transmit and transform the culture, values and beliefs of society to the learner. Since every society has its gender belief system and gender stereotypes i.e. the prevailing images of what men and women are supposed to be like, the same are reflected and portrayed in the curriculum.

There has been ad hoc partnership between UN Women and the Ethiopian Police University College (EPUC) previously to mainstream gender in the university college’s programmes and activities, a short-term course was developed on VAWG and support was provided to strengthen the gender desk.

The Ethiopia Police University College (EPUC) is the oldest higher education institution in Ethiopia, established as Abadina Police College established in 1946. It was re-established as Ethiopian Police University College in 2007 by regulation No. 132/2007 of the Council of Ministers. As a dedicated higher education institution for the police, it offers several capacity buildings programs (short term on job trainings, rank transition courses, specialized certificate courses, diploma, BA/BSc degree courses and master’s degree courses). Currently, the university college has a plan to revise the existing curriculum and module in gender responsive manner and institutionalize the issue of gender and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in its existing and upcoming programs. In the year 2020, UN Women signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the EPUC to strengthen the ongoing efforts of curriculum/module revision, various capacity building initiatives and institutionalization of gender in the overall university college structures. In order to identify areas of improvement in the existing curriculum and propose evidence-based way forward, it was found imperative to undertake a gender analysis of the curriculum and modules of the University College. Findings and recommendations of the gender analysis will inform the planned curriculum and module revisions.

To that effect, UN Women is this seeking to hire a qualified national consultant to undertake a gender analysis of the EPUC curriculum, modules and teaching-learning modalities

OBJECTIVE

UN Women ECO is commissioning the gender analysis to understand how the university college curriculum/modules address gender-based stereotypes that affect police service provisions particularly to women and girls as well as to identify the gaps and implications so that possible recommendations are identified for further curriculum revisions and programming.

The specific objective of this assessment is to answer the below questions:

• To what extent the Police curriculum/modules in the Diploma, degree and master’s programme as well as short term courses are gender sensitive?
• How far does the curriculum address gender-based stereotypes and attitudes that assign various characteristics, roles, and behaviours to men versus women including sexual roles and behaviours?
• How far does the curriculum and modules encourage enrolment of female officers, so they are accessible to women and girls?
• How far the curriculum and modules have integrated survivor friendly police service provisions?
• Does the curriculum address how the prevention and manning of VAWG cases are different in nature than handling other crimes?
• How far does the curriculum ensure that training modules and approaches for first responding officers in cases of VAWG are designed to safeguard victim/survivor well-being?
• To what extent does the curriculum highlight the special nature of VAWG, and police skills required to handle such cases?
• How the teaching- learning process is gender sensitive (The hidden curriculum)

Duties and Responsibilities

SCOPE OF THE WORK

The gender analysis will focus on

• Review the existing international and national documents and commitments including the university college’s education policy, curriculum, modules and short-term courses, UN Women handbook on police, Essential services package for women who experienced violence module three on Justice and policing
• Conduct discussion with the different stakeholders, Federal Police Commission, University college leadership, instructors and students

• Decide on key variables for the gender analysis

• Conduct the gender analysis

• Identify gaps, good practices and provide recommendations

METHODOLOGY

• Desk review of relevant national and international documents
• Key informant interview with the Police Commission, University College leadership, instructors, students and other relevant stakeholders

• Focus Group Discussion (FGD) with relevant selected groups such as curriculum and module development committee, female police officers, Police special investigation units on women and children, One-stop centers etc.

  EXPECTED OUTPUTS AND DELIVERABLES

• Preliminary discussion with the reference group (comprise of EPUC, UN Women and other relevant stakeholders)

• Develop inception report with schedule
• Develop data collection tools
• Draft report of the gender analysis
• Validation workshop
• Final report of the gender analysis

Competencies

Core values

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core competencies

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Functional Competencies:

• Strong knowledge of gender equality and women’s rights issues
• Excellent level of conceptual and analytical capacity
• Ability to work in a team
• Ability to write in a clear and concise manner and to communicate effectively
• Demonstrates use of initiative and ability to make appropriate linkages in work requirements
• Openness to change and ability to receive/integrate feedback
• Meets deadlines for delivery of products or services
• Able to work virtually, using communication technologies
• Strong interpersonal skills

Required Skills and Experience

Eduation

• The consultant must have master’s degree in Social Science (Education, Gender Studies, Law and related fields)

Experience

• The consultant must have a minimum of eight years of relevant experience in research, analysis and data collection and particularly on issues of Gender and Gender analysis
• The consultant must bring one expert who has first degree in Pedagogy, Law and/or Gender with more than five years’ experience related to curriculum/module development

• Previous experience working with the UN is an asset

  Language and other skills:

• Fluency in English and Amharic (oral and written) is required;

• Computer skills: full command of Microsoft applications (word, excel, PowerPoint) and data encoding software’s
• Please note that applications without a completed and signed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.
• UN Women Personal History form (P-11) can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment

NOTE,

Interested applicants, in addtion to online application must submit below required doucments with given email address

• Signed Curriculum vitae with contact details of 03 clients for whom you have rendered preferably similar services
• Proof of previous written work in English

Complete applications should be sent to Addisalem Befekadu with addisalem.befekadu@unwomen.org or Luwam Zenebe with luwam.zenebe@unwomen.org

UNWOMEN is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence

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