*Location: South East Asia*
Fairtrade Asia Pacific, registered as Network of Asia and Pacific
Producers’ (NAPP) Hong Kong, is a mission-based social enterprise which
facilitates Fairtrade producers in Asia and Pacific region to be effective
in various functions and activities across the region through a wide range
of products and services. To that end, NAPP engages in advocacy,
consultancy, support services – marketing and financial, information
dissemination and training. NAPP is a multi-stakeholder body comprising
representatives of producer organizations, Fairtrade Premium Committees,
small farmer organizations and promoting bodies who are certified by or
registered with the Fairtrade International. As the official representative
of Asian and Pacific Producers within Fairtrade International, NAPP also
works to ensure that Asian and Pacific realities and conditions are taken
into account while setting Fairtrade Standards without compromising on the
basic principles of Fairtrade.
For more information please visit: www.fairtrade..net and
www.fairtradenapp.org
NAPP is seeking a gender consultant that will work according to the
following TOR:
To fulfil this vision, Fairtrade has identified 3 long-term goals: Make
trade fair, Empower small producers and workers and Foster sustainable
livelihoods.
Fairtrade seeks to create a world where all producers enjoy sustainable
livelihoods and decide on their future. NAPP (Network of Asia Pacific
Producers), a member of Fairtrade makes this possible by addressing the
needs of producers from the Asia Pacific. As a part of Fairtrade, NAPP
subscribes to the Fairtrade’s Theory of Changewhich is based on the
Sustainable development goals of the UN, wherein emphasis is laid on gender
equality and gender equity by empowering women to determine their future.
The situation in the three countries are different and each one has their
own strengthens and weakness in Gender development.
Women in Indonesia today are being affected by many factors, including
increased modernization, globalization, improved education and advances in
technology. But many Indonesian women choose to reside in cities instead of
staying in townships to perform agricultural work because of personal,
professional, and family-related necessities, and economic requirements.
The Indonesian National Commission on Violence Against Women noted that
more regulations that discriminate against women are being adopted
throughout the country that is being repealed and More than 90 percent of
rape cases in Indonesia go unreported, victims fear being blamed.
The Philippines is described to be a nation of strong women, who directly
and indirectly run the family unit, businesses, government agencies, and
haciendas. Although they generally define themselves in the milieu of a
male-dominated post-colonial
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society, Filipino women live in a culture that is focused on the community,
with the family as the main unit of society, but not always as this is a
stereotype. It is in this framework of Philippine hierarchical structure,
class differences, religious justifications, and living in a globally
developing nation wherein Filipino women are respected well by men.
Nevertheless, The Philippines is one of the world’s top migrant-sending
countries. Currently, the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) estimates
that there are 10.4 million Filipinos abroad who are permanent, temporary,
or irregular migrants, located in more than 200 countries and territories
around the world, this is done to curb poverty in the country.
Women in Vietnam are subject to many changes throughout the history of
Vietnam. They have taken on varying roles in society, including warriors,
nurses, mothers, and wives. Women's rights have continued to increase in
contemporary Vietnam, and women have increasingly held leadership
positions. Currently, the issue of domestic violence has faced scrutiny in
Vietnam. In 2007, Vietnamese legislation passed the Law on Prevention and
Control Domestic Violence, which reported that 32% of Vietnamese women have
suffered sexual violence from their spouses, while 54% of women in Vietnam
have suffered from emotional violence. Speculation has risen on the
viability of divorce as a solution to those in situations of domestic
violence. This is due to the prevalent local attitudes and measures were
taken towards preventing divorce in order to preserve the family unit,
rather than helping victims escape domestic abuse. Vietnam has become
victims of kidnapping, the bride-buying trade, and human trafficking and
prostitution in China.
One of the greatest achievements in the world, during the last decade, has
been the increasing proportion of women in the labor force, enabling women
all over the world to use their potential in the labor market and to
achieve economic independence. But yet we still have a long way to go. It
is also known that increasing women participation in the labor force would
benefit the growth and resources can be distributed more easily to
disadvantaged people. Thus women need to get decent work, social
protection, and voice at work. As most of the time, women are subjugated to
lower wages than men and their wages have barely increased over time and
they are offered low skilled, low paid atypical jobs, mainly performed from
home.
To achieve development, we have to convert our weakness to strengths and
the development of the country also should result in equitable distribution
of development benefits especially to the women sector. Economically,
empowering women to have more autonomy and resultantly this can transform
their children and family lives. As she is a pivot about which entire
family unit revolve, therefore an economically enriched woman has a
constructive impact on the future generation.
Gender sensitivity is absent in the different in various forms, the gap in
implementation mechanisms and there is weak compliance with
constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights, signed international
conventions, treaties and commitments, e.g. GSP+ and the SDGs in all the
above-mentioned countries. These are gaps that are identified for future
empowerment of women in society today.
Gender in Fairtrade:
Fairtrade International has shown its commitment to gender by developing a
Gender Strategy which covers the period 2016 – 2020. The strategy among
other objectives aims at empowering women producers and workers through
strengthening their capacities including leadership skills.
When we look at a combined figure of representation of farmers and workers
by gender it does not quite clearly reflect the diverse situation of the
farmers and workers in the respective structures that they work in i.e.
SPOs and HL plantations. For programme impact and delivery, the percentage
of women participation cannot be looked at in isolation.
If we take a closer look at figures for farmers and workers separately it
shows acompletely different picture. It is quite evident from the figures
above that while women represent 52% of the workforce in the hired labor
settings, only 13% of the farmers seem to be represented in the Small
Producers Organisations. However, this may not necessarily mean that only
13% of the farmers in the Asia Pacific are women. This may have a lot to do
with how membership of SPOs is often based on land titles which tend to be
more in the name of men than women, thus limiting their representation in
the co-operatives
NAPP, South East Asia is of Small Producers Organizations (SPOs) in which
females work in various positions and they are in a very small leadership
role. There are very few women representations in the Fairtrade Premium
committees in Pakistan and take up leadership role and be independent. Thus
to address these and other issues, Fairtrade NAPP in Asia Pacific is
launching NAPP - Gender Leadership School in Indonesia so that women across
three countries benefit out of this school. This school will target women,
youth and some men to participate from the Producer Organisations that are
Fairtrade Certified to enhance their participation in the leadership and
management of their communities, organizations, and households.
To address these and other issues, Fairtrade NAPP in South East Asia is
working on launching Gender Leadership School in Indonesia with 2 other
countries (participants from the Philippines and Vietnam) will be joining
the school. The school will target women, youth and some men to participate
from the Producer Organisations that are Fairtrade Certified to enhance
their participation in the leadership and management of their communities,
organizations, and households.
OVERALL AIM: The course is to help improve and develop basic skills of the
participants in the application of human rights provisions on
gender-related issues within their own environment and contribute to
building the agency in women. It is about enhancing the leadership of women
with support supervision and learning.
To complement its other work on Gender, Fairtrade NAPP is in the process of
setting up a Gender Leadership school in Indonesia and is looking for
partners to develop and run the school.
Fairtrade is currently seeking Gender Individual expert to support us carry
out this initiative in the context of location – Indonesia, Philippines,
and Vietnam
The Gender school will be itinerant and will not be a brick and mortar
structure. This school is to be run for a period of 1 year.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The individual consultant will work within the regional context and
capacity. The position is envisioned to start in October 2019. The
responsibilities of the consultant will include, but is not limited to:
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Attending the Master Training in srilanka (or) Indonesia
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Baseline, midline and end line survey of the women participating
producers.
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Aiding in Planning, Implementing and Monitoring –to the producers
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Conducting training program as per Fairtrade NAPP requirements
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Compilation, analysis, and interpretation of gender issues at the
Producer level
and gather statistical data, through research and preparation of good
quality
analysis and reports.
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Facilitate knowledge building and mainstreaming of gender in Small
Producer Organizations (SPO) related perspective.
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Follow up including impact assessment
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Monitoring of next level training
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Detail documentation of the process and learnings.
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Quarterly reports on activities, outputs and outcomes.
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Compilation of women’s best practices
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Content for NAPP publication on Gender School in three languages.
COMPETENCIES:
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Demonstrates integrity by modelling the NAPP Fairtrade values and
ethical standards
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Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of FAIRTRADE
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Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age
sensitivity and
adaptability
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Treats all people fairly without favoritism
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Integration in a multidisciplinary environment
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES: Education:
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Higher education Bachelor or Master’s Degree in Social Science,
Psychology, Public Affairs and Administration, Public Relation,
Journalism and especially Gender Studies, or relevant discipline
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Successful completion of courses on Gender Awareness and mainstreaming
will be considered as an added advantage.
Work Experience
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Knowledge of gender equality and women empowerment and training skills
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Knowledge of general development issues in conflict and post-conflict
settings
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Knowledge of multi-stakeholder programme development processes
including coordination and learning
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Knowledge of conflict analysis and peace-building programme development
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Minimum 2 years of relevant international working experience in Gender
Development and a minimum of 3 years of relevant international working
experience in research
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Proven reporting experience
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Fluency in Basa, and any of one language mentioned above both written
and oral (Advanced Level)
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Fluency in English is a mandatory
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• Excellent drafting and presentation skills. Experience:
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Capacity to quickly grasp issues and concepts and articulate ideas in
a synthetic and concise manner
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Ability to lead in a productive manner a large group of participants
from productive farming
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Team spirit and excellent interpersonal skills Methodology and
Approach to Work
• A dedicated Individual consultant will be attached to the Fairtrade
NAPP office for a period of one year. During this period the consultant
will provide training and mentoring support to women SPO’s on the theory
and practical application of gender-responsive programming in Indonesia,
Philippines and Vietnam. The consultant will adopt an Action Learning
approach which will involve a combination of training workshops, guided
learning-by-doing, and day-to-day mentoring support partners apply new
gender tools to their area. The Consultant will work under the direct
supervision of the Regional General Manager, South East Asia, and under the
general supervision of relevant person from NAPP, Head office.
NAPP Regional General Manager of South East Asia will help to ensure
that activities are aligned and that mutual learning is promoted.
The consultant should be able to travel to producer sites in the region
of Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam for the meeting, conducting
training, and for other tasks which will be necessary for performing
his/her duties under a consultancy contract
Expected outputs
1.
A gender assessment of each country Cluster at the national and
sub-national level, identifying gaps and opportunities in
Cluster capacity
and gender-responsiveness of activities.
2.
A series of capacity building activities (including action learning,
gender training and workshops, and coaching/mentoring) with
Fairtrade NAPP
Cluster partners resulting in their improved knowledge and capacity to
integrate gender into activities, including
the capacity to carry out a gender analysis and participatory planning
processes, to design results-based gender-responsive interventions, and to
develop, monitor and report on gender-sensitive indicators.
1.
Gender-responsive SPO’s, those who demonstrate concrete results and
meet the practical and strategic needs of affected boys, girls,
women, and
men at the national level.
2.
Gender-sensitive national cluster specific planning, programming and
monitoring frameworks and a related gender mainstreaming
strategy designed
and to guide the integration of gender into their activities.
3.
Progress reports and a final report and case study documenting the
Gender Leadership school initiative including institutional
lessons learned.
Commercials:
As per detailed discussions in person and agreement, the amount will be
disbursed on monthly basis, based on the work completed and due submission
of reports to the Regional General Manager and NAPP central office contact
person.
All travel and incidental expenditure will be reimbursed at actuals on
submission of bills.
All photocopy, stationery, printing charges will be reimbursed at
actuals on submission of bills.
Applications:
1. 3-page proposal
2. Witness to credentials
3. One copy of earlier work on gender
4. Budget (expected payment for an annual consultancy with breakups)
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Deadline: The last day for submitting the proposal will be 20th of
February 2019 and send you proposals to Mr. Erwin Novianto
erwin.novianto@fairtradenapp.
sarah.anum@fairtradenapp.org, and Ms. Sonia Dominica
sonia.dominica@fairtradenapp.
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