Seeking consultant firm agency for Baseline Studies #We see Equal Project: Transforming Gender Norms among School Children in West Java

Background

 Save the Children (SC) is a leading, private child-focused non-governmental alliance of 30-member organizations that works in 120 countries throughout the world.  Save the Children has worked in Indonesia since 1976 to promote health and nutrition, education, child protection, livelihoods, and emergency preparedness and response.

Save the Children in Indonesia is changing for the better.  We've begun to build a national organisation that aims to be a strong, local, and self-sustaining voice for children in Indonesia namely Yayasan Sayangi Tunas Cilik (YSTC).  To this end, YSTC has been designated as a “Prospect Member of Save the Children” which focuses on strengthening and localizing our voice for children in strategic middle-income countries. Currently Save the Children’s programs in Indonesia is implement by YSTC. We work in eleven provinces, have staff of approximately 300 local professionals, and programming in Child Protection, Education, Health and Nutrition, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Humanitarian Response.

Start from February 2018, Save the Children through support from Procter and Gamble (P&G) developed a program to promotes gender equality as right and a healthy lifestyle for school age girls and boys in 2 districts of West Java; Bandung District and Cianjur District. Gender inequalities and stereotypes affect everyone and are only resolved by involving both sexes.. Gender equality awareness and sensitization is a building block to ensure girls and boys make healthier choices and live more fulfilling lives.

Objectives of the study

 The baseline study aims to:

1.   Analyze the pre-existing situation of health, hygiene, and nutrition services in assisted area, including the availability of school health facilities and mechanism or standard operating procedure (SOP) to protect children from School Related Gender based Violence (SRGBV).

2.   Analyze pre-existing knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of students, teachers, and parents in assisted area toward future planning equitable for girls and boys, health and hygiene practices, adolescent sexual reproductive health, violence free parenting/ teaching including School Related Gender based Violence (SRGBV), and hygiene management for boys and girls (Puberty and Menstrual Hygiene Management).

3.   Identify pre-existing government support in promoting girl and very young adolescent (VYA)-friendly services at school and in the community.

Deliverables

1.     An approved methodology proposal containing outline of proposed methods, activities, planned timeline, and deliverables for the evaluation. This should be submitted by

2.     Draft baseline report to be discussed with PDQ team. This report should outline the analysis, major findings, conclusion, and recommendation to be finalized in final report.

3.     Final evaluation report in English and bahasa Indonesia, 4 hard copies and one electronic version in Word and PDF.

4.     Presentation of results in power point. Those should be submitted in the same time with the final evaluation report.

5.     All raw data material (transcript, tabulation)

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Please submit your proposal  via email  to :  procurement.indonesia@savethechildren.org

by the latest  1st of April 2018.