About Sonke Gender Justice
Sonke Gender Justice, established in 2006, is an organisation that strives to prevent domestic and sexual violence, reduce the spread and impact of HIV and AIDS, and promote gender equality and human rights. Sonke ’s work is in South Africa’s nine provinces and 24 countries across Southern, Eastern, Central and Western Africa through the MenEngage Africa (MEA) partnership. Globally, Sonke works in partnership with various development agencies, members of the Global MenEngage Alliance and other international networks and affiliates.
Programme Overview
The Inkanyezi (Zulu term for “bright shining star”) Project is a targeted gender equality project that aims to transform gender and power relations and seek institutional and societal change in support of gender equality and women’s leadership in decision-making. This four-year project (2021 to 2026) will build on existing interventions and partnerships in the Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga will promote the confidence and capacities of women in leadership roles and will foster supportive networks for women. Hence one of the project’s aims is to increase the number of women in positions of leadership. Using a feminist and human rights-based approach to achieving gender equality, the project will strengthen the ability of women leaders from political, traditional, and religious structures to influence local decision-making processes, especially with respect to laws, policies, and customs relevant to gender equality and GBV. Moreover, this project operates from the belief that empowering women (with increased rights literacy, strengthened critical consciousness, enhanced senses of individual and community self-efficacy and agency, and successful community activism) are all likely to produce activism on other social justice and community issues. Communities, and especially young women, with women leaders as their role models, will have an important role to play in becoming active citizens and holding local duty bearers accountable for the effective implementation of relevant laws and policies. At the same time, the project will work to shift the harmful social norms that drive gender inequality and Gender Based Violence (GBV) at an individual, community, and institutional level.
Consultancy Objectives
Sonke Gender Justice seeks to hire a Consultant to develop a Media training curriculum. The curriculum aims to provide facilitators with guidance and tools to train media personnel on reporting on women’s rights in a gender sensitive manner, to contribute towards a supportive public discourse on GBV.
Scope of Work
The consultant is expected to deliver on the following:
- An inception report detailing the approach and methodology to be used in developing the curriculum and training tools.
- A Media training curriculum that is aligned to project goals and good practice.
- Design the overall structure and content of the training sessions compiled into a training guide.
- Training tools and resources including an agenda, pre and post training evaluation forms.
- Conduct a Training of Trainers workshop with the Sonke Team, so the curriculum and activities are well understood by the implementing team.
- Training report including evaluation, follow up and recommendations that are identified.
Duration of the consultancy
The consultant is expected to carry out the assignment between August and September 2024.
Required Expertise
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills, with strong demonstrated ability to convey complex ideas in a clear, direct, and lively style.
- Strong understanding of feminist principles, leadership, GBV and gender inequality issues.
- Expertise in developing Media curriculum and training tools.
- Proven experience in planning, developing, and facilitating participatory training.
- Expertise in conducting feminist leadership training, GBV and gender equality related issues.
- Strong conceptual and research/analytical skills with the ability to quickly analyse data and information from different sources and produce coherent reports.
Budget
The budget for the curriculum development is R55 000
How to apply
Should you wish to apply, please send the following requested documents no later than 2 August 2024
CV to Kgomotso Mophulane kgomotso@genderjustice.org.za and Mpiwa Mangwiro
mpiwa@genderjustice.org.za.
- A portfolio of evidence/ sample of work of curriculum and training manuals development
- Proposal for curriculum development suggested approach
- Services quotation
