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 seeks to recruit the services of a Consultant to compile 120 profiles of the project participants and women leaders, with the intention of showcasing their active participation in leadership roles in respective communities, post their capacitation on feminist principles and leadership, under the Inkanyezi project, to enhance their leadership capabilities.
The Inkanyezi project targets women and girls in their diversity, community action team members, traditional, religious, and elected women, male allies and influencers, family structures, media makers and government at local, provincial and national levels. The profiling will document the stories of change, to depict how the project has contributed to change within the lives of the targeted beneficiaries.
Scope of Work
The consultant is expected to deliver on the following:
- Develop 120 women leaders profiles
- Consultative discussions, interviews and information gathering from relevant stakeholders for content development
- Editorial: conceptualising, writing, editing and post-production
- Graphic design and layout of profile for digital media consumption
Required expertise
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Creative Writing, Public Relations, Social Sciences or a related field
- Proven experience in articles, blogs and report writing demonstrated through at least two samples
- Experience in producing corporate products
- Strong research and excellent writing skills in English
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate and collaborate with people from all backgrounds
- Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
Duration of the consultancy
The consultant is expected to carry out the assignment between August to December 2024.
Budget
The budget for the project is R80 000.
How to apply
Should you wish to apply, please send the following requested documents no later than 22 July 2024.
CV to Kgomotso Mophulane kgomotso@genderjustice.org.za and Mpiwa Mangwiro
mpiwa@genderjustice.org.za
- A portfolio of evidence/ sample of work of articles, blogs and written reports
- Services quotation
