Vacancy: Terms Of Reference: Development of a Gender-Transformative and Inclusive Labour Laws and Rights Sensitization
| Date | 07 Nov 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Accra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Job Type | Contractor/Consultant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Industry | NGO/IGO/INGO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Company Profile World University Service of Canada (WUSC) is a Canadian non-profit international development organization working to create a better world for all young people. WUSC is committed to building a more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable world. Our vision is a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable world in which all young people, especially women and refugees, are empowered to secure a good quality of life for themselves, their families, and their communities... We work with a diverse network of students, volunteers, institutions, governments, and businesses who share this vision. Together we develop programs aimed to improve education, economic opportunities, and empowerment solutions that overcome inequality and exclusion for youth and to improve the lives of millions of disadvantaged people, particularly young women and young refugees globally. WUSC currently works in 25 countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas, with an annual budget of approximately CAD $32 million. We have over 90 staff in our Ottawa office and over 200 people in our offices in other countries, implementing over 20 development initiatives in collaboration with Global Affairs Canada, the Mastercard Foundation, the World Bank, the African Development Bank and other donors. Job Description TERMS OF REFERENCE Development of a Gender-Transformative and Inclusive Labour Laws and Rights Sensitization Toolkit
INNOVATION IN NON-TRADITIONAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS TRAINING (INVEST) PROJECT The Innovation in Non-traditional Vocational Education and Skills Training (INVEST) project is a 5-year project (2020-2025) funded by Global Affairs Canada and implemented by World University Service of Canada (WUSC). The INVEST project’s gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) strategy outlines how the project will respond to women’s strategic interests and practical needs so that gender gaps and inequities are adequately addressed and eliminated where possible. The strategy builds on the INVEST project’s mandate to build sustainable pathways to enhance economic empowerment, wellbeing and inclusive economic growth for urban poor young women in Ghana. INVEST directly targets 5,000 urban young women living in poverty between the ages of 18-35 in the three largest urban areas in Ghana: Accra, Kumasi and Sekondi-Takoradi. The project will test and scale innovative, sustainable models to improve the enabling environment, reduce gender-specific barriers to women’s economic participation, and enhance equitable access to decent work for marginalized women in high-growth, non-traditional sectors. Using an inclusive market systems (IMS) approach, the project will INVEST in young women, institutions, and the labour market system of high-growth sectors to achieve transformative change that is gender-transformative, inclusive, sustainable, and scalable. RATIONALE AND APPROACH The rationale for this assignment is to develop a simplified but comprehensive Labour Rights Toolkit with illustrations/animations that would increase information available to industries, training institutions and communities on labour laws, workplace rights in general and sexual harassment in particular. Knowledge of labour laws and workplace rights, especially women’s rights, is limited in most workplaces, discouraging women's participation, especially in non-traditional trade areas. This was revealed in the INVEST GESI formative research conducted at the project's onset. According to the research, processes and mechanisms to uphold women’s rights in the workplace by employers were generally not strong enough to attract and retain women in non-traditional occupations. The INVEST project gender analysis found that young women in non-traditional trade areas were exposed to sexual harassment and physical, verbal and psychological violence, with sexual harassment being the most cited among focus group participants. Sexual harassment, sexual violence and domestic abuse are not uncommon in Ghana, and consultations with partners indicated that the authorities (such as the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit of the Ghana Police Service - DOVVSU) mandated by the government to address incidents of SGBV are often ill-equipped to do so. Statistics in Ghana indicate that 33–37 % of women have ever experienced domestic violence in the form of intimate partner violence in their relationship. In schools, research has shown that 14% and 52 % of girls are victims of sexual abuse and gender-based violence, respectively. WUSC seeks to deliver and raise awareness on labour laws, workplace rights in general, and sexual harassment in particular in industries and training institutions to strengthen the capacities of employers and employees on in-house mechanisms for identifying, reporting, and tackling issues of sexual harassment and other forms of abuse through creating a gender-sensitive and inclusive supportive and confidential environment for receiving and addressing rights violations. WUSC developed the labour rights/laws training module, which was used to strengthen the capacities of representatives from selected TVET training institutions and industries to be trainers in labour laws in their various workspaces. The simplified toolkit is to enable the trainers to carry out step-down training and sensitization in their various industries and training institutions with ease. WUSC believes this will promote the creation of a conducive and enabling environment to increase women’s interest and participation in the workplace to advance gender equality, diversity, social inclusion and the economic empowerment of women. The INVEST project Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Strategy outlines how the project will respond to women’s strategic interests and practical needs so that gender gaps and inequities are addressed. Therefore, as part of the project’s approach to improving the ability of women to access decent work (both formal and informal), WUSC will raise awareness of labour laws, workplace rights in general, and sexual harassment in particular through delivering capacity-strengthening capacity sessions to promote equal rights and decent work opportunities for young women. ABOUT THE ASSIGNMENT WUSC Ghana seeks to hire a consultant to develop a simplified gender transformative and inclusive labour rights and laws toolkit. This toolkit will be used for sensitization of those working in various industries and training institutions to raise awareness on labour laws, workplace rights and sexual harassment to create conducive and enabling environments to encourage female youth’s and women's participation in non-traditional trades. KEY ACTIVITIES The specific tasks of the scope of work include:
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WUSC ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
TIMELINES AND DELIVERABLES OF THE CONSULTANCY The contract period is for 14 days from November 27, 2023 to January 15, 2024. Estimated contributions expected in working days will be determined in consultation with the selected candidate(s). The candidate(s) will be required to put in place all the necessary actions to complete the consultancy within the following schedule:
Required Skills or Experience The consultant is expected to have:
How To Apply Interested candidates should apply to WUSC by November 10, 2023. Candidates should send a Curriculum Vitae and a one-page cover letter that details why you are an ideal candidate,) a technical proposal on how you would approach the assignment; and a financial proposal for the assignment. Note Please note, employers receive numerous applications per posting and will only shortlist the most qualified candidates. Also Jobsinghana.com is not involved in any decision made by an employer/recruiter and therefore does not guarantee that applications sent will result in a candidate being shortlisted/selected for that position. |
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