Consultancy - Coordinate KAP Study on Child Marriage Tender, South Sudan - 34577565

Procurement Summary

Country : South Sudan

Summary : Consultancy - Coordinate KAP Study on Child Marriage

Deadline : 19 Jul 2019

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 34577565

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND
Behind Totto Chan Building Central Equatoria State, Bahar El Jabal, Juba City Tel: 820054 / 820283 / 820248 / 820070 Fax: (211.811.820 088)
South Sudan
Email :yhaque@unicef.org
URL :http://www.unicef.org/

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Consultancy - Coordinate KAP Study on Child Marriage UNICEF South Sudan Juba.

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Terms of Reference

Title

Consultant- Coordinate KAP Study on Child Marriage



Type of Contract

Individual Contractor



Supervision

Gender Specialist, P4 Juba, South Sudan

Level

Mid-Level, National

Location

Juba, South Sudan

Duration

Three (3) months (01 August - 31 October 2019)

Start Date

Estimated number of days: 63 (sixty-three) days



Background/Rationale for the Assignment



Child marriage is defined as a marriage of a girl or a boy before the age of 18 and refers to both formal marriages and informal unions. Child marriage often compromises a girl’s development by resulting in early pregnancy and social isolation, interrupting her schooling, limiting her opportunities for career and vocational advancement and placing her at increased risk of domestic violence. Child marriage also affects boys, but to a lesser degree than girls. Girls married under the age of 18 are more likely to face sexual and reproductive health related problems; have lower levels of education, thus higher rates of illiteracy; experience violence, abuse and forced sexual relations; have limited opportunities for employment, which corresponds to high risk of poverty; have restricted access to legal support and experience psycho-social problems.

In South Sudan It is estimated that approximately 52 per cent of girls were married or in union before they were 18 years of age and 9 per cent were married when they were under 15 years of age. Nearly 31 per cent of women aged 15-19 years had already begun child-bearing. Child marriages are becoming more common during this protracted crisis and represent one of the coping mechanisms of the poor and marginalized families and go together with widespread insecurity, existing gender inequalities, patriarchal values and general low value of girls compared to boys.

Child/Teenage pregnancies are one of the main reason for girls dropping out from school. Child pregnancies could also be one of the barriers for girls accessing education as the parents in fear of unwanted pregnancies might opt for keeping their daughters at home as a form of protection that goes together with the intention to protect family honour and to ensure the ‘bride price’. Some parents believe marrying their daughters is in their best interest, particularly in areas where women and girls are exposed to a high risk of physical and sexual assaults. Thus, child marriage and consequently child pregnancy can be seen as giving a social status as a wife and mother to a girl and a solution to secure her future.

Comprehensive understanding of the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and practices of the South Sudan communities around child, early and forced marriage is limited and still primarily based on scattered or outdated evidence. There is therefore a critical information and analysis gap that needs to be filled in order to effectively inform the programme response plan and implement preventive interventions related to child marriage at national and sub-national levels.

A national expert/researcher is required to provide technical support to UNICEF to design, implement Knowledge, Attitude and Practice’ (KAP) Study on child marriage and generate wider evidence base upon which to develop more effective prevention and response interventions, which resonate with families and communities.

Purpose & Expected Results



Primarily, the purpose of the study is to generate a reliable evidence on drivers and enablers, social norms that contribute and shape knowledge, attitudes and practices related to child marriage at the local level. Specifically, the study intends to achieve the following key results:



§ Conduct a desk-review of available documents, reports and/or studies on child marriage in South Sudan and summarize key findings;

§ Explore existing legal framework and policy documents related to the issue of child marriage, identify (pre-existing) scope and (different) practices in selected geographical locations;

§ Identify key compelling/contributing factors towards the practice of child marriages, including social norms, values and beliefs, cultural practices and economic factors that trigger and sustain the practice of child marriage (with clear disaggregation according to the geographical location);

§ Explore health and personal development associated impacts of child marriage and child/teenage pregnancies on girls and their new-borns;

§ Explore current knowledge, attitudes and practices related to child marriage at household, family and community setting;

§ Identify and assess the availability and quality of services, including any referral/response mechanisms currently in place to address the issue of child marriage;

§ Inform key aspects of UNICEF cross-sectoral programme to address Child Marriage, including activities for girls’ empowerment, engaging men and boys, community mobilization, and advocacy activities at local, sub-national and national level.

§ Provide key recommendations to address the issue of Child Marriage in South Sudan that should include different roles and responsibilities of governmental actors, UN agencies and (I)NGOs and cross-sectoral activities covering the area of education, child protection, WASH, health, nutrition and C4D;



Qualifications and Competencies



§ Advance Degree in the Social Sciences/ Public Health.

§ Minimum 5 years’ experience in conducting sociological and communication research in South Sudan.

§ Previous experience in behavioural/cultural/communication research will be a strong asset.

§ Previous experience with UNICEF with demonstrated successful performance record is an asset.

§ Fluency in English is required, and knowledge of Arabic or another local language of the duty station is an asset



Deliverables

The consultancy duration consists of a total of 63 working days starting 01 August 2018 to 31 October 2018:



Deliverables (SMART,



Duration

(Estimated # of Days)

Deadline

Submit inception report, study protocol and agreed tools for data collection and training report

21 days

31 August 2019

Submit top-line findings of the study in power point presentation

21 days

30 September2019

Submit final study report with executive summary, methodology, objective of the study, key findings and recommendations.

21 days

31 October 2019

Total

63 days



Estimated Duration of the Contract

63 working days; Estimated start date: 01 August 2019. and estimated end date: 31 October 2019.

Duty Station and Official Travel

The consultant will be based in Juba with travels to the research locations.

Estimated Cost of the Consultancy Payment Schedule: Each applicant to submit detailed quotation or financial proposal (daily or monthly fee) with application.

Applicants are required to include in the application financial proposal

UNICEF Supervisor

The consultant will work under the supervision of Gender Specialist with close involvement and day to day technical oversight of the C4D Specialist

Travel Clause

§ All UNICEF rules and regulations related to travel of Consultants/ Individual Contractors apply.

§ All travels shall be undertaken only upon the prior written approval by UNICEF.

§ UNICEF will pay the applicable DSA rate and other travel related expenses upon submission of the invoice together with the supporting documentation.



Nature of Penalty Clause in Contract

If the final reports and documents are not submitted according to the deliverables stated in this TOR, the payments will be withheld. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold all or a portion of payment if performance is unsatisfactory, if work/outputs is incomplete, not delivered or for failure to meet deadlines (fees reduced due to late submission: 20 days - 10%; 1 month -20%; 2 months -30%; more 2 months – payment withhold). All materials developed will remain the copyright of UNICEF and UNICEF will be free to adapt and modify them in the future.

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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.



Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Advertised: 08 Jul 2019 E. Africa Standard Time
Applications close: 19 Jul 2019

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