Expressions of Interest (EOI)

Terms of Reference (ToR) to Engaging consultant/agency/firm for Impact Story Documentation and Media Publication

 Background and Introducing the Project

Shojag (awaken) is a coalition formed in 2017 consisting of Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST), Naripokkho, and Christian Aid formed with the aim to end gender-based violence at workplace in Bangladesh especially in the RMG sector. This coalition has implemented two projects since 2017:  a) Ending Gender Based Violence in Garments Sector and b) Demanding accountability of the corporate actors to ensure the labor and human rights of the workers impacted by COVID 19 driven economic crisis.

At present, the coalition has begun a 36-month project co funded by European Union titled ‘Promoting gender justice for women workers in the Readymade Garment sector and advocating women's safety during local commute and public spaces in Bangladesh’. The Project will intervene at RMG factories; public sphere (local community and transport); CSO and HRD’s level, to increase their capacity and awareness to combat inequality for women in workplace and VAW in public space to bring about systematic change. The project will address the root causes of GBV, including unequal power relations in the garments sector.

Overall Objective: Capacity of civil society organizations (CSO) involved in women workers’ rights are strengthened to reduce violence against women (VAW) and uphold gender equality in the Readymade Garment (RMG) factories and public places in Bangladesh.

Shojag Project Objectives:

1. To facilitate women garment workers, including Shojag Sathis (Human right defenders- HRD), to be aware of their protection rights and speak out against gender-based violence (GBV) and being able to safely report gender -based violence with access to comprehensive support services (legal and psychosocial) in the workplace.
2. To target communities and key stakeholders in public spaces and commute to be sensitized and informed about gender-based violence and women workers to feel safe in these spaces.
   
3. Facilitate the government, trade bodies, and buyers in the garment industry to support the protection of women’s rights to representation and safety in the workplace, and factory management in 30 factories to be held to account by those stakeholders.

Purpose of the work:

This assignment should cover the following-

• To showcase good practices from the project activities.
• To demonstrate the factory and community led intervention done by project participants (workers, management, women led CSOs, Shojag Sathis in both factory and community level, committees of the factories, legal aid support providers, trade unions with special focus on women leaders)
• Positive result from the legal aid support services, camp.
• To collect the cases of evidence-based learning and challenge mitigation strategy taken throughout the project implementation phases.
• To collect the story of Shojag Sathis as change makers
• Showcasing these initiatives to mainstream national electronic media to raise mass awareness and educate the public on replicable good practices.

MODE OF PAYMENT

Payment to the selected applicant shall be done in accordance with normal procedures of Christian Aid. The selected applicant is expected to pay all government taxes for which they are responsible. Christian Aid shall deduct all applicable government taxes and VAT, submit them to the National Board of Revenue (NBR), Bangladesh. Payment will be made in instalments and final payment shall be made after completion of final deliverables that is accepted to Christian Aid. Field visit costs for data/footage/photograph collection will not be provided by Christian Aid.

The payment will be made according to the schedule as follows:

• 40% after agreement signing and sharing of the storyboard of the documentary/outline of the video stories, work-plan, working calendar.
• 60% after finalization, publication/telecast of reports as per the agreed work-plan.

How to apply:

Please read the details terms of reference as given below. assignment companies/firms are requested to submit their technical proposal and financial proposal along with TIN certificate/VAT registration (if applicable), and one sample of previous work related to this assignment  on or before April 25, 2024, via email:  Bangladesh-jobs@christian-aid.org   with the subject line – “Engaging consultant/agency/firm for Impact Story Documentation and Media Publication of ‘Promoting gender justice for women workers in the Readymade Garment sector and advocating women's safety during local commute and public spaces in Bangladesh.’’

OR

You can also Submit the hard copy of the Application:

A tender box kept in Christian Aid Office, House 42/A, Road 42, Block C WN(A), Floor 1, Gulshan 2, Dhaka - 1212, Bangladesh. Please put the envelop in the tender box and sign the register. A courier will accept but organization will not take the responsibility to acknowledging the documents as there are some ongoing processes run at the time.

Please see the detail Term of Reference

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