Hiring for Shojag Shathi Awareness Session Videos

Background:

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 the Garments Sector and b) Demanding accountability of the corporate actors to ensure the labor and human rights of the workers impacted by COVID the COVID-19-driven economic crisis.

The coalition is almost at the end of a 36-month project co-funded by the 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 intervened at RMG factories; the public sphere (local community and transport); CSO and HRD’s levels, to increase their capacity and awareness to combat inequality for women in the workplace and VAW in public space to bring about systematic change. The project addressed the root causes of GBV, including unequal power relations in the garments sector.

The project successfully identified and trained 475 Shojag Shathi (Human Rights Defenders) from the garment factories covered under the project. These Shojag Sathis, mostly female garment workers, have been equipped with knowledge on legal rights, human rights, and GBV. They are now facilitating sessions in their respective factories, cascading the information they’ve acquired to fellow workers. These sessions provide a platform for dialogue on gender equality, human rights, workplace safety, and related issues. Through these open conversations, female workers are better informed about discrimination, violence, and harassment, leading to empowered individuals who can recognize and address these concerns effectively.

As the project concludes, it is crucial to capture and preserve the impact of these training sessions. Therefore, the training sessions facilitated by Shojag Sathis will be filmed and recorded for future use and dissemination.

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.

Specific 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.

Project Location: Savar, Gazipur Sadar, Kaliakoir, Bhaluka and Tangail

Objective of the assignment:

Scope of Work:

• The vendor will be responsible for set-up, filming, and post-production of the awareness session videos. Multiple factories from the project locations need to be visited for filming in the project areas
• Coordination with project team to ensure seamless filming of the training sessions.
• Deliver professionally edited videos on each session that can be used for advocacy, training, and awareness-raising purposes in future. These videos must be formatted for both online (social media, websites) and offline (USBs, DVDs) use. The number of the final videos to be prepared will be fixed after discussing with the project team the number may vary from 6-12 videos. The interested individuals are to submit quotations based on individual video costing,

Expected Outcomes:

• A set of high-quality videos capturing key training themes like gender equality, legal rights, GBV awareness, and workplace safety, led by Shojag Sathis.
• A lasting resource to support advocacy efforts, sharable with CSOs, mind-minded organizations, donors, government bodies, and international stakeholders for continued impact.
• Increased awareness among factory workers and management through accessible training materials that can be used for future learning and capacity building.
• Amplified project visibility through videos that can be used in public campaigns, workshops, and stakeholder meetings to further promote gender justice in the workplace.

Naripokkho reserves the right to cancel the ToR by giving notice, without assigning any reason.

Interested consultants are requested to submit technical and financial proposals in separate files. The proposal can be sent in soft copies or hard copies to the Sayema Hasnin Deputy director, Finance and Admin, Naripokkho, Nilue square,Road # 5/A House # 75, Satmojjid Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1209  by 20 November 2024 through the following email <naripokkhoprocurement@gmail.com>. Final delivery video production on 5 December 2024

Only short-listed consultants will be called for an interview. However, the organization reserves the right to accept or reject any proposal. For any clarification regarding Terms of Reference (ToR) all concerned are requested to communicate through email to <naripokkhoprocurement@gmail.com>  for any clarifications.