Request for Proposal
Design and printing Information, Education and Communication (IEC) materials on Engaging Fathers in Positive Fatherhood approach
Breaking the Silence is a non-profit, voluntary organization registered with the Department of Social Services (Registration No. 05037, 17 October 2000) and the Bureau of NGO Affairs. The organization is working to establish child rights, preventing all forms of child abuse specially child sexual abuse, child marriage, preventing violence against women, accelerating the process of child-friendly good governance, supporting to improving the quality of education at pre-primary and primary level. And also work as supporting partner in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Moreover, Breaking the Silence respond to any natural and social disaster in collaboration with the government and development partners. The organization has been conducting advocacy activities to spread good field learning at the national level.
Background:
A recent research (Institute for Reproductive Health, 2016) demonstrates that engaging men in parent-training initiatives not only reduces multiple forms of violence, but also increases fathers’ involvement in childcare and expands overall gender equality in participating families. Also, when both parents are involved in child care, it resulted in reducing couple conflict (McCloskey, L., 2011). Furthermore, the key findings of the ‘State of the World’s Fathers (SOWF)’ report (2015) also reflects that fathers matter deeply to child development, and they are as biologically hard-wired to provide care as mothers are. Moreover, fathers with close connections to their children live longer, have fewer health problems, and are more productive and generally happier.
Breaking the Silence (BTS) in partnership with Save the Children is implementing a project titled “Children are Protected from Violence” is focusing on reducing the vulnerability of the children from abuse, exploitation and other forms of violence with an especial emphasis to physical and humiliating punishment (PHP) and sexual & gender-based violence (SGBV) including child marriage. The interventions are taking place in two locations, one is tea garden area at Sreemangal, Moulvibazar and another one is in Millat Camp at Mirpur-11, Dhaka.
The project has been working with children from most marginalized groups, who are at risk and survivors of violence as well as parents, teachers, community members, services providers to prevent and respond to violence against children. The program has already engaged men & boys to address gender-based violence and also implementing Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting (PDEP) as violence prevention program in project locations for parents and caregivers living in extreme situations.
Thus, considering the prevalence of violence against children and outcome of engaging men and boys, the project had organized capacity building events for Partner staffs in 2018 and 2019 on engaging fathers in Positive Fatherhood approach to roll-out the approach in selected project locations to reduce sexual and gender based violence against children.
As part of the roll-out plan of the approach, in 2020, the project is planning to develop different IEC materials in order to promote positive fatherhood approach to encourage fathers in engaging more in parental care as well as to disseminate the key concepts of this approach at local and national level to reduce sexual and gender based violence against children at homes, communities and societies.
Objective/s of the assignment:
The overall objective of this assignment is to design and printing IEC materials targeting fathers and male youths to engage them in positive fatherhood for promoting positive fatherhood approach for improving fathers role in parental care especially at homes to reduce SGBV in programme locations. It is to be noted here that the content/messages of the materials will be shared by Breaking the Silence and Save the Children.
Methodology and Time frame:
There are four types (poster, leaflet, flashcard and sticker) of IEC materials will be developed for promoting awareness and enhance capacity of the community men and male youths. The assigned consultant/farm should be ensured desk review, organize/participate in conceptual clarity workshop, design the IEC materials with specific focus on the child rights and protection issue, covering the target audience and expert opinion through field test and validation and getting approval on draft final materials for completing the material development process. The consultant should bound to be completed the assignment within 5 weeks (or 35 days in total) after signing the agreement.
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Submission Procedures
Interested Agency/Consulting Firms are requested to develop and submit their technical and financial proposals in line with evaluation criteria mentioned in the detailed ToR.
Application documents for technical evaluation :
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a) A letter of interest (1page), b) A brief technical proposal, c) Soft copy or link of previous similar work, d) Sample of proposed materials, e) CVs of proposed team members, f) Business documents (Valid Trade License, TIN and VAT document), g) Relevant work experience document with other NGO/INGO
Application documents for financial evaluation:
- Budget for package of materials
Proposal submission deadline: 27 September 2020
Coordination and reporting:
Mohammad Zahidul Islam will be the focal person from Breaking the Silence for this contract for all sorts of communication and technical aspects. For any queries/clarification about the ToR, please contact zahid@breakingthesilencebd.org.
Interested consultant/firm should submit the proposal (technical & Financial) for the above mentioned tasks to the address mentioned below:
Executive Director
Breaking the Silence
2/4, Block-G, Lalmatia, Mohammadpur, Dhaka-1207
For electronic submission, please ensure all documents in PDF format (less than 5 MB) are submitted to jobs@breakingthesilencebd.org.