1. Overview
Veterinarians with out Borders/ Vétérinaires sans frontières – Canada (VWB/VSF) is a charitable, humanitarian group whose mission is to work for, and with, these in have to foster the well being of animals, individuals, and the environments that maintain us. Extra details about the group may be discovered at www.vetswithoutborders.ca.
We work in Africa and Asia to enhance the residing circumstances group members, significantly in rural populations, by enhancing veterinary and agricultural providers, sustainable animal manufacturing, coaching, worth chain improvement and sustainable pure useful resource administration.
Moreover, we assist distant Northern Canadian communities to enhance animal well being by non permanent spay and neuter clinics, scale back the unfold of rabies, and work to create the circumstances for long-term, community-led sustainable animal well being providers.
Group One Well being Empowerment in Rwanda and Senegal
Group One Well being Empowerment in Rwanda and Senegal (COHERS) will empower communities, particularly ladies and women, to enhance well being outcomes by software of One Well being (OH) to forestall, detect, and reply to prevalent zoonoses, constructing on the sectoral and native experience of VWB, the Middle for One Well being at College of International Well being Fairness (UGHE), WaterAid Canada, Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (AVSF) and our native companions. COHERS targets 50 villages in Rwanda’s Nyamagabe District and 60 villages and a pair of city centres in Kedougou and Velingara Departments in Senegal’s Higher Casmance.
The COHERS Venture will enhance well being outcomes in rural communities, and particularly amongst marginalized ladies and women, by making use of a One Well being (OH) strategy to stopping and responding to zoonotic ailments in Rwanda and Senegal. The Venture will enhance the applying of OH on the group degree and enhance wholesome behaviours associated to human-animal-environment interactions. This consists of rising the capability of OH actors to enhance native cross-sectoral coordination, referral and reporting of zoonoses, and rising entry to wanted sources for zoonoses management, together with vaccines, testing provides and coverings. The Venture will even assist the event of climate-resilient water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure for prevention and management of zoonoses.
The Venture will attain 159,676 beneficiaries in rural communities in Rwanda and Senegal. This consists of 66,385 individuals (51.8% F) in Nyamagabe District, Rwanda (51.8% feminine), and 93,291 individuals (49% feminine) in Kedougou and Velingara departments, Senegal.
Focus might be positioned on farming households engaged in animal husbandry actions and can prioritize probably the most marginalized ladies, together with these with decrease ranges of schooling, these most depending on land/animal-based livelihoods, women-headed households, and people most straight weak to/impacted by cysticercosis/taeniasis (Rwanda) and anthrax (Senegal) in underserved rural communities.
VWB/VSF is presently searching for a Gender Marketing consultant to launch the start of the Venture Implementation Plan (PIP) of the COHERS Venture. The profitable candidate will work with Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (AVSF) undertaking employees and VBW to finish the undertaking’s gender evaluation. The purpose of the Gender Marketing consultant is to ascertain sustainable mechanisms in collaboration with our native associate in Senegal, AVSF. Mentoring and training native employees, the place relevant, is requested.
2. Context and Venture Rationale
Abstract of the Logic Mannequin
ULTIMATE OUTCOME
Improved group well being and equitable One Well being empowerment for poor, marginalised, ladies and women in rural areas with excessive prevalence of zoonotic ailments
INTERMEDIATE OUTCOMES
Elevated group software of gender-responsive One Well being approaches to forestall, detect, and reply to transmission of zoonotic ailments with a big public well being impression domestically
Improved gender-responsive wholesome group degree behaviours and practices of secure human-animal-environment interactions, particularly amongst ladies and women
Elevated integration of evidence-based finest practices into planning and decision-making for software of OH at group degree
IMMEDIATE OUTCOMES
Strengthened capability of OHTs, particularly females, for gender-responsive one well being strategy to forestall, detect, and reply to prevalent zoonotic ailments
Improved native coordination, referral, and reporting networks inside and between OHTs on the group and regional ranges
Elevated entry to sources wanted to forestall, detect, and reply (WASH, screening, vaccines, medicines for people and animals)
Strengthened capability inside rural communities, particularly ladies and women, to forestall transmission of prevalent zoonotic ailments, particularly amongst ladies and women
Strengthened capability inside rural communities, particularly ladies and women, to detect and report incidence of prevalent zoonotic ailments, particularly amongwomen and women (in animals and people)
Strengthened capability inside rural communities, particularly ladies and women, to answer incidence of prevalent zoonotic ailments, particularly amongst ladies and women
Strengthened understanding of efficient gender-responsive approaches to OH software in marginalized rural communities to forestall, detect and reply to zoonotic ailments
3. Location of the Analysis
The gender evaluation might be carried out in tasks’ focused areas as a part of the collaboration with AVSF in Kedougou and Velingara departments, Senegal.
4. Interval and Length of the Consultancy
The project is predicted to begin July 31 and accomplished August 18, 2023. The ultimate gender evaluation and beneficial Motion Plan would should be accomplished and submitted to VWB/VSF HQ on the final day of the project (August 18, 2023).
5. Aims
The principle goal is to conduct gender assessments with every associate group and main undertaking communities in Senegal. Following these assessments, the advisor will make the most of findings to suggest a Gender Equality Motion Plan aligning to COHERS undertaking goals.
6. Tasks and duties
As a part of the Venture Implementation Plan (PIP) of the GAC funded undertaking for ‘COHERS’, the Gender Marketing consultant will assist our native companions AVSF to conduct a participatory gender equality assessments of the group undertaking communities. Additional particulars are described under:
6.1. Analysis and preparation
Contact native associate AVSF for basic briefing and preliminary response framework;
Evaluation all the rules from the COHERS undertaking and make sure the actions deliberate by the native companions corresponds to the communities wants by way of gender equality and are gender-sensitive;
Put together key gender background notes for native companions: embrace recognized gender options of the inhabitants and steering on gender points in the sort of context (e.g. totally different bodily wants & capabilities to entry support, gendered roles & obligations within the communities, safety & exploitation);
Set up key inside and exterior contacts with understanding of the social/gender dynamics and tendencies within the communities the place the native companions work, native leaders and organizations/networks recognized to advertise the pursuits of girls.
6.2. Improvement of needed instruments
Create instruments to gather information for the gender evaluation and to watch undertaking progress;
6.3. Gender Evaluation
Group gender evaluation: To work with associate employees on the group degree to establish obstacles to gender equality dealing with small-scale farmers;
In collaboration with native companions and the VWB/VSF native coordinator, assist the gathering and evaluation of intercourse disaggregated information (quantitative and qualitative) in addition to streamlining the wants evaluation, assortment and evaluation in order that it may be simpler in assembly beneficiary wants;
To analyse the organizational and group degree gender context and supply different technical helps to construct information and expertise referring to gender equality;
7. Methodology
The advisor might be anticipated to suggest probably the most acceptable consultative and participatory approaches for this project following preliminary consultations with VWB/VSF’s Head of Applications, M&E and Gender Advisor and native companions.
8. Output of the Task
The advisor is predicted to offer a Gender Evaluation that addresses the goals and subjects described within the paragraphs above, giving particular consideration to the general information evaluation and proposals for the undertaking guarantee gender equitable exercise design, dangers identification and mitigation in addition to monitoring progress. The advisor will complement the evaluation with visible pictures from the coaching classes within the communities, discipline evaluation instruments (focus teams, interviews and so forth), working classes with the native companions, and some other visuals and supplies that visually illustrate gender equality points.
9. {Qualifications} and Expertise of the Gender Marketing consultant
Schooling
A college diploma in a associated discipline (political science, worldwide improvement, ladies’s research)
Related post-graduate diploma and formal coaching in gender thought of an asset
Expertise
A minimal of 5 years (5) expertise in program administration/program improvement in a world improvement/humanitarian group;
A minimal of three (3) years worldwide improvement expertise within the International South, particularly in Senegal is required;
A powerful understanding of girls’s rights is required, in addition to demonstrated expertise incorporating gender and feminist approaches into the design, monitoring, studying, and analysis of applications;
Expertise in making use of participatory strategies and instruments, together with the promotion of gender equality, good governance, and environmental sustainability;
Robust information and expertise in conducting gender evaluation and gender Motion Plan in a growing nation context;
Data of multi-stakeholder program improvement processes together with coordination and studying;
Data of coaching instruments and strategies and confirmed expertise delivering coaching on gender responsive applications. Expertise in teaching and mentoring in rural and agricultural communities is taken into account an asset.
Expertise
Potential to speak concepts in a culturally-sensitive method and conducive to their sensible software;
Sturdy conceptual and analytical expertise.
Glorious time administration expertise, with a capability to ship high-quality outputs on time.
Common finance, administration, info administration and telecommunication expertise and proficiency in info know-how/ pc expertise.
Potential to prioritize, arrange, work independently, and take initiative
Glorious public talking expertise
Curious, enthusiastic and keen to innovate and adapt
Fluency in English and French is a should