Consultant: Gender Action Leaning System - Phase 1
International Water Management Institute, Malawi

Ukama Ustawi (UU) Work Package 5 is seeking a consultant (or a firm) to plan and implement Phase 1 of the Gender Action Learning System in Malawi.

This is an internationally/globally hired consultancy; therefore, individuals / firms with relevant abilities from diverse locations around the world are encouraged to apply.

The CGIAR Regional Integrated Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa, also known as Ukama Ustawi (UU), aims to address food and nutrition security risks in the region arising from an overreliance on maize through a climate-resilient, water-secure, and socially inclusive approach.

One of the research activities in UU is Work Package 5 (WP5): Empower and Engage. The work package seeks to empower and engage women and youth in agribusiness ecosystems. It addresses widespread gender and social inequalities in the region’s agribusiness ecosystems. Different local and national contexts are being assessed to map multidimensional challenges and opportunities for coordinated transformative change interventions.

WP5 helps identify pathways to transformative change according to local demand, informed by a robust gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) framework, and designed to adaptively scale up and scale out inclusion throughout the agribusiness ecosystems.

Part of this work includes an all of society approach which seeks to facilitate and create (where possible) an enabling environment for women, youth and other marginalized groups to sustainable engage in the agricultural value chain and associated activities. One of the ways in which we would like to support such an enabling environment is to implement Phase 1 of the Gender Action Learning System (GALS) in two districts in Malawi.

For ongoing work in the initiative through WP 5, we are seeking a consultant, team, or a consultant company to lead a process to develop a plan for implementing Phase 1 of the GALS in Malawi with the ultimate goal of reaching 4000 households in total; and, implement this plan in the first six months of 2024. The districts in Malawi identified for this work are: Balaka and Nkhotakota districts.

SCOPE OF WORK:

Specifically, the consultant will:

• Familiarize themself with the work UU has conducted in Malawi, specifically in relation to climate smart agriculture (WP1); gender assessment in terms of agriculture (WP5), and youth and agribusiness landscaping analysis (WP5).
• Develop and implement a plan to execute Phase 1 of GALS in two districts in Malawi. The plan should be adapted to the UU context and goals, and include, but not be limited to:
• Stakeholder map: Draw up a list of key stakeholders to engage with in line with GALS Phase 1.
• GALS introduction/adaptation workshop/s: An introduction to the GALS ethos and approach to the broader community. This should include, amongst others, local leaders, community leaders, extensions officers, community elders, Ukama Ustawi project team, and women and men farmers who have been participating in UU WP1 activities in the districts.
• GALS change catalyst workshop/s: Workshops that assist participants with self-analysis in terms of gender inequality and its negative consequences. As a part of this workshop, champions or peer trainers should be identified to champion community-led action learning.
• GALS individual and community action learning workshop/s: Using GALS methods and approaches such as household visioning, hold workshops to create an enabling environment specifically for women within their own households and that supports their successful adoption of new technology and approaches as provided under WP1 of UU.
• Plan of action and monitoring for cascading the learning to 4000 households

• Planning and stakeholder mapping report.
• GALS introduction/adaptation workshop content/curriculum (could be a document or a slide deck).
• Conduct workshop and submit workshop report for the two GALS introduction/adaptation workshop.
• GALS change catalyst workshop content/curriculum (could be a document or a slide deck).
• Conduct workshop and submit workshop report for the two GALS change catalyst workshops. This should include a list of identified champions or peer trainers.
• Plan of action and monitoring for cascading the learning to 4000 households.
• GALS individual and community action learning workshops content/curriculum (could be a document or a slide deck).
• Conduct workshops and submit workshop report for the two GALS individual and community action learning workshops.
• Close out report.
• Develop a Phase 1 GALS workplan and draw up a list of key stakeholders to engage with GALS Phase 1 for UU WP5.
• Hold two (2) GALS introduction/adaptation workshops one pe

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