Training on the Provision of Gender Responsive Employment Service Delivery ( National Consultancy )

• Country: Jordan
• Summary: Training on the Provision of Gender Responsive Employment Service Delivery ( National Consultancy )
• JOT Ref No: 68583955
• Deadline: 10 Jul 2022
• Financier: Self Financed
• Purchaser Ownership: Government
• Tender Value: Refer Document
• Notice Type: Tender
• Document Ref. No.: EU-ILO_JO_01/2022
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• Tenders are invited for Training on the Provision of Gender Responsive Employment Service Delivery ( National Consultancy ) Young women in Jordan are faced with an array of barriers to acquiring and retaining decent employment, resulting in poor labour market outcomes. The challenge of poor female labour market performance is multi-faceted in nature, and leads to an array of subsequent social and economic impacts. Despite making significant strides in correcting the gender gap in educational attainment, Jordan is yet to have improved the socio-political, economic and cultural conditions, which disable women from engaging in economic production.While women outnumber men at the tertiary education level, their labour market indicators fail to reflect this reality. Women in Jordan have long presented alarming unemployment rates, standing at 26.2 percent in 2021, compared to 18.7 percent amongst men. Even more concerning are Jordan-s historically low female labour force participation rates (LFPR), which stood at 13.8 percent in 2021. According to the World Economic Forum-s 2020 Global Gender Gap Report, Jordan ranks 145th out of 153 countries on the pillar of female economic participation and opportunity. Further, despite the severe fluctuations in Jordan-s political and economic environment, female LFPR has shown negligible changes for over a decade, appearing seemingly unscathed by the 2008 global economic crisis, the Syria conflict, and the COVID-19 catastrophe, posing several questions regarding the factors which impede its growth. These poor labour market outcomes are both a symptom of several underlying challenges, as well as a provocation of detrimental impacts for the lives of women and families. Within traditionally structured households in Jordan, men tend to be the primary breadwinners, leaving women in charge of most, if not all, domestic care duties. Often, childcare and other household responsibilities can conflict with existing aspirations to seek, secure and remain in employment. This is especially true for women in lower income positions, due to the relatively high costs of childcare in Jordan. Another barrier limiting women-s economic participation is the lack of access to safe, reliable and affordable means of transportation. This imposes a significant obstacle to women-s commutes to and from the workplace, particularly for women living in rural areas. Further, assuming that affordable childcare and safe transportation are available, sweeping misconceptions regarding women-s fitness to fill certain roles reduce their engagement to a narrow pool of occupations. Tirelessly, these factors leave many women with a lack of personal income-generating avenues, often causing their financial exclusion, and thrusting them into situations of complete dependency. The situation is much more pronounced among Syrian women, and young Syrian women who experience a multiplicity of disadvantages with regard to formal labour market access. Syrian women suffer disturbingly high unemployment rates which, according to UNHCR, reach 46 percent of female Syrian refugees in (2018), compared to 23 percent for Syrian men. Although 22 percent of Syrian households are headed by women, economic activity among Syrian women reached a tepid 8 percent. The narrow engagement of Syrian women in employment can be attributed to numerous factors, including household and family responsibilities, access to affordable transportation, skills mismatches, and fear of experiencing violence and harassment at the workplace. In a study by UNICEF, Syrian women repeatedly voiced that better livelihoods, access to formal work, and comprehensive support for both themselves and their families are the foundations for empowerment and equality. Scope of Work Stage I: Programme Planning and Development Engage with stakeholders and key ILO personnel, to gain an understanding on the main deficits of current ESC provisions; with regard to the tools and knowledge ESOs need to effectively offer services to female beneficiaries. Identify key capacitation needs amongst national partners and ESOs offering services to female beneficiaries. Conduct a review on successful capacitation and sensitivity training programmes implemented for the improvement of gender-responsive employment services globally, with a focus on programmes implemented in countries with socio-political and economic challenges similar to Jordan-s. Draft a training programme concept and course syllabus, and submit to ILO personnel and project technical committee. Finalize training package, in accordance with feedback received from the technical training committee. The package must include: (i) course syllabus, (ii) learners guide, (iii) detailed course schedule, (iv) evaluation criteria, (v) course implementation action plan and list of needed materials. The consultancy assignment will take place during 20 July-31 August 2022 with a total number of 24 working days. Closing Date: 10 Jul 2022 Type: Consultancy Themes: Education/Gender/Protection and Human Rights
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