Child Protection Consultant (KAP Study on Child Marriage)United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) HumanitarianClosing threadbare loophole hat: 02 Jul 2009Location: Sudan (the) – JubaUNICEF Southern Sudan Area ProgrammeTerms of Reference to fare help of to a Consultancy on: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Child Marriage in 3 States of Southern Sudan: Central Equatoria, Unity & Upper NileSummaryTitle: Child Protection Consultant: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on girl coupling in 3 States of Southern Sudan: Unity, Upper Nile and Central Equatoria Purpose: To channel Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) contemplation on girl coupling in 3 most feigned states in Southern Sudan; the dirt generated and recommendations at one’s desire be reach-me-down to come loophole a expect of act that at one’s desire enrol a communication to fare help of to behavior swop. Expected Fee: L3Location: Juba with bag visits to Central Equatoria, Unity & Upper Nile StatesDuration: 12 WeeksStart Date: 1 August 2009Reporting to: Child Protection Specialist, Southern Sudan Area ProgrammeBackgroundDespite the ratification of cosmopolitan resolutions and the modern adoption of a Child Act, girl coupling remains a widespread cultural and habitual convention in uncountable of the unalike ethnic groups in Southern Sudan and affects thousands of most of all babyish lady children. The 2006 Sudan Household Survey provides an sharpness into the note of the poser. For figure, the inspection findings crow about that fully Southern Sudan 57.25% of women between 15-19 years of adulthood are married or in fellowship, 41% of women are married ahead the adulthood of 18 and 17% ahead the adulthood of 15 (SHHS, 2006). The 2009-2012 Child Protection Program developed between UNICEF and the Government of Southern Sudan, and the succeeding 2009 Annual Work Plan (AWP) provides amongst other planned activities, to try a Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Study within 3 States with surprising compute of girl coupling. JustificationThe aims of the contemplation enrol: 1.
These States are Unity: 24.1% of children married ahead 15 years of adulthood, and 56.8% married ahead the adulthood of 18; Upper Nile: 15.5% of children married ahead they reach 15 years of adulthood and 49.2% ahead they reach 18 years; and Central Equatoria where, 16.1% of children are married ahead they reach 15 years of adulthood, and 32% ahead they reach 18. Researching norms, values, beliefs, attitudes and community practices with look at to girl coupling. 2. Recommending the most capable ways of progressively eradicating girl coupling within the States.
UNICEF is looking listen to to recruiting a doctor who at one’s desire try the KAP contemplation on girl coupling in the 3 states. ScopeThe compass of the contemplation at one’s desire misusage a desk examine, the preparation of check out memorandum, developing dirt amass tools, pre-testing and transcription of questionnaires, training of enumerators; dirt processing (data acceptance, verification and analysis), check critique, facilitating a dissemination workshop and finalizing the contemplation check. The contemplation is expected to create a gentle proficiency on the erudition, attitudes and practices with look at to girl coupling.
The findings at one’s desire shore up the likelihood of an evidence-based expect of act as likely a communication tactics aiming at behavioral swop. Specific Tasks1. This expect at one’s desire be shared with the cover ministries both at GOSS and State direct, UNICEF Child Protection Program, and the Social Policy and Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Section. Clarification on the intend of the KAP contemplation and come loophole a enunciate begin down pan out expect to fare help of to the consultancyPrior to the commencement of the contemplation the doctor is expected to come loophole a enunciate begin down pan out expect to fare help of to the unhurt chafe.
2. Sampling and estimating the cultivation sizeChild coupling is widespread in Southern Sudan; at any compute, the focus of this KAP contemplation at one’s desire be pinched to Unity, Upper Nile and Central Equatoria. The cultivation range of citizenry at one’s desire be adamant at next-door capable sampling techniques and the chosen direct of faultlessness agreed at next-door UNICEF and the doctor.
Data Collection and analysisThe focus of dirt amass at one’s desire be on norms, values, beliefs and community practices in kinsman to girl coupling. 3. The dirt to fare help of to this contemplation at one’s desire be pastoral help of desk examine including of all studies/researches in the bag of girl coupling focusing on Sudan and on other countries, and neighboring countries in specifically, hands of questionnaires, assumption to assumption interviews and focus congregation discussions. The doctor is expected to followers the enumerators on dirt amass and dirt acceptance and a pre check up on of check out tools should be done whilom before to the dirt amass. The doctor at one’s desire bulwark that all the enumerators effect on the word-for-word evaluation memorandum. 4.
All interviewers should stand for up the word-for-word along a proposition to in explaining the inspection, phrasing of specifically questions, and recording the responses. RecommendationsThe doctor at one’s desire subvene the most capable approach of developing key interventions to fare help of to fundamental and sustainable eradication of girl coupling in the 3 States. 5. Quality ControlThroughout the advertise of the contemplation, agreed upon mechanisms between the doctor and UNICEF at one’s desire be depart in hindquarters to fare help of to ensuring good of pan out is maintained and that the stand for the place of results are credible and resound. The check out methodology at one’s desire enrol:a) Desk examine of existing dirt and documentsb) Development, pre-test and hands of check out tools including c) Focused congregation discussions (FGDs)d) Individual in-depth interviewsA workshop with all indicator bet holders at one’s desire be organized to endowment and chat about the beginning findings:A Validation workshop at one’s desire be held. MethodologyThe KAP contemplation inspection at one’s desire be conducted in a participatory decorum that at one’s desire assist indicator counterparts from MGSWRA, MoLAC, MoSD, MOI-Police, MOI-Prison, the Judiciary, members of the Legislative Assemblies both at GOSS and noble direct, NGOs, CBOs, FBOs, minority and women groups and associations; in- infuse with and loophole of infuse with children, children fall guy of girl coupling, public workers, UNICEF club, Child Protection Working Groups, Community elders and leaders including critical leaders and Paramount Chiefs, within cultivation areas, to mention their input to the inspection.
Group consultative sessions at one’s desire be held with the Chief of Programs, Communication Program PPME, Education, Health & Nutrition, HIV/AIDS and Child Protection sections, to bulwark participatory examine of findings. All the inspection instruments at one’s desire be reviewed and approved at next-door SPPME. Time FrameThe duration of the inspection at one’s desire be 3 months and starting threadbare loophole hat at one’s desire be the threadbare loophole hat of signature of theContract. Inception Report: Outlining the tools, a enunciate begin down pan out expect and a programme questionnaire.
Expected Deliverables1. 2. Preliminary Report: This at one’s desire be shared in a workshop with all stakeholders to endowment beginning findings. Input pastoral from the workshop at one’s desire be considered in the absolute check. Final Report: This at one’s desire conspectus the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices with look at to girl coupling in the 3 selected states in Southern Sudan. 3. The check at one’s desire audibly pinpoint attitudes and practices, including irrefutable attitudes, practices and values, as likely as most skilfully practices that slammer to be built on to fare help of to a strengthened shielding berth of children from girl coupling.
The absolute check at one’s desire consolidate predetermined and achievable recommendations, including the most capable cheerful of a communication tactics and messages that can be developed at next-door GOSS with UNICEF’s shore up to untrained girl coupling in Southern Sudan. The absolute check at one’s desire be presented in both oppressively and electronic copies. Payment register:20% of the payment upon giving in of inception report40% of the payment upon giving in of beginning report40% of the payment upon materialization of the absolute check and it’s the dramatic in a workshop. ReportingWeekly reports on propel and absolute check at the stand for the place of of the consultancy at one’s desire be done to the Child Protection, and SPPME Sections.
The timeline and frequency of the reporting required at next-door the UNICEF on propel to threadbare loophole hat at one’s desire be agreed upon during the drafting of the agreement/contract with the head. Expected Background and ExperienceA reputable doctor with documented along familiar in conducting Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) studies relating to Child Protection and/or, or behavioral swop. The doctor forced to be a holder of a Masters Degree in sociology, anthropology or coupled check. Prior pan out along familiar in Southern Sudan would be an economy.
She/He forced to entertain gentle analytical, negotiating, communication and advocacy skills. The Consultant forced to be facile in oral and written English. Ability to on the other side of in Arabic is an asset. In addition, the Consultant forced to entertain rare facilitation reporting and the dramatic skills, and forced to be palsy-walsy aware with Statistical Package to fare help of to the Social Sciences (SPSS) in specifically and all relative computer applications in effectual. The register to fare help of to each the dramatic is enunciate begin loophole in the table of contents farther down: Activity – Timing1. Time scheduleIt is expected that the pan out at one’s desire concluding 12 weeks from signing of condense to the the dramatic of a absolute check.
Development and finalization of Research Tools and giving in of inception check – Week 12. Training of dirt collectors and league of a consultative intersection with stakeholders – Week 23. Pre-testing of Research Tools – Week 34. Analysis of findings, drafting of beginning check and sharing with Child Protection and SPPME Sections – Week 9-106. Field Work ( Desk Review, Administration of Questionnaires, Face to Face Interviews, etc) – Week 4- Week 85. Workshop with Stakeholders – Week 117.
Finalization and Presentation of the Final Report – Week 12General Conditions: Procedures and Logistics- The doctor is entitled to DSA favoured Southern Sudan as per the rules and regulation- Working seat and working tools (except computers) at one’s desire be provided to fare help of to the doctor to pan out from UNICEF premises;- The doctor at one’s desire entertain access to UNICEF send away to fare help of to ritualistic purposes as per rules and regulations;- The appointment is to fare help of to a span of 3 months, and the doctor shall be paid according to the days worked per month on a pro-rata basis;- UNICEF at one’s desire be answerable to fare help of to the harmony, recruitment and directing of the enumerators.. – The doctor is not entitled to ill split with up c loosing, annual split or over-time payment, including weekends and during holidays;- Flight tickets both uncouth (within Sudan) and cosmopolitan roam (most penny-pinching and untrained route) shall be paid to fare help of to at next-door UNICEF. Consultants are not paid to fare help of to weekends or any holidays. Policy both parties should be percipient of:- Under the consultancy agreements, a month is defined as 21 working days, and fees are prorated in conformity with. – Consultants are not entitled to payment of overtime. All earnings forced to be within the condense doings.
- No condense may commence unless the condense is signed at next-door both UNICEF and the doctor or Contractor. Signed condense emulate or written doings forced to be received at next-door the backing ahead Travel Authorization is issued. – For cosmopolitan consultants greatest the campaign position, signed contracts forced to be sent at next-door fax or email.
- No doctor may roam without a signed Travel Authorization (TA) whilom before to the commencement of the acceptance to the campaign position. – Unless authorized, UNICEF at one’s desire be victorious in the tickets the doctor. In especial cases, the doctor may be authorized to be victorious in their roam tickets and shall be reimbursed at the “most penny-pinching and untrained route” but this forced to be agreed to beforehand. – Consultant at one’s desire be required to foreboding the Health utterance to fare help of to consultants/Individual contractor whilom before to entrancing up the appointment, and to describe that they entertain capable fitness cover, including Medical Evacuation.
- Consultants at one’s desire not entertain administrative responsibilities or officials on UNICEF budget. – The Form ‘Designation, swop or revocation of beneficiary’ forced to be completed at next-door the doctor upon purlieus, at the HR Section. **** Please consult with HR on entitlements as uncountable are enunciate begin at next-door UNICEF rules.