CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST & ASSESSMENT OF WOMEN AND YOUTH SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS FOR IMPROVED WELLBEING AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN THE SEASCAPE AREA
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WWF Tanzania (Seascape Programme) under the support of MACP4 Project (Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies) is aware that for a truly sustainable development, gender mainstreaming in socio-economic needs should be linked to management of marine resources founded on valid knowledge and understanding of gender and power relations and how these are influenced by the specific ecological and socioeconomic context of the interventions. This will allow for prioritization of the most important gender actions and activities to decrease coastal vulnerability within specific socioeconomic, environmental and policy contexts. This assignment is calling for a gender expert and expert from the fields of livelihood in coastal and marine waters to undertake women and youth socioeconomic needs assessment to understand their priority for improved economic wellbeing in the seascape area. The study will focus on four districts of Mkuranga, Kilwa, Kibiti and Mafia Island) Mainstreaming of women and youth into economic and livelihood projects for the integrated management of coastal and marine ecosystem to ensure projects do not encourage gender- biased inequalities.
2.1. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
(a) Identify and quantify the work and contribution of women and youth in fisheries, sea weed, tourism, other important livelihoods sources and conservation initiatives and provide evidence for future support and investment in them (b) Identify and quantify women and youth contribution in household food security, their livelihood- dependency on ocean resources and their barriers in accessing them (c) Access how social relations of production, access to resources, social cultural factors and power dynamics within household and villages have affected women and youth positively and negatively (d) Identify context specific capacity training gaps and guidelines for women and youth in resource management, livelihood investments and sustainable resourced utilization (e) Identify women and youth learning exchange in order to transform ideas and initiatives into sustainable enterprise (f) Explore women and youth
3. IMPORTANT QUALIFICATION) (a) Master’s degree/PhD in Gender studies, Fisheries management, sociology, political science, natural resource governance, marketing economics and social-ecological studies (b) At least 5 years’ experience in working with coastal communities in Tanzania
(c) Ability to undertake content analysis and interpretation of results effectively
(d) Excellent analytical and research skills and strong interpersonal skills to work and deliver results independently and within a team
(e) Previous undertakings on gender and youth studies with evidence is an added advantage
(f) Mastery of computer tools: Microsoft Word, SPSS, Excel and other as applicable and
(g) Experience in working with international organization assignments
4.APPLICATION PROCEDURE
WWF TCO invites applications from competent, qualified and experience consultant(s) through the following address: Secretary, Procurement Committee; WWF Tanzania; Kiko Street, Of Mwai Kibaki Road Plot 252, Mikocheni, P. 0. Box 63117, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Tel: +255 22 277 5346/277 2455/270077 Fax: +255 22 277 5535; website. wwf.or.tz All applicants should direct Technical and Financial electronic proposals to the procurement: e-mail at [email protected] and or hard copy to the address indicated above
The deadline for submission is Thursday 21th July 2022 at 3 pm EAT. Interested applicants may get the detailed Term: of Reference (ToR) through the following websites: https://www.wwf.or.tz/jobs_and_opportunities/jobs/
WWF TCO reserves the right to accept or reject any or all the applications and late application shall not be accepted for evaluation. WWF has a principle of zero tolerance for fraud and corruption, if you encounter such an incident report by sending an email to [email protected] income seasonality and coping strategies with focus on innovative group and individual partnerships solutions and income diversification.
