Consulting Services for Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Strategy Assessment and Curriculum Adaptation for GEnder incluSive Market systems for Improved Nutrition (GESMIN) Project

The overall purpose of this consultancy is to refine GESMIN’s WEE Behavior Change strategy and develop/adjust necessary resources to further enhance women’s agency and equitable systems in Jamalpur project areas. It begins with an assessment of the existing scenario in relation to equitable systems (both in the old and new areas) and provides the evidence base to fine-tune the project’s gender transformation approaches (i.e. MenCare) under the project’s Outcome 4. The assignment includes adjusting the existing MenCare curriculum to suit the training of public (e.g. DAE) and private staff (e.g. Input companies), as well as develop necessary BCC materials. The specific objectives of the assessment are as follows;

1. a) To explore the updating of MenCare curriculum for households based on learnings from Phase 1 in existing sub-districts and in new subdistricts.
2. b) To assess the updating of religious leader MenCare curriculum based on Phase 1 and recommend any necessary changes.
3. c) To adapt key training sessions of the MenCare Curriculum to train Public and Private sector staff for improved WEE approaches based on current policy and curriculums.
4. d) To assess the behavior of the community related to gender and disability norms and recommend specific WEE strategy for behavior change at the community level (including IEC materials)
5. e) Building on the findings from GESMIN’s Gender and Environment sensitive Market Assessment, collect and analyze additional data to establish the business case for community led childcare corners at collection points for the communities