Consultancy: Researcher for Women’s Rights in Western Balkans, Kvinna till Kvinna

Summary

Programme: EU Accession for whom? Women’s rights and participation in the Western Balkans (2021-2026)

Primary methodology: desk study, literature review

Commissioning organisation: The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation

Key dates: expected start of assignment is March 2024

Final report due: September 2024

Recipients of final report:

The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation

Partner organisations to Kvinna till Kvinna throughout the Western Balkans

The Swedish International Development Agency

The Swedish Embassy in each Western Balkan country

European Union institutions

Deadline for submission of tender: March 19 2024

Background

The Swedish organisation The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation (Kvinna till Kvinna) supports women in areas affected by war and conflict to increase women’s power and influence. Today we cooperate with more than 130 women’s organisations in the Western Balkan region, the South Caucasus, the Middle East and four countries in Africa. We started at the beginning of the 1990’s in the Balkans as a direct result of the atrocities of the war with a focus on women, peace and security. We collaborate with women’s organisations that play an active part in peace and transition processes as well as promoting women’s rights and gender equality.

Kvinna till Kvinna is currently implementing the EU Accession for whom? Women’s rights and participation in the Western Balkans (2021-2026) programme which aims to continue to strengthen women’s rights and women’s equal participation in decision-making in the Western Balkan region, through contributing to gendering the EU accession processes and strengthening civil society organisations (CSOs) in the six pre-accession countries, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, as well as regionally. As part of this programme, Kvinna till Kvinna produces an annual gender benchmarking report titled Women’s Rights in Western Balkans. This longitudinal annual report is an advocacy tool in which four areas analysed and monitored: women in politics, gender-based violence (GBV), security of women human rights defenders (WHRDs), and women in the labour market, as these are priority areas that Kvinna till Kvinna and partner organisations have identified for advancing women’s rights. This eighth edition highlights two of the four indicators: women in the labour market, and security for WHRDs. As such, Kvinna till Kvinna is searching for a consultant or a team of consultants to implement this assignment.

Expected outcome of the assignment

The consultant(s) shall assist the implementation of the regional programme by contributing to regional research by compiling and analysing data for the comparative analysis of EU integration regarding women’s rights, for Albania, BiH, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. The comparative analysis will be used in advocacy towards national/federal governments and delegations as well as relevant EU institutions.

The consultant/s should perform a regional analysis from a women’s rights perspective of the socio-political context, with a focus on the indicators (i) Women in the Labour Market and (ii) Security for WHRDs for the six Western Balkan accession countries, using data as available for 2023-24.

Application

Please submit your application no later than March 19 2024 via the submission button. Before submitting your application, please see the full Terms of Reference, link.

Please note that we only accept applications through our career site (Teamtailor, below) and we will only be accepting applications written in English. The complete application package shall include all five of the following:

• An updated CV (or an updated CV per person, if applying in consortia);
• A one-page letter of motivation (if applying in consortia, the letter may be two pages but shall clearly outline and motivate which topics each consultant would work on);
• An offer with a detailed Cost Frame for the assignment (broken down per person if applying in consortia);
• Relevant writing sample(s);
• Signed Declaration of non conflict of interest, link(per person if applying in consortia) – please note that applications missing this Declaration will not be taken into consideration.

Please note that due to the nature of the work, we encourage women to apply. We recognise that women have a wide diversity of experiences and lived realities and therefore take an intersectional feminist approach, to address the specific need of different groups of women and support diverse feminist movements. Our definition of women is inclusive and refers to all persons who self-identify as women.

Questions

If you have any questions regarding this position or the recruitment process, please contact Head of Office Western Balkans, Stina Magnuson Buur, [email protected]

For information on the recruitment process, please contact our HR unit, at [email protected].