RFP – Feminist Economics School Arabic Curriculum Development

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PURPOSE OF THIS RFP

Oxfam’s Economic Justice Programme in OPT is working with various communities across the Gaza Strip, West Bank and East Jerusalem to achieve sustainable economic engagement in the Palestinian economy focusing on women economic justice. The program is currently developing a strategic programme to explore pathways for “valuing women’s work” and women’s economic contributions, including those recognized and unrecognized economic activities in the formal and informal economy.

Oxfam in Opt is seeking to commission a pool of qualified consultants with proven expertise and experience in feminist economics theory and practice, to develop a curriculum for Feminist Economics School/Course in Arabic. The content will be delivered once and further developed to be suitable for an online self-education course to be placed on Oxfam E-learning. services shall be provided according to conditions and requirements detailed in this Request For Proposal (RFP). Applicants have the option of proposing to develop a curriculum for one or more of the following Feminist Economics School/Course modules:

Mod. 1: Busting the myths on feminism (Theory and Practice)

Mod. 2: Feminist Economics: a different approach to understanding wealth and power

Mod. 3: Care economy and feminist bail-out

Mod. 4: Gender Assets, Poverty and Inequality

Mod. 5: Macro-economics and gender

Mod. 6: Trade, value chain and gender

Mod. 7: International financing and gender

Mod. 8: Feminist economy and emerging and persistent challenges (Part 1)

Mod. 9: Feminist economy and emerging and persistent challenges (Part 2)

RFP dossier includes a short description of modules to inspire and set the direction for module curriculum developers.