Organizational Background
Young Women’s Christian Association Ethiopia is an affiliate member to World YWCA; an international voluntary membership movement that connects women leading social and economic change in over 120 countries. YWCA Ethiopia was initially founded in 1962 and reestablished in 2000 then re-registered as Ethiopian resident charity following proclamation 621/2009 with license number 0237 and again re-registered with revised CSO 1113/2019 proclamation under FDRE CSO agency.
YWCA Ethiopia seeks to improve the status of women and girls and empower through intervening on its core intervention focus areas; advancing gender equality, influencing governance and planning, socioeconomic empowerment, sexual and reproductive health, access to education and young women leadership development. Currently, in partnership Malala Fund, YWCA is implementing a project entitled “Covid-19 initiative for girl’s education: selected 10 secondary schools in Adama city. with the objective for the reduction of social and economic impacts affecting equitable access to education of marginalized girls during and post Covid-19 period in Adama city.
Description: To undertake the following activities
Implementation area: Adama, Oromia Region
s/n | Project activity description | # days | # participants | Types of participants |
1 | Organize sensitization sessions to teachers on alternative learning, re-enrolment & catch up on missed learning (Adama) |
1 day | 25 | High school teachers & mgt team |
2 | Organize pre-forum formation sessions with a large group of girl students in 10 selected schools | 1 day (one round) | 100 (50 in each round) | Girl students from secondary schools |
3 | Organize inter-face meetings between right holders/ Girls and duty bearers / responsible government officials/ on concerns of girls to their education | 1 day (one round) | 50 (25 in each round) | Government educational office, Right holders and girls students |
4 | Sensitization workshops to leaders of CBOs, FBOs, School leaders & PTA on girl’s education and burdens of care work in Adama. | 1 day (one round) | 50 (25 in each round) | CBOs, FBOs, school leaders & PTA. |
5 | Organize sensitization workshops to school communities on girl’s education and creating conducive and safe school environments for girl students | 1 day | 50 | School community and key stake holders. |
Purpose of the assignment: As part of the Malala Fund project intervention, YWCA Ethiopia intends to hire a resource person to undertake the above-mentioned activities in Adama city. Therefore, YWCA Ethiopia invites potential resource person to undertake these assignments.
Required Competencies: