Founded in 1973, Ipas is a global nongovernmental organization dedicated to ending preventable deaths and disabilities from unsafe abortion. Through local, national and global partnerships, Ipas works to ensure that women can obtain safe, respectful and comprehensive abortion care, including counseling and contraception to prevent future unintended pregnancies. At Ipas, we believe that: Every woman has a right to safe reproductive health choices, including safe abortion care. No woman should have to risk her life, her health, her fertility, her well-being or the well-being of her family because she lacks reproductive health care. Women everywhere must have the opportunity to determine their futures, care for their families and manage their fertility. Along with caring, committed health professionals and other colleagues worldwide, Ipas tackles this neglected public health problem head on in some of the world’s poorest countries. While many international donors and governments have focused attention and resources elsewhere, we struggle against the fundamental social injustice that results in the deaths of so many women in the prime of their lives.
Background
Ipas Nigeria Health Foundation works to empower women and girls to have bodily autonomy and exercise their sexual and reproductive health and rights. As partners for reproductive justice, we build collective action that transforms societies to enable women, girls, and vulnerable persons to manage their fertility and realize their full potential.
Ipas is implementing the Increasing Sexual and Reproductive Autonomy Project in Nigeria to enhance women and girls’ decision-making power and access to comprehensive Sexual Reproductive Health services in Benue, Borno, Oyo, and Lagos states. To accomplish this goal, we are collaborating with community-based organizations in the different project states to interact with community structures and identify intermediaries who will educate community members on gender-sensitive SRHR knowledge, conduct community dialogues and awareness sessions to address stigmatizing attitudes and engage with community stakeholders and influencers to garner social support for women and girls, ultimately enhancing their bodily autonomy and access to sexual and reproductive health services.
Ipas Nigeria Health Foundation is seeking a consultant to facilitate the development of
- Gender-sensitive IEC SRHR messages & content using UCD approach with community stakeholders to transform negative social norms regarding Contraception, Safe Abortion, and Gender-Based Violence.
- Facilitate the development of communication strategies with stakeholders to disseminate information and engage stakeholders within the communities to change negative social norms.
Target Audience
The proposed guide is meant for use by Community-based organizations implementing community-based SRHR interventions and approaches including inter-personal communication, community sensitization and awareness creation, and peer-to-peer education to increase knowledge and awareness of accurate SRHR, correct myths and misconceptions, challenge social norms and values that inhibit women and girls’ access to SRHR services.
Scope of Work and Deliverables
- Review training modules and discussion guides used in training peer educators and reference them to create a comprehensive training manual.
- Conduct a one-day virtual meeting with CBOs to validate the content in the comprehensive training manual and job aids.
- Develop IEC messaging based on Ipas’ Social norm scale to change social norms to end unsafe abortions, GBV, and contraception.
- Conduct one-day validation meeting with Community stakeholders to review the IEC materials that are developed.
- Review and update the Job Aids for peer educators.
- Facilitate sessions with community stakeholders and humanitarian aid workers to develop communication strategies for the dissemination of IEC materials.
Method of Application
Submission Requirements
Ipas Nigeria requests expression of interest form suitable individuals with requisite SBC and communication experience developing messages, IEC materials and communication tools related to SRHR.
Experience with developing messaging that imbibes human-centered approaches (User Centred Design) is strongly required. The submission should include:
- A 2-page narrative of proposed approach/methodology and workplan to deliver on the Scope of work.
- Proposed consultancy rate/fee/budget as applicable
- A CV and suitability statement
