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Tender Details
- Country: Kenya
- Summary: Consultancy to Develop and Digitalize Legal Literacy Materials that are User Friendly for People with Disabilities
- KET Ref No: 57553575
- Deadline: 06 Oct 2021
- Competition: ICB
- Financier: Self Financed
- Purchaser Ownership: -
- Tender Value: Refer Document
- Notice Type: Tender
- Document Ref. No.: GFPREQ01720
- Purchaser's Detail :
- Description :
- Tenders are invited for Consultancy to Develop and Digitalize Legal Literacy Materials that are User Friendly for People with Disabilities (PWD). Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) is the non-state Principal Recipient (PR) for the Global Fund HIV Grant, running from July 2021 to June 2024 (NFM3). The goal of the grant is to contribute to the attainment of universal health coverage through comprehensive HIV prevention, treatment and care for all people in Kenya while the objectives is to reduce new HIV infections by 75% and reduce AIDs related mortality by 50%. One of the modules that KRCS will be implementing under the HIV grant is Reducing human rights-related barriers to HIV/TB services. Despite the strong national and international legal frameworks and commitments to the protection of human rights, Kenya still faces challenges. There remain human rights, gender and age-related barriers to HIV and TB services in Kenya. It is important to note that while the overall stigma index for Kenya in 2014 was 45% the findings of the current PLHIV stigma survey index is at 23.28% of PLHIV. Notably, the current PLHIV stigma index survey used a standard tool generated by the global partnership on stigma index (GNP, ICW, IPPF and UNAIDS) The Constitution of Kenya 2010 which is the supreme law of the land. Article 54 (1) (e) provides that a person with disability is entitled to access to materials and devices to overcome constrains arising from the persons- disability. This Article directly correlates with the project. Persons with Disabilities Act, 2003. This is an Act of Parliament that advocates for the rights of persons with disability. The Act is the leading legislation that advocates for human rights in relation to PWD which the project seeks to cover. Legal literacy connotes the knowledge of the primary level in law. When the citizens (particularly marginalized or underprivileged groups) become aware of the rights provided to them by law, they can use such awareness as a tool to access justice as such awareness can transform their lives.
- Documents :
Purchaser : KENYA RED CROSS
Headquaters South C, Red Cross Road, Off Popo Road P.O. Box. 40712, 00100 Tel: +254 20 3950000
Email :tenders@redcross.or.ke
URL :http://www.redcross.or.ke
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