Consultancy Services to Develop Inclusive Gender and Sexual Harassments Policies

• Country: Kenya
• Summary: Consultancy Services to Develop Inclusive Gender and Sexual Harassments Policies
• KET Ref No: 55523253
• Deadline: 06 Aug 2021
• Financier: Self Financed
• Purchaser Ownership: Government
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• Description:
• Tenders are invited for Consultancy Services to Develop Inclusive Gender and Sexual Harassments Policies. Fairtrade Africa (FTA) is a member-based organization, representing 633 Fairtrade certified producer organizations, comprising of 1.18 million farmers and workers across 28 countries in Africa. We operate four regional networks: Eastern and Central Africa Network (FTA-ECAN) based in Nairobi, Kenya; West Africa Network (FTA-WAN) based in Accra, Ghana; Southern Africa Network (FTA-SAN) based in Cape Town, South Africa, and the Middle East and North Africa region (FTA-MENA). The Fairtrade Africa secretariat is in Nairobi, Kenya. Fairtrade is an alternative approach to conventional trade based on a partnership between producers and traders, businesses and consumers. Fairtrade-s vision is “A world in which producers can enjoy secure and sustainable livelihoods, fulfill their potential and decide on their future.” Smallholder farmers generally face many challenges however, women smallholders face multiple constraints beyond those faced by men smallholder farmers. Women tend to be invisible to policymakers because they are not seen as ‘productive- farmers. They often are expected to provide unpaid farm work and bear a disproportionate burden of care and reproductive roles within the family and community. They are deprived of access to markets, key assets, and inputs, and are frequently excluded from decision-making. Fairtrade seeks to remove/reduce this gender gap, enabling women to state their claim and succeed on their own terms. Fairtrade Standards are designed to prevent gender inequality, increase female participation and empower more women and girls to access the benefits of Fairtrade. The Standard requirements on producer organisations include: ▪ No discrimination based on gender or marital status; ▪ Zero tolerance of behavior that is sexually intimidating, abusive, or exploitative; ▪ No testing for pregnancy when recruiting workers; ▪ Programmes to support disadvantaged and minority groups, such as women; and ▪ Developing a gender policy and a sexual harassment policy. Fairtrade Africa (FTA) has been working beyond the Standards to increase women-s role in Fairtrade producer Organisations (POs) and to ensure they receive equal benefits. In the period between 2016 and 2020, FTA has implemented various interventions such as; ▪ Women School of Leadership (WSOL) to enable to equip women with leadership, business, negotiation, and finance skills among others. Many of these women have gone on to take leadership and committee positions within their cooperatives and communities; ▪ Producer organisations have been conducting gender analyses of their organisations and piloting new gender equality programmes, gender committees, and policies; The Growing Women in Coffee Project encouraged the transfer of coffee bushes to women coffee farmers, enabling them to earn an independent income for the first time. We are seeing incremental improvement, but there is much more work to do to bring about true gender equality. Research has shown that various gender dynamics influence/ determine different aspects of our lives. The scope of these policies is meant to cover gender incidences within FTA as an organisation, and to be triggered by gender incidences from producer organisations.
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