Tenders are invited for "Gender Analysis" - Consultancy. LIBERATE is a GAC funded multi-year project, designed as a comprehensive pushback against shrinking civic spaces in Lebanon through advancing inclusivity and human rights of disenfranchised population groups, and in particular women in all their diversities with focus on GBV survivors, individuals with marginalized SOGIESC, people with disabilities, and older individuals. The project plans to achieve its objective through work on enhancing the capacity of activists, experts, and media personnel to tackle inclusivity and human rights in Lebanon, improving quality service provision by human rights organizations, and increasing the sustainability and effectiveness of rights networks and movements at national and sub-national levels. Oxfam will work with specialized local partners and a multitude of stakeholders to push forward the goals of this project across all governates in Lebanon. As part of the Project Implementation Planning (PIP) phase, Oxfam aims to recruit a gender expert to lead on a national gender analysis, specific to the interest of this project. The analysis will couple extensive desk review of Oxfam and national data and studies with Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) to reach practical recommendations to inform the PIP and Theory of Change (ToC) of the Liberate project. The review and data collection aims to cover the following objectives: Objective 1: Conduct a comprehensive intersectional gender and power analysis of the socio-political landscape affecting marginalized groups in Lebanon Produce a rigorous, evidence-based analysis of the structural, social, and political inequalities experienced by the projects priority population groups women in all their diversities, GBV survivors, LGBTQI+ individuals, persons with disabilities, older persons, refugees, Palestinians, and migrants. The analysis must apply a composite gender, power, and intersectionality lens to map the specific barriers, needs, and challenges each group faces in accessing rights, services, and civic participation. It should draw on a minimum of 10 national and Oxfam datasets and studies, and be grounded in the Lebanese context across all governorates, with attention to sub-national variation in needs and vulnerabilities. Objective 2: Analyse the policy, legal, and advocacy environment as it pertains to the rights and inclusion of marginalized groups Map and critically assess the existing legal and policy framework in Lebanon as it relates to each of the projects priority population groups, including the status of legislation on GBV, disability rights, LGBTQI+ rights, womens political participation, refugee protection, and SRHR. The analysis should identify key policy gaps, opportunities for advocacy, and the political economy of reform including the actors, alliances, and dynamics that either advance or constrain rights-based policy change. Findings should directly inform the projects policy influencing strategy and Theory of Change outcomes at the national and sub-national levels. Objective 3: Assess the service delivery landscape and identify gaps in access, quality, and inclusivity for priority population groups Examine the current landscape of human rights and social services available to the projects priority groups, with particular focus on GBV referral pathways, helplines, and protection services; disability-accessible services; SRHR services; and legal aid and advocacy support. The analysis should assess both offline and online service delivery modalities, map critical gaps and barriers to access including digital exclusion and identify opportunities to strengthen gender-sensitive and inclusive service delivery. Findings should inform the projects service delivery strengthening component and contribute to the design of referral mechanisms under the LIBERATE framework. Objective 4: Map the civil society and rights movement ecosystem to inform the projects capacity strengthening and network support strategy Assess the current capacity, reach, and needs of the civil society organizations, informal networks, feminist movements, queer-led organizations, disability-led organizations, and rights networks that the project intends to engage and strengthen. The analysis should identify existing assets, gaps, and priorities in organizational capacity, advocacy effectiveness, coalition-building, and sustainability including the specific barriers faced by organizations led by or serving LGBTQI+ individuals, PwDs, and refugee and migrant communities. Findings should directly inform the projects capacity-building and mentorship strategy, including prioritization of support modalities and identification of key network nodes across governorates. Objective 5: Develop context-specific, actionable recommendations to inform the LIBERATE Project Implementation Plan, Theory of Change, and feminist MEAL framework Synthesize the findings of the desk review and qualitative data collection into a set of clear, practical, and prioritized recommendations at the outcome and output level of the LIBERATE Theory of Change. Recommendations should address programmatic design, targeting, geographic prioritization, and partnership strategy. In addition, the consultant should provide specific guidance on how a feminist, rights-holder-led MEAL approach should be operationalized within the project including how marginalized groups can meaningfully participate in monitoring, feedback, and adaptive management processes. The final recommendations should reflect the projects humanitarian-development nexus framing and account for the differentiated needs of groups spanning both acute vulnerability and longer-term structural exclusion. SPECIFICATION OF GOODS OR SERVICES OR WORK REQUIRED The consultant/team will: Submit an inception report following an inception meeting with Oxfam team, outlining the finalized methodology, approach and steps for the gender analysis. Perform a desk-review of Oxfam and national data and studies (at least 10 studies and data-sets). Provide a report of the preliminary findings of the desk review and the main considerations and areas of focus to take into the FGDs. Co-design the FGD tools with the Oxfam team focusing on the specific barriers, needs and challenges of the main population groups. Lead on the qualitative data collection, in coordination with the Oxfam team, including the facilitation of at least 8 FGDs across all governorates. Document and analyze the findings based on the outcomes and focus areas of the LIBERATE project. Provide an analysis report that includes the desk review, the findings of qualitative data collection, a detailed power and gender analysis, and a clear overall and specific recommendations at outcome level as well as learning from the gender analysis process to inform future exercises. Respond to two rounds of review and feedback by Oxfam on the final report. Participate and provide insights in a full-day Theory of Change workshop with Oxfam and local partners. If the supplier wishes to propose modifications to the specification (which may provide a better way to achieve Oxfam ´s objectives), these must be considered as an alternative offer. The Supplier must make alternative offers in a separate letter to accompany the offer. OXFAM is under no obligation to accept alternative offers. Logistics related to the FGDs and workshops are Oxfam responsibilities. LIBERATE is a GACfunded multi-year project, designed as a comprehensive pushback againstshrinking civic spaces in Lebanon through advancing inclusivity and humanrights of disenfranchised population groups, and in particular women in alltheir diversities with focus on GBV survivors, individuals with marginalizedSOGIESC, people with disabilities, and older individuals. The project plans toachieve its objective through work on enhancing the capacity of activists,experts, and media personnel to tackle inclusivity and human rights in Lebanon,improving quality service provision by human rights organizations, andincreasing the sustainability and effectiveness of rights networks andmovements at national and sub-national levels. Oxfam will work with specializedlocal partners and a multitude of stakeholders to push forward the goals ofthis project across all governates in Lebanon. As part of theProject Implementation Planning (PIP) phase, Oxfam aims to recruit a genderexpert to lead on a national gender analysis, specific to the interest of thisproject. The analysis will couple extensive desk review of Oxfam and nationaldata and studies with Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) to reach practicalrecommendations to inform the PIP and Theory of Change (ToC) of the Liberateproject. The review and data collection aims to cover the following objectives: Objective 1: Conduct a comprehensive intersectional gender and poweranalysis of the socio-political landscape affecting marginalized groups inLebanon Produce arigorous, evidence-based analysis of the structural, social, and politicalinequalities experienced by the projects priority population groups women inall their diversities, GBV survivors, LGBTQI+ individuals, persons withdisabilities, older persons, refugees, Palestinians, and migrants. The analysismust apply a composite gender, power, and intersectionality lens to map thespecific barriers, needs, and challenges each group faces in accessing rights,services, and civic participation. It should draw on a minimum of 10 nationaland Oxfam datasets and studies, and be grounded in the Lebanese context acrossall governorates, with attention to sub-national variation in needs andvulnerabilities. Objective 2: Analyse the policy, legal, and advocacy environment as itpertains to the rights and inclusion of marginalized groups Map andcritically assess the existing legal and policy framework in Lebanon as itrelates to each of th Tender Link : https://daleel-madani.org/civil-society-directory/oxfam-gb/calls/gender-analysis-consultancy
