UN Women: Development and Finalization of 11 Gender and Development (GAD) Learning Modules of the Bangsamoro Women Commission, Home-based, Cotabato City, National Consultant

Background:

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is mandated to support UN Member States in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women in alignment with international standards. In the Philippines, this includes strengthening institutional capacities to implement the Magna Carta of Women and gender and development (GAD) mandates across national and local levels. Central to this effort is supporting partners in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), where addressing gender inequalities is a key part of sustaining peace, development, and inclusive governance.

The Bangsamoro Women Commission (BWC), as the lead agency on gender and development (GAD) in BARMM, has initiated the development of GAD modules to institutionalize gender-sensitive education and training across the region. UN Women has supported the initial phases of this project, which produced draft modules incorporating technical and substantive inputs from consultants and BWC personnel.

Building on this foundational work, the national consultant will support the finalization and standardization of the modules through a collaborative process with BWC and UN Women, ensuring that the format, language, and references are aligned with national GAD and WPS frameworks, BARMM policies, institutional mandates of the BWC, and the standardized training requirements for BWC staff and its GAD resource pool.

This initiative will be supported by UN Women through the Joint Programme ‘Empowering Women for Sustainable Peace in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’, funded by Global Affairs Canada and jointly implemented with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). As part of its technical assistance role, UN Women will engage a national consultant to support the BWC in the finalization of modular GAD learning materials tailored to the Bangsamoro context. This consultancy aims to advance institutional capacities and promote a more coherent and localized understanding of gender equality and women’s empowerment across the region.

The consultant will be reporting to the WPS Programme Analyst, and will be supported by the WPS Programme Associate, who will be the point of contact on the contract and payment issues.

Description of Responsibilities /Scope of Work

In view of the foregoing context, UN Women is looking to hire a National Consultant on the finalization of GAD Modules with the BWC.

The consultant will be responsible for designing, structuring, and finalizing comprehensive learning modules that will serve as a guide to GAD practitioners for the consistent delivery of GAD training across all BARMM ministries and LGUs, on the following subjects:

1. Gender Sensitivity Training
2. Gender in Islam
   1. Family in Islam
      1. Rights of Women
      2. Polygyny
      3. Gender Approach in Islam
      4. Divorce
         1. Basic Concepts of Gender
      5. Sex and Gender
      6. Sex Roles and Gender Roles
      7. Manifestations of Gender Biases
      8. Process of Sensitivity and Socialization
      9. Agents of Socialization
      10. Gender and Development
3. GAD Legal Imperatives and Other GAD-Related Laws
   1. Magna Carta of Women
      1. Safe Space Act
         1. Anti VAWC Law
            1. Anti CEFM Law
4. Gender - Fair Language and Communication
5. Bangsamoro Regional Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security (Initial Draft already done)
   1. Bangsamoro Historical Timeline
      1. Pillar 1: Protection and Prevention
         1. Pillar 2: Empowerment and Participation
            1. Pillar 3: Promotion and Mainstreaming
            2. Pillar 4: Monitoring and Evaluation
6. Orientation on the GAD Focal Point System (GFPS)
7. Orientation on the GFPS Assessment Tool
8. Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Mainstreaming Evaluation Framework
9. Gender Analysis and Its Tools
   1. 24 Hour Activity Profile
      1. Gender and Development Assessment Matrix
         1. GMEF
            1. HGDG
            2. GERL Tool
            3. Sex-Disaggregated Data
            4. CSPPMEAL Tool– Conflict Sensitivity and Peace Promoting Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning Tool
10. Harmonized Gender and Development Guidelines
11. GAD Agenda
12. GAD Planning and Budgeting

The modules should align with Bangsamoro government policies, including, but not limited to, BARMM's enhanced 12-point priority agenda, Regional Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security (RAP-WPS), and the Bangsamoro Development Plan for 2023 to 2028. Further, there should also be an alignment with national government GAD – related policies, including, but not limited to, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) Plan 2019 – 2025, Philippine Plan for Gender – Responsive Development 1995 – 2025 and Philippine Development Plan 2023 – 2028.

Further, modules should incorporate gender-sensitive, culturally appropriate, and conflict-sensitive approaches with all sources properly cited and adhering to ethical academic standards.

Outline of the deliverables relating to the tasks indicated above is as follows:

Major Deliverables Description Timeline

1. Conduct of one (1) validation and refinement workshop with the Bangsamoro Women Commission (BWC) to review, contextualize, and finalize eleven (11) draft GAD modules.