Elections and Gender Expert

Project Overview

During the past years, the relation between party and citizen was usually negotiated in the language of clientelistic/sectarian politics. Citizen’s expectations are usually limited to personal access to state employment or favors.This project indicates that engaging in the electoral process is still notably clientelistically male oriented and entails women to overcome great challenges to succeed. The feeble rate of female representation reflects the immense hurdles women face in the political sphere. The goal of the project is to prioritize women’s engagement in political life by voicing out against challenges, and therefore push for women issues to be integrated within parties’ agendas and nomination process by normalizing gender discourse in politics before elections.

Job Purpose 

To develop 7 political reviews to be presented in 7 webinars on key-priority issues that affect women political and civic status prior to 2022 elections. The reviews' themes are to be discussed and agreed on with LADE's team.

The 7 political reviews shall tackle the following themes.

Main Tasks

• To perform related desk and literature reviews about the subject.
• To monitor political statements and electoral talks over media on daily basis
• To take by all the necessary research methods the consultant find suitable to gather all the required information.
• To perform background research on women in elections 
• To work with LADE’s project manager on developing the reviews, taking into consideration all the remarks and adjustments required by LADE 
• To present the outcomes from each review in a month webinar organized by LADE

Deliverables

As part of his/her work the successful candidate is expected to submit  the following deliverables: 

• An outline of each review that he/she will develop 
• Issue 7  monthly analytical reports that analyze statements in relation with women in politics/elections
• Participate in monthly webinars for 7 months to disseminate and discuss reports' findings.

All reviews should be written in Arabic Language

Minimum Qualifications

• University degree in political science, gender-studies, social sciences or any related field is required
• Previous experience with NGOs 
• Prior experience in political reviews is an asset.
• Understanding of national issues, in particular strong background & expertise in relation to elections dynamics.
• Ability to analyze information, evaluate options and to plan strategically.
• Strength in interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken Arabic
• At least 5 years of experience in elections and gender related issues.