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Contact Person Name: 
Rita-May Rahme
Contact Person Position: 
Project Manager
Contact Person Email: 
Description: 

Background
The NGO’s “Arab Center For Development” (ACD) and “Women in Front” (WIF) through their project entitled “Women in Politics” aims at improving women’s participation in political life in order to build a healthy and democratic society. This project promotes and advocates for reforming the Lebanese electoral law to include a quota for women. The second part of the project is building leadership skills of potential women candidates ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections. Intensive training sessions will be provided for 50 potential female candidates, in order for them to engage and actively take part in the political scene, 25 journalists and 25 political party representatives in order to raise their awareness regarding the adoption of women quota in the new elections law.
Trainers objective 
ACD-WIF is commissioning trainers to do the following:
Offer training to complement ACD-WIF organized capacity building program with the following but not limited topics:

Womens rights in International Law, including relevant conventions and UN resolutions
International standards for free and fair elections
Electoral systems in in the international and national context
Temporary special measures to increase women political participation and representation
Detailing all aspects of quota for women
Challenges facing the Lebanese female candidate
Ways to incorporation women quota in the Lebanese election law
Communication and articulation skills in presenting the arguments and advocating for women quota
Media role in promoting women political participation in general and the quota for women in particular
Role of political parties in promoting women’s participation in political life

Delivering training sessions covering the above topics
Provide ACD-WIF with the training materials to be delivered for reference.

 Work with the Women participants beneficiaries through:

Conducting baseline survey of effectiveness for the women participants 
Incorporate results into programmatic and institutional capacity building
Conduct a final survey to measure the degree of impact

Trainers will provide all information to complete the assignment as well as the training rooms and facilities if needed.
Timeline
The trainings will be conducted in the Beirut Region during the time period of March-July 2015.
Terms
Respondents should send a letter of interest along with their portfolio or CVs (brief about the firm, the expertise of the trainer, previous experience) to:
[email protected]
 

Expired

NOTE:

Daleel Madani, the civil society network, serves as a platform for organisations to post their professional opportunities, but is not involved in the recruitment process. The hiring organisation is solely responsible for the job and candidate selection.

Last modified: 
13 Nov, 2015
Intervention Sector(s):
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Application Deadline:
Friday, 20 February 2015
Contract Type:
Consultancy
Period of Employment:
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Salary
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Salary Range:
Education Degree:
Masters Degree
Education Degree Details:
Experience Requirements:
Arabic Language:
Fluent
English Language:
Fluent
French Language:
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