Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant

Background

LAW is an independent, non-profit organisation comprised of human rights lawyers working in fragile and conflict affected areas in the Africa, Middle East and South Asia. We have a particular focus on gender equality and sexual and gender-based violence, natural resource exploitation, rule of law and accountability, and transformative justice, working to bring justice to those who need it most. LAW’s ground-breaking work has received international and local media coverage, and recognition.

The Project

Lebanon fell into a deep economic decline at the end of 2019, following the collapse of an artificially propped-up system that funded chronic deficits in the state budget and the balance of trade by piling up debt and attracting capital investment with unsustainably high interest rates. The economic crisis was the one in a long list of shocks for a state that is bearing the brunt of the Syria crisis with a Government estimate of 1.5 million Syrian refugees, on top of the existing 270,000 Palestinian refugees and an approximate 20,000 refugees from Iraq, Sudan and Ethiopia.^[1] COVID19 reaches Lebanon at a time of historic economic crisis, rising unemployment and a weak social protection system. Isolation paired with increased economic pressure are also likely to aggravate household stress, and in turn increase domestic violence and child protection issues. Similar trends are also likely to be observed for sexual and gender minorities who are at risk of domestic violence. Adding to an already serious situation, the 4 August explosion made things significantly worse for an already suffering population, putting those most marginalised and disadvantage even more at risk to sexual abuse and exploitation, trafficking, gendered crimes and homelessness. This disproportionally affect the LGBTQI population as female migrant domestic workers, and individuals that lack civil documentation. 

LAW is implementing a Dutch funded project that will be implemented over two years. This project will address inequalities existing in Lebanon in discriminatory legislation or practices and traditions, in particular against LGBTQI persons, women, and victims and survivors of gendered crime and sexual exploitation and abuse, in particular those from the domestic migrant worker community. It will also address inequalities experienced by the large disadvantaged stateless population that is excluded from most basic services including health care and education. 

LAW will leverage its high level of expertise and experience in legal responses to human rights violations and abuses, particularly in the use of strategic litigation challenging discriminatory laws and practices to prompt long-lasting legal change. LAW and its implementing partners will leverage their networks within the LGBTQI community, domestic workers, survivors of gender-based violence and stateless persons to effectively access these communities, build trust and to understand their legal issues.

Scope of work

1. Design and develop effective M&E tools for the project activities an reporting
2. Draft an inception report with analysis and outcomes
3. Undertake a review and provide up to date and quarterly reports thorughtout the project time

      line Facilitate mid-term evaluation.

1. Undertake a review of the implementation and operation of the Project, including travelling to    

      regions

1. Interview the Project partners and beneficiaries/participants individually and/or in groups,

      either directly or through LAW’s national team or partners, to extract lessons learned, to

      produce stories or quotations from the Project participants which indicate the progress and

      effectiveness of the Project and its impact.

1. Other related outputs as agreed upon between the Review team and LAW.

LAW is currently looking for an experienced and committed monitoring and evaluation consultant to conduct an inception and mid-term review for one of its projects in Lebanon.