BACKGROUND AND PROJECT OVERVIEW
BBC Media Action has been successfully delivering our ‘Somali Women Towards Economic Empowerment
and Transformation’ (SWEET) project funded by NORAD under the Norwegian Grant scheme for Women’s
Rights and Gender Equality since October 2018 and ended in February 2023. This intervention seeks to
contribute towards the following impact ‘Somali women including women from marginalised groups, are
able to take part in and benefit from business activities in the formal and informal market’. The project
has four elements a) Getting to grips with the implicit and explicit, visible and invisible barriers that
different women face to economic participation and empowerment b) Multimedia and communication
outputs where we don’t just see women, we hear them c) Comprehensive training programme and
business development support services reaching the most marginalised and excluded groups d) Stronger
linkages between trained women and local business community and financial services to enhance impact,
local ownership and sustainability. The project was designed to increase men’s support to women’s
economic empowerment and women’s financial literacy and confidence to participate actively in business
activities and break into the informal and formal business sector.
The situation for women in Somalia remains very challenging and has got worse with coronavirus. The
pandemic has an overwhelming negative impact on the livelihoods of Somali women including those who
were already marginalised. As set out in our original proposal, there are religious and cultural norms
determining women’s engagement in the public sphere which make it challenging for women to take
advantage of economic opportunities. The purpose of this document is to solicit for a consultant to
conduct an end line evaluation for the project in country.
PROJECT RESULT AND IMPACT
The project was designed to contribute to the following long-term outcomes:
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
Please e-mail your proposal, including an itemised budget with the names of at least two references for
which your organisation has carried out similar work to:info@so.bbcmediaaction.org
THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS IS 5:00 PM (EAT) 30th March 2023