RFP - Entrepreneurship development, collectivization and empowerment for women workers engaged in the cotton sector in Madhya Pradesh under ILO

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About the Organization

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is devoted to promoting social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights, pursuing its founding mission that social justice is essential to universal and lasting peace.

The only tripartite U.N. agency, since 1919 the ILO brings together governments, employers and workers of 187 Member States, to set labour standards, develop policies and devise programmes promoting decent work for all women and men.

About the Proposal

Quality of life for women workers and women farmers needs to be improved by reducing the time spent on unpaid domestic and care work and they should be free of gender-based violence1 . The adoption of the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190), reaffirms the role of FPRW and clearly recognizes that the lack of full enjoyment of FPRW is among the root causes of violence and harassment. Also, women should have the time to be able to participate in skills and trainings related to agriculture. Creating an agricultural ecosystem which is inclusive of women farmers and women as co-farmers with men is important. The project proposes engagement with a relevant agency to address gender-based inequality and the underlying causes rooted in gender norms and behavior. The model for implementation is to collaborate with functional women SHGs (promoted under NRLM) in the cotton growing project areas.

Objective(s)

To achieve the above objectives, a four-pronged approach to gender and entrepreneurship together will be taken with focus on:

• ILO’s Get-Ahead (Gender and entrepreneurship) trainings for women entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs (agriculture supply chain or any business viable in the local context) (this would also include functional digital and financial literacy, providing access to credit linkages, extension services)
• Collectivizing women cultivators through Self-Help Groups (SHGs)/Collectives/Cooperatives etc for promoting collective childcare.
• Building knowledge and skills in agronomic practices and sensitizing the communities on role of women cotton producers and building a gender-based violence free environment.
• Linking the workers and entrepreneurs to relevant government schemes, insurance (group insurance/business insurance etc.) and other social finance tools and promote digitalization of payments in joint collaboration with other activities (such as Workers Information and Support Centre-WISC) promoted under the project

Eligibility

• The project aims to facilitate an interface for rural women in MP (focus districts) to approach the government for availing their entitlements and empowering them through community engagement. Accordingly, engagement of an agency with prior knowledge and skills to facilitate inter-sectoral convergence and support implementation of women centric schemes would be necessary.

(core/technical/functional) / language skills required for the assignment:

All deliverables should be in English while the prospective bidder should have excellent capacity to conduct field based activities in the local/native language including translating between English and Hindi where necessary.

How to Apply

Timeline for submission of proposal : 24 February 2025, 1700, hrs (IST) 

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