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Consultant
Organization: International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
Apply By: 23 Feb 2025
Location: New Delhi(Delhi)
About us:
The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) is a non-profit organization and registered as a company under section (8) of The Companies Act. ICRW is dedicated to promoting gender equitable development and women's rights, reducing poverty, and contributing to broader economic and social well-being. ICRW undertak
es research and programs that are focused, evidence-based, and action-oriented; provides technical assistance to partner organizations, donors, and governments; and advocates for new or improved policies, programs, and technical assistance to partner organizations, donors, and governments.
With this objective in mind, ICRW aims to develop and design a gender transformative curriculum to be implemented with primary school students under its flagship Gender Equity Movement in Schools (GEMS) program in Jharkhand. GEMS is an evidence-informed gender-transformative program that aims to foster gender equality by addressing the inequitable distribution of power among persons of all genders, redefining norms around masculinity, and negating all forms of gender-based violence (GBV) to create safer and more gender-equitable schools. Through a gender curriculum and participatory activities, the program aims to enhance educational aspirations of and for girls, increase school retention of girls, and create safe spaces for boys to identify and challenge harmful masculine norms and behaviors.
Job title: Consultant
The consultant will specifically:
Essential knowledge and expertise domains:
Background:
Early childhood represents a pivotal period during which children begin to develop their understanding and identification of gender, acknowledging the existence of different gender categories and their affiliation with any category. By the time children enter school, they have already begun internalizing societal gender norms, often reinforcing stereotypes about roles, abilities, and power dynamics. Without intentional interventions, these biases can become deeply ingrained, limiting aspirations and opportunities for both girls and boys.
Gender-transformative programming in primary schools thus becomes essential to address deeply ingrained biases that shape children's perceptions of roles, opportunities, and relationships.
Gender-transformative programming is critical for it actively challenges and reshapes harmful gender norms while addressing power dynamics that sustain inequality. By integrating gender-transformative curricula, teacher training, and participatory learning methods, such programs create environments where both teachers and students can develop equitable attitudes and behaviors and challenge restrictive norms. Gender-transformative programming in schools can play a crucial role in building students’ understanding of gender-based violence (GBV) by fostering critical thinking, empathy, and awareness of power dynamics. By integrating discussions on gender norms, respect, and equality into the curriculum, such programs help young learners recognize how harmful stereotypes and imbalanced power relations contribute to violence and discrimination. Schools serve as influential spaces for socialization, making them ideal platforms to instill values of gender equity early on, ultimately contributing to a more just and equal society in the long run.
With this objective in mind, ICRW aims to develop and design a gender transformative curriculum to be implemented with primary school students under its flagship Gender Equity Movement in Schools (GEMS) program in Jharkhand. GEMS is an evidence-informed gender-transformative program that aims to foster gender equality by addressing the inequitable distribution of power among persons of all genders, redefining norms around masculinity, and negating all forms of gender-based violence (GBV) to create safer and more gender-equitable schools. Through a gender curriculum and participatory activities, the program aims to enhance educational aspirations of and for girls, increase school retention of girls, and create safe spaces for boys to identify and challenge harmful masculine norms and behaviors.
Job title: Consultant
Reporting: Project Lead
Remuneration: 60,000 to 70,000 INR per month
Location: Delhi/Remote
About the role:
ICRW is seeking to hire a consultant with the passion and experience of working in the domain of early childhood development (ECD) and school-based gender transformative programming with young adolescents aged 6-11 years. The consultancy assignment is aimed at developing and designing a curriculum, testing with students and teachers, and adapting and capacity of primary school teachers for implementing a school-based gender transformative program.
The consultant will specifically:
- assist the team with the design and development of a gender transformative curriculum for primary schools, as a part of its Gender Equity Movement in Schools (GEMS) program
- conduct literature survey on existing pedagogy of engaging children in interactive group education sessions
- engage with primary school teachers for curriculum design and testing
- coordinate and follow-up with with specific stakeholders for organizing capacity-building programs with primary school teachers
Qualifications and Skills Required:
Education: Master’s in Social Science, Women and Gender Studies, Development Studies or equivalent or higher
Work Experience: 5-6 years of experience of working in early childhood development (ECD) in school settings and gender-transformative programming
Essential knowledge and expertise domains:
- Extensive knowledge and understanding perspectives on gender inequity, intersectionality, masculinity, gender-based violence, violence in childhood, and life skills
- Knowledge and experience of gender-transformative programme designing for primary school students
- Designing gender-integrated curriculum using essential life skill domains for age group 6-11 years
- Applying pedagogy of engaging children in interactive group education sessions
- Engaging with primary school teachers for curriculum design and testing
- Organizing and coordinating capacity-building programs with primary school teachers
- Adapting the national frameworks of NEP 2020 and NCF 2023 and other relevant international frameworks addressing needs of children to survive and thrive, learn, safeguard and protect, create a safe environment and alleviate poverty defined as per SDGs
- Experience of working in collaboration with government educational institutions, such as SCERT and DIET, would be an asset.
Language: High level of proficiency in English (written and spoken). Knowledge and functional proficiency in Hindi.
Travel: Travel to the field for curriculum design, testing, training, and rollout on a need basis.
How to apply
Interested candidates are requested to fill in the form by February 23, 2025 - Consultancy Application Form
ICRW is committed to promoting equal work opportunities, and we firmly believe in a workplace that values diversity and inclusion.
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