A short-term consultancy Reporter-ADD عودة إلى الفرص

Introduction

The Association for the Promotion of the Right to Difference (ADD), with support from Hivos, will be facilitating the Free to Be Me program in Tunisia. Free to Be Me is a multi-year program aiming to bring together organizations and individuals that will contribute to advancing LGBTQ+ leadership in advocating for social and economic rights and bring an alliance of organizations that are experienced and strongly committed to improving the lives of LGBTQ+ people in Tunisia though a Community of Action (CoA). ADD is looking for a reporter that will be responsible for taking notes and writing a complete report of a workshop that will take place in Hammamet September 30, October 1st and 2nd, 2022. The workshop will focus on the formation of the CoA, the localization of the Theory of Change of the program, as well as the elaboration of the annual plan. 

About Free to be Me

Free To Be Me is an ambitious, daring and innovative 5-year program that will help build a vibrant LGBTIQ+ movement that is confident and capable to lobby and advocate for their human and economic rights. Our alliance comprises three consortium members

–Hivos, ILGA World, and Positive Vibes and three technical partners Sogicampaigns, the Global Interfaith Network (GIN), and Workplace Pride.

Together we will coach, accompany, fund and train LGBTIQ+ persons and organizations to influence norms and attitudes, generate (public) support, and promote laws, policies and regulations that recognize, respect and protect LGBTIQ+ people’s rights. Brave and persistent LGBTIQ+ activists around the world have built communities, taken to the streets, filed lawsuits and advocated for their rights, in the past decades. Thanks to their lobby and advocacy, “sexual orientation” is enshrined in protective laws in more than 80 countries. In many countries media and cultural productions are more diverse, while allies such as human rights and women’s organizations, progressive religious leaders, large and small businesses, social influencers and creatives increasingly and publicly – support LGBTIQ+ rights.

However, there remains a lot to fight for. Consensual same-sex intimacy is criminalized in 69 countries, and access to appropriate IDs is impossible for many trans and intersex people. Legal provisions are used to harass and detain LGBTQ+ people, while legislation that explicitly protects them remains absent. Intersex people are subjected to medical and societal abuse. And, due to a lack of meaningful, coordinated efforts, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) are still excluded from many socioeconomic development agendas, such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The programme is implemented in 14 countries including Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ghana, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, The Philippines, Indonesia, and The Netherlands.

The project seeks to achieve the following 4 outcomes:

Outcome 1: In scoping and core countries LGBTIQ+ civil society is vibrant, stronger, more self -confident and diverse and in core countries also sustainably resourced, with the capacity to lead on legal and policy changes

Outcome 2: Societal leaders, influencers, media and the public increasingly and openly support the rights of LGBTIQ+ people (mainly core countries).

Outcome 3: At least five core countries have made significant legal or policy progress – changed abusive or criminalizing laws, ended impunity and/or adopted protective laws.

Outcome 4: Socioeconomic actors implement activities/ change policies promoting equal socio-economic rights of LGBTIO+ people.

Objectives and scope of the consultancy

The aim of this consultancy is to capture the complete notes of the proceedings of a workshop that will take place in Hammamet September, 22, 23 and 24th, 2023.  The report shall include a summary of all the discussions made during the Theory of Change localization, an exhaustive transcription of the annual planning and the professional observations from the processes and outcomes of the workshop.

Specific objectives

• Attend all workshop dates 
• Work in close collaboration with the F2BM team and the consultant responsible for locating the ToC
• Produce a final report that narrates the workshop’s flow and enumerates the annual plan of the CoA

Deliverables

The consultation report shall highlight the main content of the discussions throughout the workshop. The report should include:

• Main proceedings and summaries of each session

• A detailed transcription of the discussed annual plan 

• Inputs and recommendations from the participants

• Compile presentations and annex them to the main report