Consultancy to conduct a baseline study on relevant laws, policies and regulations of the Queer community in Tunisia-ADD Retour vers les opportunités

Consultancy services: Consultancy to conduct a baseline study on relevant laws, policies and regulations of the Queer community in Tunisia.  

Location: Tunis

Duration: 10 days

Closing date for application: June 19, 2023

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 Queer 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 Queer people in Tunisia though a Community of Action (CoA). ADD is seeking applications from Theory of Change Experts to contextualize the global Theory of Change set in place by the F2BM consortium members to the future Tunisian CoA.

About Free to be Me

Free To Be Me is an ambitious, daring and innovative 5-year program that will help build a vibrant

Queer movement that is confident and capable to lobby and advocate for their human and economic rights. Our alliance comprises three consortium members.

Together we will coach, accompany, fund and train Queer 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 Queer 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 Queer rights.

The project seeks to achieve the following 4 outcomes:

Outcome 1: In scoping and core countries Queer 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 general public increasingly and openly support the rights of Queer 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 Queer people.

Scope of the consultancy 

The community of action is seeking the services of a consultant(s) under the F2BM project to conduct a baseline study on relevant laws, policies, and regulations aims to establish a baseline situation in Tunisia in the area of relevant policy, legislative and regulatory framework and current practice in relation to discrimination of the Queer community and the access to their rights. 

The below scope of work will be conducted over a period of not more than 30 calendar days and will include but will not be limited to: 

• Identify relevant policies, legislation and regulations and analyse them in regards to the refugees’ access to employment, livelihood, and training opportunities, and to rights at work.

• Identify and review literature and secondary data sources on policy, legislation and regulations, and assess their actual implementation on the ground, thereby avoiding duplication of existing legal reviews and studies and leveraging these sources where relevant

1. Development of study ,design, the methodology, and identify the tools that will be used to conduct the survey. 
2. Identify relevant policies, legislation and regulations and analyse them in regards to the LGBTQI++ rights in Tunisia. 
3. Identify and review literature and secondary data sources on policy, legislation and regulations, and assess their actual implementation on the ground, thereby avoiding duplication of existing legal reviews and studies and leveraging these sources where relevant
4. Develop a comprehensive analytical report based on the findings, with recommendations and key areas for follow up.

Deliverables

Based on the scope above, the consultant(s) is expected to deliver the following outputs: 

Qualifications and skills

• Has a good understanding of the country and regional-specific LGBTQI+ issues;

• Knowledge and/or experience in survey design, developing reliable data-gathering tools and applying statistical models to analyze data from a variety of sources

• Has a progressive and positive knowledge and view of the LGBTQI+ issues of rightsholders in Tunisia;

• Is aligned with the values of the F2BM program and has a progressive mindset;

• Believes in decentralization, solidarity, and care as ways to challenge the status quo;

• Is critical of normative gender norms and expressions and comfortable with the wide range of other identities including, but not limited to, sexual and gender identities;

• Has an excellent command of English, written and oral;

• Demonstrable experience in developing social research methodologies, survey reports, critical analysis and social science assessment 

•  Demonstrable experience of large scale audience surveys

• Willingness and ability to collaborate in the research and production of relevant documents in close collaboration with F2BM team.  

•  An academic background reflecting the requirements set out above

• Right holders are highly encouraged to apply.