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Country: Guatemala<\/div>\n
Organization: American Bar Association<\/div>\n
Closing date: 2 Aug 2024<\/div>\n

About ABA ROLI<\/strong>
\nFor 30 years, the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) has worked in more than 100 countries to strengthen legal institutions, support legal professionals, foster respect for human rights, and advance public understanding of the law and citizen rights. In collaboration with government agencies, the judiciary, lawyers, bar associations, legislatures, and civil society, we design programs that are responsive to local needs and that prioritize sustainable solutions to pressing rule of law challenges.<\/p>\n

About the Human Rights for All Activity<\/strong>
\nThe Human Rights for All Activity aims to strengthen the Guatemalan human rights system so that all citizens are respected and protected. Through advocacy, education, awareness-raising, and capacity building, the project will promote a culture of respect for human rights to foster the further development of Guatemala.
\nThe goal of the Human Rights for All project is to strengthen Guatemala’s human rights system, this goal will be advanced by the following objectives: Objective 1: The enabling environment to prevent and mitigate human rights abuses is enhanced; Objective 2: The protection of human rights is improved; Objective 3: The capacity of the Guatemalan civil society and selected government entities to respond to human rights abuses is increased.<\/p>\n

Justification<\/strong>:
\nGender-based violence (GBV) is an umbrella term for all acts that inflict physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering, threats of such acts, coercion and other deprivations of liberty. It also manifests itself in economic and emotional violence. These practices are based on power differences between men and women, and are based on roles, stereotypes and beliefs that devalue the feminine.<\/p>\n

Gender-based violence, already a global crisis before the pandemic, has intensified since the outbreak of COVID-19. Confinements and other restrictions on movement have forced women to become trapped with their aggressors, cut off from social contact and support networks. Deepening economic precariousness has further limited the ability of many women to leave abusive situations.<\/p>\n

The social and economic instability caused by the pandemic has also increased the risk of child marriage, female genital mutilation and human trafficking. At the same time, the pandemic has exposed women leaders to backlash, threats, abuse and harassment online and offline. Violence perpetrated against women leaders can prevent them from carrying out their duties, regardless of the position they hold. Among these women leaders are women human rights defenders, social leaders, women journalists and opinion leaders.<\/p>\n

In recent years, different studies, initiatives and approaches to GBV have been carried out, ranging from the attention to cases carried out by women’s organizations and state entities whose mandate includes support to victims, as well as think tanks, and reports of international cooperation projects, among other documents.<\/p>\n

It is important for the project to know the challenges, achievements and lessons learned, as well as civil society efforts with other key actors such as government institutions, local authorities and the private sector, among others.<\/p>\n

Scope of the Consultancy<\/strong>:
\nGender-Based Violence GBV, is proposed as a strategic line for the Human Rights for All (HRA) Project with a view of a complex and integral problem, in which it seeks first to investigate what has been built during the last seven years. To know the main documentary findings, action plans that the GBV has had, and from what approach and what approaches have been given to it in order to establish what will be its line of accompaniment and referencing from the Project.<\/p>\n

The Project intends to broaden the spectrum of GBV, mainly towards marginalized and vulnerable groups, proposing, contributing and accompanying innovative initiatives jointly or separately with the consortium partners or organizations receiving grants<\/em>. Among the target groups for addressing GBV, work with LGBTIQ+ groups, mainly lesbian women, queer women and trans women, is envisaged, as well as work with journalists, human rights defenders, indigenous populations, youth and the disabled population.<\/p>\n

This consultancy also includes the development of a strategy to support the implementation of the guidelines on gender-based violence for the project’s grantees.<\/p>\n

Objectives<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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  1. Conduct documentary and critical research on gender-based violence in Guatemala for the last 8 years (2017 to 2023) that provides context to enable evidence-based decision making.<\/li>\n
  2. Develop an implementation plan with guidelines on gender-based violence for grant implementing partners.<\/li>\n
  3. Develop a strategy to accompany the guideline implementation plan with grant implementing partners and other key stakeholders.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Activities<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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    1. Documentary research: collect, analyze the main documents, reports or resources developed on GBV between 2017-2023.<\/li>\n
    2. Field research: Key informant interviews (Key Informant Interviews-KII) and focus group discussions on GBV in different contexts (urban and rural) and addressing different audiences: representatives of the 4 peoples of Guatemala: Xinca, Mayan, Garifuna and Mestizo, LGBTIQ+ community, disabled population.<\/li>\n
    3. Regional dialogues: to promote 4 exchange meetings on gender-based violence with representative participation from different backgrounds.<\/li>\n
    4. Coordination and feedback with the Project: participate in virtual or face-to-face follow-up meetings with the ABA ROLI team as required.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Consulting Products<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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      1. Work plan with schedule of activities and deliverables<\/li>\n
      2. Progress report, agenda of regional dialogues and focus groups, including a base list of organizations.<\/li>\n
      3. State of the art on GBV in Guatemala 2017-2023 which should include:\n