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Strengthening Adolescent Girls’ Sexual & Reproductive Health (FOUNDATIONS) is a 6-year multi-country, gender-transformative project, with a total value of CAD$ $47,114,662 funded by Global Affairs Canada. The project aims to enhance the empowerment of adolescent girls, particularly the most marginalized and vulnerable, to exercise their adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) and rights in Mali, Niger, and Sierra Leone.

The FOUNDATIONS programme is a Consortium programme delivered by Save the Children Canada in partnership with ODI/Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE), International Rescue Committee (IRC), Equipop, and SickKids Centre for Global Child Health. FOUNDATIONS is the largest ASRH programme ever implemented by Save the Children globally.

The key issues the project will address include:

• High rates of sexual- and gender-based violence, inclusive of child, early and forced marriage
• High rates of adolescent pregnancy (and related complications)
• Restrictive policy and environment around adolescent sexual and reproductive health

Purpose of the call

We are pleased to announce this request for expressions of interest for country research partners in Mali, Niger and Sierra Leone for the FOUNDATIONS programme. We are making this call to identify individuals and/or organisations who will partner with GAGE and the FOUNDATIONS consortium to co-design and implement a longitudinal qualitative study aimed at assessing the impacts of the FOUNDATIONS programme and improving the evidence based on

social-norm change processes around ASRH, and the ways these interact with broader demographic, policy and legal (e.g. support for girls’ secondary education, investments in adolescent health centers, criminalisation of Child, Early and Forced Marriage (CEFM) and FGM/C), and economic structural factors.

Dates

The overall FOUNDATIONS programme runs from 2021-2027. The research activities for the qualitative component that GAGE/ODI will be leading are expected to commence around quarter 3 of 2023.

Please send your clarification queries to [email protected] by 31st July 2023 for submissions on Niger and Mali only. Questions and answers will then be circulated to all bidders.

ODI is seeking to appoint a Senior Events Consultant to join our fast-paced public affairs and communications team, for a period of up to five months. This role will be responsible for the planning and implementation of ODI’s flagship convening strategy. Specifically to:

• Raise the impact and reach of ODI’s convening programme, ensuring that it influences key target audiences.
• Use ODI events and podcasts as a platform for showcasing ODI’s research and ideas.
• Ensure that ODI’s reputation as a major convenor of debates is strengthened and maintained.
• Manage the delivery of events, coordinating with communications staff.
• Identify and secure globally renowned high-profile speakers.

In line with ODI’s five year strategy and communications strategy, the Senior Events Consultant will lead the development and delivery of a high-level convening portfolio which will enhance ODI’s effectiveness, awareness and reputation and reach new stakeholders around the world.

To find out more, download the brief below. To apply, email [email protected].