Trainer – Online Campaigning

Supporting Women’s Transformative Leadership in Changing Times in Middle East and North Africa (AMAL) programme Trainer – online Campaigning Terms of Reference  1.      Programme Background Oxfam has been working in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for over five decades. Over the past four decades it has been promoting gender equality and supporting women’s right to participate and be represented in governance and decision-making structures and processes.   This focus is complementary to other areas of Oxfam’s work on women’s rights and to the broader goal of Oxfam to contribute to a ‘world without poverty.’ Oxfam is committed to supporting women, men and children, living in poverty, to claim their rights to sustainable livelihoods, to basic social services, to life and security, to be heard, and to an identity.   AMAL is a three-year multi-country programme to be implemented jointly by Oxfam GB, Oxfam Novib, Intermon Oxfam and partners. It is aimed to promote active participation and leadership of women in the MENA region, including the poorest and most marginalised women, in local, national and regional governance structures and decision-making processes. By doing so, the programme aims to ensure that they have a say in formulation and/or their needs and priorities are reflected in socio-economic policies and practice at all levels. The programme is set to be implemented in the OPTs, Morocco, Tunisia and Yemen. The overall goal of this programme is that: Women in the MENA region, including poor and marginalised women, have increased ability to participate and exercise leadership at all levels of decision-making, gaining power over their lives and ensuring their practical needs and rights are central for existing and emerging governance structures. There are four specific objectives: Objective 1: RIGHTS AND LEADERSHIP – Women and girls will have increased awareness of their political and socio-economic rights and are more confident to voice their rights and play leadership roles at all levels (household, community, national, regional); Objective 2: CAPACITY-BUILDING – A diversity of women’s organisations 5 and their allies 6 will have increased skills, resources and capacity to advocate a women’s rights agenda with a collective voice and influence decision-making;  5 Local and national organisations, representing diverse women’s voices from different social, class and ethnic backgrounds 6Youth organisations, human rights organisations, organisations with a gender justice focus, trade unions, media organisations, men etc.  ; 7 particularly religious and community leaders, journalists, political parties, male politicians etc. Objective 3: CHANGING ATTITUDES AND POLICY – Decision-makers and opinion formers at all levels7 are more aware of and their positions are more reflective of the needs and priorities of women Objective 4: LINKING AND LEARNING – Oxfam, its partners and others generate and share knowledge, to strengthen women’s participation and leadership approaches in the region and globally . The AMAL Programme will directly benefit over 47,000 and indirectly over 100,000, this figure excludes over 50% of the population i.e. women in the targeted countries who will benefit from Introduction and implementation of pro-poor and engendered policies as a result of programme interventions. AMAL Programme is working with 15 partners in the MENA region which include 13 women’s organizations and 2 development organizations. 2.      Purpose of the job:   The main objective of the consultancy is to enhance the individual skills of AMAL partners, representatives of the above organizations, in Online campaigning with the purpose of ensuring their abilities of influencing the public opinion to pay closer attention to their demands and issues. The training will be for 2 days taking place on 28 and 29 January in Istanbul in Turkey.                                                      3.      Tasks   Under the direct supervision of AMAL Advocacy and Media Officer   -          Prepare a 2 full days training agenda and material (one day theory and one day practical) -          Facilitate training sessions  for AMAL partners on online campaigning  4.      Deliverables   -          Draft agenda of the training for discussion ahead of the meeting -          Training material (in the form of presentations, main topics, or documents and references) -          Final agenda of the training -          Narrative report covering the two days training      5. Reporting lines /coordination   The reporting and coordination will be directly to/with AMAL advocacy and media officer.