Consultant For Research

Search for Common Ground - Lebanon is looking for an experienced consultant to conduct a research on the legal and contextual aspects in link with women socio-economic empowerment in Lebanon for its project “Everyone Gains: Promoting Women's Socio Economic Empowerment in Lebanon”.   The research will provide SFCG and the CSOs engaged in the project with a thorough understanding of the legal and contextual aspects on three main topics already identified as priorities by the civil society organisations: Social Security Early marriage and domestic violence Equal job opportunities This consultant will be responsible to: Provide an overview of the existing laws concerning the three above topics, looking specifically at the strengths and weaknesses of those laws; Provide an analysis of the implementation of the existing laws focusing on the areas where enforcement is needed. Provide contextual information (at the national and local levels) on where and why the laws are not being implemented. A draft report should be available by September 20, 2014. All deliverables must be finalised and submitted to SFCG by September 30, 2014. To receive the detailed Terms of Reference for this consultancy, please email to Morgane Ortmans: mortmans@sfcg.org Interested parties would have to submit a resume, a brief proposal (including methodology and a tentative budget) and a letter of interest, clearly explaining how their experience meets desired qualifications by the 20th of August 2014.