LRPS No. 2021–9166814: to Develop Training Module and Conduct (ToT) on Child Marriage Restraint Act 2017&Rules 2018 for Child Marriage Prevention Committee, government officials and local government r has been closed on 18 May 2021. It no longer accepts any bids. For further information, you can contact the United Nations Capital Development Fund
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Location: Bangladesh
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Education & Training
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04 May 2021
18 May 2021
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TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR INSTITUTIONAL CONTRACT
Title of the assignment
Develop Training Module and Conduct Training of Trainers (ToT) on Child Marriage Restraint Act 2017 and Rules 2018 for Child Marriage Prevention Committee, government officials and local government representatives in Bangladesh.
Purpose
To carry out training needs assessment of the key actors and based on the assessment develop a comprehensive training module on Child Marriage Restraint Act 2017 and Rules 2018 (with specific modules for Child Marriage Prevention Committee based on their specific functions) and deliver training of trainers (ToT) for the nominated government and civil society officials to develop a trainers pool.
Location
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Estimated Duration
15 June to November 2021
Reporting to Technical Supervisor of this assignment
Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF Bangladesh
Child Marriage is defined as a marriage of a girl or boy before the age of 18 and refers to both formal marriages and informal unions in which children under the age of 18 live with a partner as if married[1]. It violates children’s rights and places them at high risk of violence, exploitation, and abuse. Study reveals that child marriage has profound detrimental impact on physical and mental well-being of children, and their ability to live free of violence. Consequences of child marriage have lasting effects as they struggle with the health effects of getting pregnant too young and too often, their lack of education and economic independence, become subject to domestic violence, and marital rape and lost the natural childhood.
According to MICS 2019 South Asia has the highest rates of child marriage in the world. Almost one in five girls (17%) are married before the age of 15. Bangladesh is home to 38 million child brides, including currently married girls along with women who were first married in childhood. Of these, 13 million married before the age 15. Bangladesh ranks among the top 10 countries in the world with the highest levels of child marriage. Fifty-one per cent of young women in Bangladesh were married before their 18th birthday[2]. According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), Bangladesh is one of the top twenty “hot spots” of child marriage, or countries with the highest prevalence.
Child marriage affects both girls and boys, but it affects girls disproportionately. It harms girls’ rights to health, education, equality and a life free from violence and exploitation. Married girls are over four times more likely to be out of school than unmarried girls. Child brides are somewhat more likely to reside in rural areas and to live in poorer households and are less likely to have more than a secondary education. Nearly 5 in 10 child brides gave birth before age 18, and 8 in 10 gave birth before the age of 20[3].
Bangladesh has acceded or ratified International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), and United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) provides that marriage must be entered into with the free consent of the intending spouses [Art. 10(1)]. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) provides for the right of men and women of marriageable age to marry. It also states that no marriage shall be entered into without the free and full consent of the intending spouse (Art. 23). The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) states unequivocally: “The betrothal and the marriage of a child shall have no legal effect, and all necessary action, including legislation, shall be taken to specify a minimum age for marriage and to make the registration of marriages in an official registry compulsory.”
Child marriage also undermines a number of rights guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of the Child which includes the right to education (Art. 28), the right to be protected from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, including sexual abuse (Art. 19) and from all forms of sexual exploitation (Art. 34), the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (Article 24), the right to educational and vocational information and guidance (Art. 28), the right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas (Art. 13), the right to rest and leisure, and to participate freely in cultural life (Article 31), the right to not be separated from their parents against their will (Art. 9) and the right to protection against all forms of exploitation affecting any aspect of the child’s welfare (Art. 36).
UNICEF and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child have declared that child marriage constitutes a ‘harmful traditional practice’.[4] The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in its concluding observations in 2015 expressed its serious concern at the persistence of adverse cultural norms, practices and traditions, as well as deep-rooted stereotypes regarding the roles and the place of children, in particular girls, in society. Such stereotyping contributes to the persistence of violence against children and harmful practices, including child marriage. The Committee recommends that the State party to take measures to eliminate stereotypes that discriminate against children.
As a party to the said treaty or convention, Bangladesh has international obligations to protect the rights of girls and women. Human Rights Watch found that child marriage in Bangladesh can result in the inadequate fulfilment and protection of these rights.
Government of Bangladesh enacted the 2017 Child Marriage Restraint Act (CMRA) on 27 February 2017, repealed and replaced the 1929 CMRA which provides the minimum legal age for marriage is 18 years for girls and 21 for boys. While the 2017 CMRA does not declare child marriages as void, it strengthened penalties for those who marry or assist the marriage of children.[5] The 2017 CMRA imposes a penalty of imprisonment of up to two years and a fine of up to Tk 50,000 for an adult man or woman who marries a child as well as parents or guardians who promote or organize a child marriage, which is higher than the penalties previously imposed under the repealed CMRA, which were imprisonment of up to one month and/or a fine of up to Tk 1,000.[6]
Bangladesh has committed to eliminate child, early and forced marriage by 2030 in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (target 5.3). At the 2014 London Girl Summit, the Bangladeshi government signed a charter committing to end child marriage by 2041 also pledged that Bangladesh would end marriage under the age of 15 by 2021 and under 18 by 2041, and reduce the number of girls getting married between 15 and 18 by more than one third by 2021. Meeting the SDG target to end child marriage by 2030, or the national target to end child marriage by 2041, will require a major push. Progress must be at least 8 times faster than the rate observed over the past decade to meet the national target, or 17 times faster to meet the SDG target[7].
2. Objectives, Purpose and Expected Results
The Government of Bangladesh enacted the 2017 Child Marriage Restraint Act (CMRA) on 27 February 2017 and Rules in 2018, repealed and replaced the 1929 CMRA. The efficient enforcement of the law depends, inter alia, on the performance of efficient workforce. The purpose of the assignment is to develop a pool of master trainers who are nominated from the government and civil society organiations on the Child Marriage Restraint Act 2017 who will cascade the training to the pertinent actors under the law at natonal, district, upazila and union level.
The objective of the assignment is to (i) assess the capacity needs of pertinent actors under CMRA. (ii) develop a training module and (iii) facilitate ToT on CMRA aiming to develop a pool of trainers.
The selected agency is expected to conduct ToT for officials from government and civil society organizations nominated from different parts of the country on Child Marriage Restraint Act 2017 with the required technical and operational support from UNICEF Bangladesh Country Office. MoWCA would be the lead ministry to create a Reference Group to oversee the progress of the assignment and advise time to time. The agency will work under the technical guidance and overall supervision of the Child Protection Specialist, Child Protection Sections and Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MoWCA).
3. Description of Assignment
The scope of the assignment is to provide the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs and UNICEF Bangladesh with technical assistance in relation to building capacity of the institutions in relation to ending child marriage taking into consideration the Child Marriage Restraint Act 2017 and the Rules 2018 and the National Plan of Action on Ending Child Marriage in Bangladesh, particularly to ensure the followings:
The assignment is for 6 months to be started from 15 June 2021. The consultant will be based in Dhaka UNICEF BCO to provide his/ her full-time technical support to UNICEF and the MOWCA.
Time Frame: The agency will implement all the activities under this ToR in three months spread over the period from 015 June to 30 November 2021.
4. Deliverables
SL#
Tasks
End Product/Deliverables
Time frame
1
Develop detailed work plan with methodology of capacity needs assessment, training modules and training programme schedules.
Detailed workplan with implementation strategy developed
3 days
2
Prepare report on capacity needs assessment on Child Marriage Restraint Act 2017, policies, by-laws .
Report on capacity needs assessment prepared, and
10 days
3
Development of training modules in Bangla and English including PPT and online version
Training modules in Bangla and English developed including online version.
17 days
4
Field test of the module and incorporate the views of the participants
Field test is conducted, and the views of participants are incorporated
5 days
5
Develop pre- and post-test questionnaires, execute the tests and submit test reports.
Pre- and post-test questionnaires developed, tests executed, and reports submitted.
2 days
6
Online version of the training module needs to be prepared
Online training module is readily available
7
Deliver training of trainers (ToT) to 75 participants in three batches
ToT training to 75 participants in three batches delivered.
15 days
8
Submit training report, along with printed and soft copies of detailed training modules in Bangla and English, participants’ feedback and pre and post- test assessment results.
Training report submitted, along with printed and soft copies of detailed training modules in Bangla and English
5 days
5. Reporting requirements
6. Payment Schedule
Due date
End result
Amount (in %)
Within 10 days of the signing of the contract
Inception report with detailed work plan with methodology of capacity needs assessment, training modules and ToT programme schedules.
5000
15 July 2021
Capacity need assessment report
5000
15 September 2021
Training module in English and Bangla and online version
10000
15 October
ToT conducted and report
5000
15 November
Final report
5000
7. Qualification requirement of the company/institution/organization
Qualifications requirements:
7a. Qualification requirement of the team (optional)
8. General conditions: procedures and logistics
Policies both parties should be aware of:
i. The consulting agency will be responsible for all support required to complete the assignment
including accommodation, meals, transportation, and tools of trade (including computers);
ii. Office space will be provided by UNICEF for use during the evaluation and UNICEF premises will be available for the meetings and consultations;
iii. The consulting company will not be entitled to the use of UNICEF transportation;
iv. No contract related activities may commence unless the contract is signed and received by both parties.
vi. Institutions or their staff will not have supervisory responsibilities or authority on UNICEF budget; and,
Policy both parties should be aware of:
[1] Documents1.worldbank.org. 2017. Economic Impacts of Child Marriage: Global Synthesis Report. [online] Available at: <http://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/530891498511398503/pdf/116829-WP-P151842-PUBLIC-EICM-Global-Conference-Edition-June-27.pdf> [Accessed 23 February 2021].
[2] United Nations Children’s Fund, Ending Child Marriage: A profile of progress in Bangladesh, UNICEF, New York, 2020.
[3] ibid.
[4] CRC General Comment No 4. Supra 71 Para 6 and 20. The optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography 2000 also prohibits harmful traditional practices and sexual exploitation
[5] Child Marriage Restraint Act (2017) [hereinafter 2017 CMRA]
[6] Child Marriage Restraint Act, secs. 4-6 (No. XIX of 1929).
[7] United Nations Children’s Fund, Ending Child Marriage: A profile of progress in Bangladesh, UNICEF, New York, 2020.
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