TOR-Editing, Designing, and Finalizing the Positive Masculinity Communication Toolkit

1. Background

CECOEDECON works on issues related to gender, health, education, panchayats, agriculture and climate. CECOEDECON is the implementing partner of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Rajasthan for an integrated development programme towards addressing preventable maternal deaths, unmet need for family planning, gender-based violence and harmful practices such as child marriage and sex-selection.

Gender and social norms shape women’s and girls’ voices, rights and decision-making power within their families and societies and expose them to harmful practices such as child marriage. To address these challenges under the integrated development programa unified approach of engaging multiple stakeholders is being followed. Youth is considered as an important part of demographic dividend and therefore sensitizing them and changing their attitudes towards gender diversification, sensitizing them about gender equality and its norms is of utmost importance as they are exposed to information related to masculinity and gender norms through social media and other various media platforms. Therefore, it is imperative to talk about it to young people especially men and boys as these people are envisioned as upcoming change agents. Keeping this in view to build the capacity of young men & boys a communication toolkit has been developed. The toolkit comprises of a training module on positive masculinity, Posters, FAQs, Myth busters and other IEC materials. For its wider dissemination it is being considered important to review its language and design.

To ensure that the toolkit is comprehensive, user-friendly, and impactful, proposals are being invited from qualified professionals or agencies to undertake editing, refinement, and finalization of the draft version. 

2.Assignment Title:Editing, Designing, and Finalizing the Positive Masculinity Communication Toolkit

3. Scope of work: 

• Comprehensively review the Toolkit/Positive masculinity package (module and posters) that includes training module and posters on positive masculinity. Module is in Hindi and posters are in both English & Hindi languages
• Edit the content for coherence, flow of the information and clarity and align the content with the standardised vocabulary.
• Review and ensure that the language is gender sensitive and inclusive.
• Reformatting, upgrade the structure (if required) to ensure readers engagement and maintaining their interest. Also, developing and designing any other documents such as facilitator guide note or any supportive document/product to enhance the use of module.
• Wherever required, incorporate Visual elements for example graphics, engaging exercises games etc.
• Providing a well-designed version of the toolkit (in print and digital editable form). 

4. Deliverables: 

• Submit the plan for review and revision of the training modules and posters by the end of 15 days after signing the contract.
• Submit the first draft of the reviewed and revised toolkit by the end of 40 days after signing the contract for feedback from CECODECON and UNFPA. Multiple rounds of feedback will be there before finalizing the toolkit
• Submit the complete final version of the designed tool kit along with the raw files, print-ready and digital (editable) formats of the toolkit and all supportive materials by the end of assignment.

5. Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must have:

• Minimum 5 to 7 years of experience in content writing and editing in the areas of gender, masculinity youth engagement.
• Proven experience in developing and designing training modules and tool kit on the issues related to gender and masculinity.
• Good understanding of gender transformative and rights-based approaches and positive masculinity.
• Good understanding of local issues in terms of positive masculinity and gender.
• Excellent writing skills both in Hindi as well as in English.
• Demonstrated experience of working on documentation, content development with government, UN and development agencies.

6.Time line : The assignment period will be 2 months. 

7.Intellectual Property

• All information pertaining to this project belonging to the client, which the service provider may come into contact with in the performance of his/her, duties under this consultancy shall remain the property of the UNFPA/CECOEDECON who shall have exclusive rights over their use.
• All illustrations, graphics, or fonts must be licensed for unrestricted use by CECOEDECON/UNFPA. 
• Except for purposes of this assignment, the information shall not be disclosed to the public nor used in whatever form without written permission of the UNFPA/CECOEDECON.  

8. Application Procedure

Applicants are required to submit the following

• A Technical Proposal: Letter of Interest stating why you consider your service suitable for the assignment and a brief methodology on the approach and implementation of the assignment and a tentative timeline.
• Personal CVs of technical personnel proposed for this project highlighting qualifications and experience in similar projects
• Sample work previously done for other clients.
• Financial proposal in the given format through link (Please download the format)    

     https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1THhuS1k7UErE9Jz0gcvnHZWS8UHLBVqu/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=104370492285402654869&rtpof=true&sd=true

The last date of submitting proposal is 12/7/25

Interested agencies/consultants may send their proposal to cecojobs@gmail.com

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