1. Consultancy Details

• Title: BMZ Project Endline Survey Consultancy
• Project Title: Strengthening Women’s Rights Movements on the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda in Iraq
• Location: Ninawa, Salahadin, and Anbar Governorates
• Duration: 20 working days (01–30 September 2025)
• Reporting To: MEAL Officer, CARE Iraq
  
  1. Background and Rationale

  • Context in Iraq:

    CARE Iraq, a non-profit NGO dedicated to women’s economic empowerment, socio-political participation, and social justice, is about to conclude its three-year BMZ-funded project, Strengthening Women’s Rights Movements on the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda (2022–2025). Implemented in partnership with local organizations, Women Empowerment Organization (WEO), Baghdad Women Association (BWA), and Better World Organization (BWO), the project advanced gender equality across Iraq’s Ninewa, Anbar, and Salahaddin governorates by empowering 24 women’s rights organizations (WROs), training 110+ staff and volunteers, and directly engaging 1,460 marginalized women and girls in advocacy and decision-making spaces. Through mentorship and technical support, CARE Iraq strengthened WROs’ capacity to challenge discriminatory policies, promote UNSCR 1325, and foster social cohesion, while indirectly reaching 6,900+ community members with advocacy campaigns.

    Focused on aligning Iraq’s recovery with the WPS agenda, the project enabled tangible progress: women’s participation in local governance increased, 35+ government representatives adopted gender-inclusive approaches, and partner WROs now independently lead advocacy efforts. By bridging marginalized groups with formal decision-making processes, from peacebuilding to economic justice, CARE Iraq and its partners have laid a foundation for sustainable change, ensuring women’s voices remain central to Iraq’s future.

     

    Project Overview:

    CARE partnered with three local women’s rights organizations in Iraq and conducted a tailored needs assessment for each to identify capacity gaps and enhance their institutional and technical skills accordingly. The rationale behind this approach was that, once their capacities were strengthened, they could meaningfully support and mentor smaller rights-based organizations with limited capacities—creating a trickle-down effect.

    
     This 3-year project (2022–2025) aimed to:

     ◦ Strengthen women’s rights movements through capacity-building of 24 WROs.
     ◦ Increase women’s participation in decision-making (formal/informal spaces).
     ◦ Advocate for gender-responsive policies linked to the WPS agenda.

     

    Rationale for Evaluation:

    This endline evaluation will assess the project’s impact, inform future BMZ/CARE programming, and contribute to Iraq’s WPS National Action Plan (NAP). Preliminary findings from the baseline review (2023) indicated strong progress in WRO capacity but gaps in policy influence.

     

    2. Purpose, Objectives, and Use
    1. Primary Purpose:
       To assess how effective, impactful, and sustainable the project has been in advancing the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda—specifically looking at how much influence women’s rights organizations (WROs) have gained and how far marginalized women have been able to participate in decision-making spaces.
       
       Key Objectives:
                   1.         Measure how much the advocacy capacity of WROs has improved and how women’s participation in decision-making has increased.
                   2.         Understand how communities perceive the WPS-related efforts and whether the project is seen as relevant and useful.
                   3.         Identify key lessons learned to inform and strengthen future projects with similar goals.

    Intended Use:

    • Primary users: CARE Iraq, CARE Germany, BMZ.
    • Secondary user: Relevant entities and stakeholders, both governmental and non-governmental.
    • Results will feed into:
    • CARE Iraq’s Country Strategy for development and WPS.
    • BMZ’s global WPS programming.

     

    3. Scope of Work

    Geographic Focus: Ninawa, Salahadin, Anbar governorates.
    Time Frame: Project period (July 2022–September2025); Endline evaluation to conduct and conclude within 20 working days from the period of 01.09.2025 till 30.09.2025 with potential available flexibility.

     

    Criteria	Questions
    Relevance	Did the project address the most pressing barriers to women’s participation?
    Effectiveness	Did the project achieve its intended outcomes in strengthening 24 WROs’ advocacy and policy changes and increasing women’s participation in decision-making spaces?
    Efficiency	Were project resources (funding, time, partnerships) utilized optimally to deliver the intended outputs (e.g., training, advocacy campaigns)?

    Methodology:
    

    • Mixed methods: Surveys (quantitative), KIIs (WROs, government), FGDs (beneficiaries).
    • Ethical safeguards: Gender-matched enumerators; survivor-centered consideration for beneficiaries.

     

  4. Process

2. • Phases:

     1. Inception (5 days): Desk review, tool finalization.
     2. Fieldwork (10 days): Data collection (training enumerators, KIIs/FGDs).
     3. Analysis & Reporting (5 days): Draft/final report validation.

     Stakeholder Involvement:

     • CARE Iraq: Provide documents, coordinate logistics.
     • WROs: Participate in FGDs, validate findings.

      

     5. Outputs and Deliverables
     1. Inception Report: Workplan, finalized tools.
     2. Draft/Final Report (20 pages): Executive summary, findings, recommendations (English).
     3. Raw Datasets: Anonymized, disaggregated by gender/location.
     4. Presentation: Validation workshop for stakeholders.

      

     7. Tentative Timetable

     Milestone	Deadline
     Inception Report	5 September 2025
     Fieldwork Completed	20 September 2025
     Draft Report	25 September 2025
     Final Report	30 September 2025

      

     8. Management of the Evaluation
   • CARE Iraq MEAL Officer: Oversees quality assurance.
   • CARE Deutschland: Review/approve deliverables.
   • CARE Egypt Foundation: Review/approve deliverables.

   Optional: A sample of Draft Evaluation Matrix 

   Question	Indicator	Data Source	Method
   Were WROs better equipped to advocate for WPS?	% increase in WROs engaging with local government	KIIs, Activity Reports	Mixed

    

    

    

    

    

• Lead Consultant: Advanced degree in gender studies/social sciences; 5+ years in WPS evaluations, proven linguistic capacity mainly in English and Arabic, with Kurdish as an asset.
• Enumerators: Gender-balanced, trained in ethical data collection.

Interested consultants should submit their proposals to hr-iraq@care.de by 8th August 2025. The proposal should include:

1. Technical proposal (workplan, methodology, sampling, timeline).
2. Financial proposal in IQD (daily rate +communication+ travel costs).
3. CV and cover letter (highlighting WPS/gender expertise).

Notes:

Please write name of the position "Consultant-Endline Evaluation" in the subject line otherwise it will not be considered. 

 
CARE has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and child abuse. CARE takes all concerns and complaints about sexual harassment, exploitation and sexual abuse as well as child abuse by CARE staff and related personnel very seriously. CARE International has therefore drawn up the CARE International Safeguarding Policy on Protection from Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse, and Child Abuse CARE staff and its related personnel must adhere to CARE's core values which are Transformation, Integrity, Diversity, Equality, and Excellence.

-For any inquiries regarding this position, please contact CARE Iraq HR Manager through nmirza@care.de"