UN Women Consultancy to Determine Economic Burden of Gender Based Violence (GBV) to Survivors in Kenya

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Request for Proposal

Consultancy to Determine Economic Burden of Gender Based Violence (GBV) to Survivors in Kenya

Background: The GoK- UN Joint Programme on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, in partnership with the National Gender and Equality Commission, intends to conduct a costing exercise to determine the economic cost of gender based violence to survivors. 

This will complement an ongoing costing exercise which centres on the economic cost of GBV to the state. The findings from the studies will be used to conduct advocacy and lobbying for enhanced planning and resource allocation for multi-sectoral, survivor-centred GBV response services.
The study will focus on violence experienced at family, relationship, community and society levels, estimating costs incurred when women suffer different types and forms of GBV. Calculations will be done based on direct monetary costs as well as social costs. Based on individual and family based costs, the study will also showcase a comparative estimate of the cost to survivors in various demographic settings (e.g. rural vs. urban) and counties. 
The research team is expected to model such costs based on known parameters and on clear assumptions.
The GoK- UN Joint Programme on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment therefore wishes to engage a consultancy firm to undertake the assignment.The costing exercise will provide an indication of the economic implications of GBV to the survivor extending to a time when the survivor is said to be leading a normal life where possible based on life expectancy
Inform resource mobilization and allocations by national and county governments, Parliament, county assemblies and key non-governmental stakeholders towards catering for survivors’ comprehensive needs beyond the obvious formal/conventional ones.
A technical and financial proposal clearly marked “RFP 2014/03 UN WOMEN- GBV COSTING EXERCISE’’ in separate sealed envelopes should be dropped at the UN Women tender box placed at the main entrance of UN Complex in Gigiri not later than Tuesday 15th July 2014 addressed to:
Operations Manager
UN Women, Kenya Country Office
UN Complex Block M,
P O Box 30218 – 00100, 
UN Women reserves the right to accept or reject any submissions.