Gender Equity Research Consultant

Experience : 7-10 years

Panagora Group provides monitoring and evaluation services in the international development industry and currently implements the USAID/Colombia Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) activity. The MEL activity provides technical and advisory services to USAID in the following components: (1) Monitoring; (2) Performance and Impact Assessments; (3) Research, Assessments, and Data Analysis; (4) Geographic Information Services (GIS) and (5) Collaboration, Learning, and Adaptation tasks (CLA).

As part of the plan for the use and dissemination of gender studies, USAID requested that the MEL activity advise its Generating Equity Program (GEP) with regards to the use of primary data collected in 2020 for the implementation of various lines of work by GEP. These lines of work are expected to be linked to three (3) areas of focus: women's economic empowerment; changing social norms, and implementing gender policies and services.

To fulfill USAID’s technical request, the research consultant will be responsible for providing technical advice to the GEP for the design of the various lines of work to be implemented in the municipalities targeted by the GEP. Specifically, the research consultant is expected to process the gender studies’ databases in order to: a) determine the degree of representation at the municipal level, b) identify the variables that may have greater degrees of statistical comparability over time, c) build a strong indicator to measure tolerance of Violence Against Women using qualitative and quantitative tools, d) develop a replicable methodology to identify the factors that contribute to tolerance of Violence Against Women, which can identify possible cultural factors requiring intervention, in order to change narratives, behaviors, beliefs, and expectations through different USAID activities.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Establish a work plan in collaboration with the Generating Equity Program (GEP).
- Prepare and participate in meetings convened by the GEP to clarify methodological and statistical processes developed within the framework of gender studies.
- Review the data sets of gender studies and provide recommendations for their use in the implementation of lines of work developed by the GEP.
- Produce a document on the statistical representativity of data at the municipal level and provide recommendations for the use of this data to the extent possible.
- Organize working sessions on recommendations for gender studies.
- Process micro-data from Colombian surveys on tolerance of Violence Against Women (VAW).
- Build a single metric or indicator, based on the theoretical framework of quantitative and qualitative instruments, to measure tolerance to violence against women.
- Develop a replicable methodology to identify factors that contribute to changing narratives, behaviors, beliefs, and/or expectations about tolerance for violence against women.

Panagora Group is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
- Note: Panagora does not offer visa sponsorship at this time.

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Panagora Group es una pequeña empresa estadounidense que ofrece soluciones novedosas e integradas en salud global y desarrollo internacional. Nuestro objetivo es proporcionar soluciones innovadoras que desarrollen la capacidad nacional y promuevan la sostenibilidad a través de una sólida participación local y el desarrollo de capacidades, utilizando soluciones altamente integradas y del sector privado. A lo largo de nuestro trabajo, adoptamos un círculo virtuoso de administración del conocimiento, aprendizaje colaborativo y aplicación de evidencia para aumentar y acelerar los resultados positivos de salud y desarrollo.

Panagora Group proporciona servicios de monitoreo y evaluación en la industria del desarrollo internacional y actualmente implementa la actividad de Monitoreo, Evaluación y Aprendizaje (MEL) de USAID / Colombia. La actividad MEL brinda servicios técnicos y de asesoría a USAID en los siguientes componentes: (1) Monitoreo; (2) Evaluaciones de desempeño e impacto; (3) Investigación, evaluaciones y análisis de datos; (4) Servicios de Información Geográfica (GIS) y (5) Tareas de Colaboración, Aprendizaje y Adaptación (CLA).

En el marco del plan de uso y divulgación de los estudios de género[1], USAID ha solicitado a la Actividad MEL asesorar a la nueva actividad Generando Equidad (GEP) en el uso de los datos primarios recolectados en 2020 para la implementación de las líneas de acción proyectadas por GEP. Dichas acciones estarían relacionadas con tres (3) ejes: el empoderamiento económico de las mujeres, la transformación de normas sociales y la imp