The program goal:
To implement and strengthen prevention and response mechanisms for Sudanese refugees arriving in Alexandria, Aswan and Cairo by adopting a combination of rights-based, survivor-centred, and community development approaches.
To enhance psychosocial well-being and resilience among Sudanese refugees.
Objective of the Assignment:
The objective of this assignment is two-fold:
- CARE will continue to work with legal organizations to offer legal assistance to GBV survivors on a one-on-one basis, providing legal advice and attending court cases when needed. Legal services may also include legal counselling, filing police reports, issuing marriage or birth certificates, and filing for divorce or custody. 50 GBV survivors will benefit from legal services.
- Legal awareness sessions: Women will receive information about their rights, and on Egypt’s personal status law and applicability as Sudanese refugees. Sessions will include legal information on issuing legal marriage, age of consent, marital rape, reproductive coercion, divorce certificates, birth certificates, legislation concerning sexual harassment, land ownership, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), and other relevant topics raised by participants.
Scope of Work and Deliverables:
The consultant’s main deliverables are:
- Legal sessions: The consultant shall provide offline awareness sessions to reach in total 120 beneficiaries, each group consists of 20 participants. b. The consultant shall provide a document with the content of the legal awareness sessions. Content should be approved by CARE before conducting the sessions. c. The consultant shall provide pre and post surveys measuring change in participants’ knowledge in the content delivered. Pre and post surveys should be approved by CARE before conducting the sessions. Analysis of the pre and post surveys will be done by the consultant and shared with CARE for reviewing and confirming. d. The consultant shall provide handouts to participants containing legal information to supplement the sessions. Handouts must be approved by CARE before conducting the sessions. e. Generate reports on each session conducted. Reports must include individual and collective results of pre and post surveys conducted measuring the change in attendees’ knowledge towards their legal rights, legal procedures in the host country and legal consequences of sexual harassment, early marriage and FGM.
2- Legal Assistance: a. The lawyer shall provide 50 cases with legal counseling, representation and action to SGBV survivors from the refugees’ population (the target is to be divided equally between Aswan and Cairo). b. The lawyer is expected to accompany SGBV survivors in filing police reports and court cases whenever necessary. c. Generate monthly reports and case studies. Reports must include updates and progress on each individual case handled by the consultant. d. The legal consultant is assigned to continue follow-up with extended legal procedures of the beneficiaries that takes time ahead the life span of the project.
Duties and Responsibilities
1- Meet with the project’s team to discuss and agree on the content of the sessions and refine the work plan for the execution of the assignment.
2- Provide legal assistance for refugees SGBV survivors.
3- Conduct legal awareness sessions on refugee women’s rights under the Egyptian legislation; highlighting the right procedures for issuing marriage, divorce and birth certificates.
4- Accompany SGBV survivors to police stations and courts.
5- Have the capacity to support women and men in court whenever needed.
6- Generate detailed reports on monthly basis on the cases that are assisted by the lawyer.
7- Document successes and lessons learned.
8- Attend a monthly meeting with CARE Case Management Supervisor, Project Manager and M&E unit
9- Respect and ensure the privacy of all beneficiaries, and maintain a non-discriminatory attitude at all times regardless of ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, and political affiliation. As well as code of conduct and professional therapeutic relations.
10- The capacity to respond to emergency legal referrals throughout the week and during weekends depending on the referrals received (24/7).
Legal Consultancy TOR – Extra Fund
An Electronic invoice is required Deadline for sending the technical and financial proposal 12 March، 2024 Prior 5 pm.; submission is only accepted via using the below form.