Developing GBV Protection and Prevention Guidelines for Women’s Economic Empowerment Initiatives

**TERMS OF REFERENCE**

**Developing GBV Protection and Prevention Guidelines for Women’s Economic Empowerment Initiatives**

Project “Strengthened the active participation of women (Jordanians, Syrian Refuges, Youth and Women with Disabilities) with a comprehensive approach to rights in Jordan”, co-funded by AECID – Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation.

**INTRODUCTION**

Alianza por la Solidaridad (Alianza-AA) was born with the vocation of working to achieve a better and more sustainable world for all, regardless of where they were born or where they decided to live. We invest all our work, knowledge, experience and creativity in defending and advancing global rights in all parts of the world and for all people.

Our work responds to the defense of the rights of migrants, the rights of women around the world, the sustainability of the environment and the defense of the rights of people affected by humanitarian crises. For this we know that we need to build an informed, critical global citizenship that is eager to get involved in the social changes necessary to achieve a world that puts people and human rights at the center. And we know that awareness-raising and advocacy is key to achieving this.

Alianza has been working in Jordan since 2007. The organisation has always collaborated with Jordanian organizations of a strong feminist nature and supported the work of civil society, especially in terms of empowerment and women's rights, prevention and response to sexual and gender-based violence, both with Jordanian women and refugees. Our programmatic priorities for the period 2020-2026 are:

1. Eradicate gender-based violence suffered by women, especially young and migrant women and women rights defenders.
2. Promoting the Human Rights of Excluded Groups
3. Promote Climate Justice, ensuring the resilience of the groups most affected by Climate Change, and especially women, to adapt to leading the ecological transition.
4. Protect the most vulnerable people during humanitarian crises and strengthen their resilience capacities

Since June 2018, we are a member of ActionAid, an International Federation made up of 46 countries. Our incorporation into the Action Aid network has meant expanding our work to more than 50 countries on 5 continents, achieving greater visibility and impact. In addition, we have achieved greater efficiency in our political pressure.

**Project Context**

These ToR are developed within the framework of the program (hereinafter the Convenio) entitled "Strengthened the active participation of women (Jordanians, Syrian Refugees, Youth and Women with Disabilities - WwD) with a comprehensive approach to rights in Jordan", funded by the Spanish Cooperation – AECID and the Barcelona City Council.

Alianza por la Solidaridad is part of a consortium formed by three Spanish NGOs (Alianza, MPDL and NOVACT), of which Movement for Peace – MPDL is the lead organization for this intervention, along with the local partners: Be Positive; Community Based Rehabilitation Center (CBR); I Dare; and Housewives Association (HSF). The direct local partner of Alianza is HSF.

This Convenio will last until early 2027. Its general objective is to “Contribute to a life free of violence for women, preventing economic, gender, community and digital violence” and it includes 3 specific objectives:

\- **SO1**: Promote the sustainable and inclusive economic empowerment of Jordanian and refugee women, with special attention to young women and women with disabilities.

\- **SO2**: Improve the system of protection, prevention and response to gender violence in Mafraq, Zarqa and Amman.

\- **SO3**: Strengthen the leadership of Jordanian and refugee women, paying special attention to young women and/or women with disabilities, in peace building, preventing violent conflicts and promoting resilience in their communities.

Alianza is coordinating the implementation of SO2, in which these ToR are framed.

**Project Objectives**

Specific Objective 2: Improve the system of protection, prevention and response to gender violence in Mafraq, Zarqa and Amman, will be achieved through the following outcomes:

\- SO2. O1. Women and WwD (Jordanians and refugees) surviving or at risk of GBV have access to prevention, detection, care and referral services with high quality standards.

\- SO2. O2. Strengthened the favorable environment at the community level for the prevention and detection of gender violence and the promotion of women's rights, from the female leadership.

\- SO2. O3. Reinforced the joint strategy of partner organizations to guarantee the protection and empowerment of women and WwD (Jordanians and refugees) from a comprehensive perspective.

These ToR are mainly related to Outcome 2 of Specific Objective 2, more specifically with the activity A2.2.4 “Piloting and development of a protection kit to avoid potential negative impacts on women's security derived from their economic empowerment”. The goal