Call for Applications: Consultancy on Mapping Advocacy for Women’s Rights in Portuguese-Speaking African Countries
The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is a Pan-African feminist fund dedicated to resourcing, strengthening, and upholding feminist movement partners and women’s rights organizations (WROs) across Africa.
Our mission is to make gender justice a reality for all on our continent and worldwide.
AWDF invites qualified consultants to apply for a mapping consultancy focused on feminist movement partners, WROs, networks, and coalitions in the Portuguese-speaking region of Africa.
The scope of work includes identifying:
- Active feminist partners: individuals, community-based organizations, small non-traditional actors, emerging collectives, and large-scale organizations working at grassroots, local, sub-national, national, and regional levels.
- Advocacy issues: the themes and causes they champion across different levels.
- Contextual factors: social, cultural, and socio-economic influences shaping their agendas.
- Target audiences: the specific groups and institutions they aim to influence.
- Activism approaches: strategies related to networking, peer learning, organizing, and movement building.
- Support needs: institutional strengthening requirements of feminist partners and WROs.
- Funding landscape: donors supporting these efforts within the focus countries.
The findings will inform AWDF’s programming and may be shared with other women’s funds and donors supporting this work.
Focus Countries: Angola, Mozambique, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, Guinea-Bissau, and Cape Verde.
Consultant’s Profile
The ideal candidate must have:
- Registration status and be based in and working within Africa.
- Leadership by women and/or gender-diverse persons.
- Expertise in women’s rights advocacy, organizations, and movements within the focus countries.
- Experience in participatory stakeholder mapping methods.
- Proficiency in English and Portuguese (reading, writing, speaking).
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a flexible, collaborative attitude.
- Strong commitment to feminist values, human rights, equality, and diversity.
Duration of the Assignment
The consultancy is scheduled for 20 working days, including the submission of the final report.
- First draft due: June 30, 2025.
- Final report due: July 7, 2025.
How to Apply
Interested applicants should submit the following documents to consultants@awdf.org:
- Proposed mapping approach and process
- Workplan
- Quotation (including daily consulting rate)
- Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Cover letter outlining relevant experience and field knowledge
Please use the email subject line: Application for consultancy – Portuguese-speaking countries mapping.
Application deadline: May 5, 2025.
Additional Information
For more information on this role, please download the full Terms of Reference.
AWDF is committed to gender equality and diversity. Women, gender-diverse persons, and applicants from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
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