Description:
Project: “Call for Application for Research on the social situation of Migrant TLGB (Transsexual, Transgender, Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual) in the Netherlands from a gender and human rights perspective”
General Objective of Consultancy:
* Contribute to the inclusion of the TLGB’s Human Rights theme into the international agenda on migration and development.
Specific objectives:
* Identify the way the self-experience of the sexual orientation and / or nonnormative gender identity acts as a factor of expulsion in migratory processes and how this factor conditions consequently the migratory experience in destination.
* Identify the way that the right to a free expression of the sexual orientation and/or gender identity, theoretically guaranteed in The Netherlands, is exercised by the migrant TLGB population and how different processes (normative, institutional and social), could be hindering the exercise of this right.
* Identify how the interaction between the sexual orientation and/or a nonnormative gender identity together with the migratory condition, is affecting the exercise and the enjoyment of other rights (for example, sexual and reproductive health, access to information and support services).
* Identify political advocacy activities that will advance the access and the enjoyment of the right to the self-experience of the sexual and gender identity of migrants in the Netherlands.
Methodology:
The duration of the consultancy will be 4 months (November 2010 to February, 2011).
The consultant team and/or individual consultant will define the methodology to implement. Taking into account that the duration of the project will be short, they should prioritize the most relevant variables for the purpose of the research, and define on this basis, the population to be studied, the number of interviews to be conducted and the urban setting where the research will be implemented. Those decisions need to be reflected in the methodological proposal to be presented.
Expected Results:
* A qualitative research report that responds to the objectives outlined in the Terms of Reference, including:
o An executive summary
o Public Policy recommendations for guaranteeing the enjoyment and the exercise of TLGB Migrant’s rights in the Netherlands.
o Priority recommendations for future research on the incidence of the sexual orientation and/or the gender identity in migratory processes.
* Final presentation to interested parties.
* Proposal of the undertaking of a political incidence activity to be undertaken with research results.
Profile of the Individual Consultant and/or the Consultant Team:
Individual consultants or consulting teams are eligible to present proposals. Consulting teams comprising persons with different research backgrounds and direct work with organizations, will be highly valued.
Requisites for potential candidates:
* Postgraduate studies in Migration, Gender or Sexual Diversity (minimum Master)
* Minimum 3 years of research experience on migration, gender and/or sexual diversity. The experience in qualitative research on migration and/or sexual diversity; or migration and/or gender, will be highly valued.
* Knowledge and contacts with Migrant organizations and LGBT organizations in the Netherlands, and with one of the destination countries with the highest number of migrants established in the Netherlands.
To Apply:
The consultant team or the individual consultant must send:
* CV of the individual or of each team member.
* In case of consulting teams, the function of each member must be identified.
* Methodological proposal.
* Financial proposal.
The financial proposals should not exceed US$20,000.
Applications should be sent by e-mail or fax to:
UN-INSTRAW
Cesar Nicolas Penson 102-A
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Fax: +1-809-685-2117
Email: applications@un-instraw.org
Please specify the following in the subject line: “The social situation of TLGB (Transsexual, Transgender, Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual) migrant population in the Netherlands; from a gender and human rights perspective”.
Additional information will not be given over the phone or by email. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Deadline for submission of proposals: 10 November 2010.
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