PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT

This contract aims to build the capacity of Oxfam’s partner organizations to conduct women leadership training in the apparel and textile sector with the purpose of building leadership skills and confidence of women workers and promote support to women leadership in trade unions and among workers.

In particular, the selected consultant(s) will conduct capacity needs assessment, problem analysis, literature review, training modules development, training manual development, and training of trainers.

BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT

Oxfam in Cambodia, the Laudes Foundation, and four partner organizations launched the “Inclusive National Social Protection Initiatives that Respond to the Needs of Apparel Industry Employees” (INSPIRE) project in late 2021 to support the Royal Government of Cambodia to strengthen inclusive social protection for apparel industry employees. The four implementing partner organizations include Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL), Cambodian Labour Confederation (CLC), Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions (CATU), and Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (C.CAWDU).

The primary objective of INSPIRE is to contribute to poverty and inequality reduction efforts in Cambodia through the strengthening of an inclusive social protection system. For this purpose, the project aims to strengthen the capacity of trade unions and workers to better represent and negotiate workers’ social protection needs and entitlements.

However, in spite of women making up more than 75% of the workforce in the apparel and textile sector, women are significantly under-represented in union leadership positions, and the majority of union leaders are men. Based on anecdotal information, women are often hindered in seeking positions of leadership in unions due to lack of confidence, lack of capacity, lack of support from family and workers, time poverty due to unpaid care and domestic work, and discrimination.