Media courses on SRHR from January to March 2017

Dear Embassy NFP officer,

At the beginning of August, you will be considering NFP short course nominations from institutions all over the Netherlands, including dozens from the RNTC for the four courses we’re offing in January and February 2017.

We would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to the courses concerned and to their relevance to current NFP/MSP priorities.

1.Media Campaigns, focus on SRHR (January 16, 2017 – February 3, 2017) – This course is for experienced media professionals and communications experts working for development NGOs whose task it is to design and run social or development campaigns in the area of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights. Applicants are expected to have at least one year’s experience in the field . Once you have mastered the theory, you will able to combine techniques in creativity, learning, persuasion, and audience mapping to get your message across. The course will culminate in the creation of a broad multi-media campaign on SRHR.

 2.Using Media for Development, focus on SRHR (January 16, 2017 – January 27, 2017) – This course is specifically designed for staff working in, or for, a development-oriented non-governmental organization/civil society organization specifically in the area of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights. Applicants are expected to have a minimum of one year’s experience working for their NGO/CSO in communications, involving the use of media or media campaigns. The course will culminate in the creation of a campaign on SRHR.
3.Producing Media to Counter Radicalization – Focus on the Rule of Law (February 13, 2017 – Friday, March 3, 2017) The course is aimed at all media professionals taking on the challenge and responsibility of countering radicalization. It is crafted for both journalists (such as producers or reporters/writers) and media and communications staff from NGOs and campaigning organizations. The final project will consist of media that strengthens the rule of law by creating counter-radicalization content, in a variety of media (audio, text, still image, or video) and for various platforms (including radio, TV, print, web, or social media).
4. Investigative Journalism – Focus on Governance, Accountability Corruption and the Rule of Law This three-week course is for experienced broadcast, print and/or online journalists and reporters who are keen to increase their knowledge of practical investigative journalism methods and techniques to uncover and tell original stories that can have huge impact. The final project is the start of an in-depth investigative master file for use in the student’s home country. This investigation is intended to strengthen governance and the rule of law.

 

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Vacancy:PMEL Coordinator in Burundi

Everyone should have the opportunity to experience sexuality voluntarily, safely  and pleasantly. We therefore pursue this aim with great passion. For numerous decades, the name Rutgers has been synonymous with open, candid and positive  sexual education  in the Netherlands. Nowadays we mainly support professionals in the care and education  sectors in discussing sexuality with their target groups. We acquire knowledge and develop effective methods on the basis of research. Furthermore, we utilise our knowledge and expertise to influence  policy-makers.

Rutgers success is also evident in other countries. This inspires us to cooperate with organisations throughout the world in improving sexual health and offering people freedom of choice in relationships, sexuality and the decision whether or not to have children.

Rutgers International Programmes department currently  has a vacancy for a PMEL Coordinator Burundi (vacancy number 2016-09)

Associated with the expansion of its Burundi portfolio, Rutgers is currently looking for an experienced, energetic and visionary professional who is committed to our mission and can provide leadership on planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning  (PMEL).

Base: Bujumbura, Burundi (with frequent travel throughout the country and possibly in the East-African

Region).

The PMEL coordinator will be working alongside the Technical Advisor SRHR/CSE (Sexual and

Reproductive Health & Rights/Comprehensive Sexuality Education) Burundi.

Key Responsibilities of the PMEL coordinator

1)     Advice and development: You are responsible for co-developing (together with the PMEL advisor from our office in the Netherlands, as well as with colleagues from partner organisations) a PMEL protocol, monitoring and evaluation tools, and reporting formats.

2)     PMEL coordination: You keep track of all PMEL activities of the new programmes and where needed will train local organisations in monitoring and data  collection. You will be responsible for the learning  agendas, for which you are expected to conduct fieldwork. You contribute to the coordination of the ongoing  research of Rutgers in Burundi, and also keep track of all other relevant studies in Burundi and the Great Lake Region, and actively seek  synergy and linkages

with these studies.

3)     Analysis & reporting:  You are involved in the analysis, reporting and dissemination of the PMEL data, and will promote linking and learning  within the programmes, and contribute to sharing lessons learned with parties beyond  the programme (e.g. by co-organising conferences and publications) and Rutgers at large.

You report to the Programme Manager African French-speaking Countries and cooperate with the Technical Advisor SRHR/CSE based in Burundi and the Technical Advisors SRHR/CSE and PME/Research staff  based at our office in The Netherlands.

You will be stationed at the office of a counterpart in Bujumbura.

Your profile

You have a Master’s Degree in Social Science, Public Health or a similar level of academic education. You have at least 3 years  of relevant work experience in (applied)  research or monitoring and evaluation. You have affinity with the theme SRHR. You are a passionate and driven PMEL expert, analytically strong, with talent  for facts and numbers, who knows how to promote linking and learning within the programmes that Rutgers works in. You are results-driven, can work independently and are a flexible team player. You have excellent verbal and written communication skills in both French and English. You are a Burundian  national and you live in Burundi.

Terms of employment

Rutgers offers  a competitive package of employment conditions.

You will initially be offered a consultancy contract, with possible extension in the form of an employee contract, in total up to 4,5 years.

Information and application

If you wish to apply for this job you can apply via the link to the relevant vacancy

at http://rutgers.international/vacancies or www.rutgers.nl/vacatures. The language of application is

English.

For more information about this position you can contact Ms. Linette Belo, Programme Manager African French-speaking Countries,  via vacatures@rutgers.nl, using the vacancy reference number. For further information on our organisation please visit the website  http://www.rutgers.international.

Closing date: 22 May 2016

Interview date: The first round of interviews is scheduled for Monday 30 and Tuesday 31 May 2016 by

Skype, preferably with video connection.

We do not appreciate  receipt of any commercial correspondence through the channels listed for the purposes of replying to this advertisement.

Mid-term evaluation of the project « Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights 2012-2014 »

This mid-term evaluation focuses on the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights project as implemented by Health Net TPO and funded by the Netherlands Embassy in Burundi. This SRHR project, also called ‘‘BIRASHOBOKA ‘’, a local name meaning ‘‘IT’S POSSIBLE’’, was adopted as a result of a brainstorming session and based on related challenges, existing opportunities and commitment of stakeholders.

The project covers three provinces of  the western part of Burundi,namely Bubanza, Cibitoke and  Bujumbura, over a period of 4-years (2012-2016).

The purpose of this mid-term evaluation was to understand what is happening in the field, the way the activities of the project are conducted, what are its strengths and weaknesses, what are the lessons learned and what could be the strategies for the next two years in order to offer the best services and sustainable solutions to the community in relation to the areas of intervention which are:

  • Adherence to family planning (FP)
  • Improved sexual and reproductive health (SRH) for adolescents and youth
  • Prevention and management of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)

For this evaluation a qualitative research method has been used (focus groups and individual interviews, review of materials, documents, reports). Different stakeholders have  been  contacted at  all  levels  of  society;  beneficiaries  living  in villages, stakeholders at district and provincial level, and health care providers at the level of communities, districts and provinces.

Major findings

  • The project has proven its relevance since it seems to be an appropriate response to improved sexual and reproductive health of the beneficiaries.Interviews with beneficiaries have confirmed these statements. It also takes into account the needs and national priorities in terms of SRH.
  • The approach  ”  Resource  Mapping  &  Mobilization  (Renforcement  des Systèmes Communautaires), RMM in short, is the backbone of the strategies deployed and is proving its effectiveness within the context of the implementation of the project activities in the areas of intervention through results in the field.
  • Furthermore, the training for key members at different levels of society, the awareness raising sessions for communities at large, the collaboration with the administrative authorities,  the  availability  of  Health Net  TPO’s  field  agents seem to be essential factors that enables the project to increase knowledge and build the capacity of the beneficiaries in connection with the three areas of project. These factors enabled the beneficiaries to adopt to a certain degree responsible behaviors, initiatives that need to be further supported and developed to prevent relapses that would hamper the behavioral change process in progress.
  • It should also be noted that the dynamism within community based networks, among change agents, participants of group discussions and socio therapy groups and peer educators constitute an added value in achieving positive results in the intervention areas. The home descents by change agents to support families are an eloquent testimony of outreach and interpersonal communication.
  • The report deals with each of the interventions that are part of the overall RMM approach and describes the strengths that largely dominate the weaknesses.  For example,  socio  therapy shows  clearly how pain  can  be verbalized and alleviated and as a consequence creates peace within many families.
  • In terms of family planning there are important positive changes; namely an increased number of users of Modern Contraceptive Methods (MCM) and a gradually lifting of taboos on frequent rumors regarding MCM.
  • Furthermore, young people state that as a result of this project, realities on sexuality and reproduction are no longer private issues but have become points of discussions among young people, and between authorities and their subordinates.  Thus,   this   brings   a   significant   reduction   of   unwanted pregnancies in schools, as well as a mutual respect among youth to defend their sexual and reproductive health rights.
  • As far as the youth are concerned, the evaluation also points out that thanks to the information provided, the perception of sexuality among young people within the target areas has evolved and has resulted in a change of attitude towards sexuality, which seems to have an impact on school results.
  • The evaluation among beneficiaries regarding the concepts around sexual violence shows that in general there is a good understanding of these concepts. The project is creating a favourable environment to discuss issues

that used to be taboos among community members; the project seems t0

make it possible to talk about domestic violence, a pre-dominated type of gender-based violence.

  • Regarding the innovative aspects of the project as implemented by Health Net TPO; working through socio-therapy groups, discussion groups, with change agents and the “braves”, all local actors that are selected with the help of the established networks at “colline” level, made it possible for marginalized and vulnerable  people  to have  access to  RH services.  A  clear  link has been established between improved reproductive health and increased social and family cohesion through socio therapy and group discussions while adapting a multi-sectoral approach based on existing structures at community level.
  • Despite the evidence of the positive results, the evaluation could not systematically detect the project’s contribution to the increase in the use of the RH services due to the unavailability of facts and documentation within this specific regard.  Indeed, other actors are operating in the same area and within the same domains and the health care providers recognize that they cannot tell whether a client referred to their center is the result of the interventions as implemented by HNTPO through its RMM approach.  In this sense, the success of the project and added value of the specific approach of HNPO can’t be proven by only taking into account the results of this mid-term evaluation. More time is needed to get a better understanding of the specific effects and impacts as a result of the proposed intervention logic of HNTPO on the increased use of RH services.
  • There are some challenges regarding the sustainability of actions. The project is ambitious and many staff members of Health Net TPO are involved. Many local actors are working on a voluntary basis. The community mobilizers of Health Net TPO will not be there after the end of the project. Although the capacity building of local actors is one of the priorities of the project, it is highly recommended to start thinking how the sustainability of actions can be further ensured.  Linking the SRHR related issues in a structural way to activities that permit to save and loan and to generate income is one of the examples that are currently discussed within the team.

MTE Report of the SRHR project HN-TPO

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