Commissioning organisation: The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation in DR Congo
Programme title: Wasichana na Amani! Strengthening the meaningful participation of young women for peace in South Kivu
Assignment start date: 17 June 2026
Application deadline: 31 May 2026
Contract type: Short-term consultancy
Apply via: [email protected] (applications sent by other means will not be considered)
Read the full Terms of Reference here: Terms of Reference
About the Assignment
The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation DRC Country Office is seeking an experienced consultant or evaluation team to conduct the End-Term Evaluation of the project Wasichana na Amani! Strengthening the meaningful participation of young women for peace in South Kivu, implemented between August 2024 and August 2026 and funded by the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UN PBF).
The project aims to strengthen young women’s meaningful participation in politics and peace processes in South Kivu by addressing barriers linked to harmful gender and age norms, exclusion from decision-making spaces, limited educational and leadership opportunities, and weak collaboration between youth and women’s movements.
Implemented together with local young women-led and women’s rights organisations across Mwenga, Kalehe, Kabare, Walungu, Uvira, and Bukavu, the project combines leadership strengthening, community norm change, intergenerational dialogue, and advocacy toward duty-bearers using feminist, participatory, and conflict-sensitive approaches.
The evaluation will assess programme performance against OECD/DAC criteria, including effectiveness, relevance, coherence, efficiency, and sustainability, while also examining contribution to peacebuilding, social cohesion, inclusion, local ownership, and conflict sensitivity. Findings and recommendations will inform future programming and contribute to learning and visibility around the closure of the project.
The final evaluation report is due 20 August 2026 and is non-negotiable due to donor reporting timelines. Because donors, much like gravity and bureaucracy, remain undefeated forces of nature.
Scope of Work
The consultant(s) will be expected to:
- Assess the extent to which the project achieved its intended outcomes and contributed to young women’s meaningful participation in peacebuilding and political processes.
- Analyse programme performance against the project’s results framework and indicator targets.
- Examine how the project addressed barriers to participation, including social norms, exclusion, and structural inequalities affecting young women.
- Assess the effectiveness of approaches such as intergenerational dialogue, feminist movement-building, advocacy, and the SASA! Together methodology.
- Review how Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (PMEL) systems were used by Kvinna till Kvinna and partner organisations.
- Assess stakeholder perceptions and levels of satisfaction, including among participants, partners, activists, authorities, and community leaders.
- Analyse the project’s contribution to peacebuilding coordination, local ownership, and collaboration with other initiatives within the humanitarian-development-peace nexus.
- Identify key lessons learned, success factors, and challenges from implementation in a rapidly changing conflict-affected context.
- Provide practical and actionable recommendations for future feminist peacebuilding and youth participation programming.
- Conduct participatory, ethical, inclusive, and conflict-sensitive data collection in selected project locations in South Kivu.
Expected Deliverables
- Inception Report
- Draft Evaluation Report
- Validation and dissemination workshop with Kvinna till Kvinna, partners, and stakeholders
- Final Evaluation Report (maximum 40 pages excluding annexes)
- Presentation of findings, conclusions, lessons learned, and recommendations
Required Qualifications
The evaluation is expected to be conducted by a team combining international or regional evaluation expertise with strong local contextual knowledge of South Kivu.
Applicants should demonstrate:
- University degree in political science, gender studies, development studies, human rights, international law, or related fields.
- Proven experience conducting evaluations in international development cooperation and civil society programming.
- Demonstrated expertise in evaluating programmes related to gender equality, women’s rights, youth engagement, and/or peacebuilding.
- Experience working in conflict-affected settings, preferably in the Democratic Republic of Congo or the Great Lakes region.
- Strong understanding of women’s participation, social norms, power dynamics, and feminist approaches.
- Experience using participatory, inclusive, and results-based evaluation methodologies.
- Strong analytical, facilitation, and report-writing skills.
- Fluency in English required; French and/or Swahili strongly desirable within the evaluation team.
- Independence from Kvinna till Kvinna and all organisations involved in the implementation of the programme.
The evaluation team must include locally based consultants with strong knowledge of South Kivu and the capacity to conduct field-based data collection.
Tender Requirements
Interested consultants must submit:
- Technical proposal (maximum 10 pages) outlining the proposed methodology, evaluation approach, sampling strategy, and work plan.
- Description of how feminist, participatory, inclusive, and conflict-sensitive approaches will be applied throughout the evaluation.
- Financial proposal including daily rates, VAT/tax information, and detailed budget breakdown.
- CV(s) of all consultants involved, including roles and language skills.
- Two examples of similar evaluation work, including at least one English-language report.
- Updated CVs for all proposed team members.
Financial Information
The total budget must include all consultancy-related costs including travel, accommodation, per diem, communication, interpretation, insurance, taxes, and any operational expenses linked to the assignment.
Payments will be made as follows:
- 25% upon approval of the inception report
- 25% upon submission of the draft evaluation report
- 50% upon approval of the final evaluation report
In accordance with DRC regulations, non-resident consultants are subject to a 14% withholding tax deducted at source by Kvinna till Kvinna. However, the tax obligation remains the responsibility of the consultant.
Submission Details
Applications must be submitted in English no later than 31 May 2026 via the application form at this website.
The applicaiton should include the components below. Please make sure to review the full Terms of Reference before sending the application.
- CV
- Financial tender
- Technical tender (taking into account all factors the mentioned in point 10)
- Two samples of the same works
For questions about the assignment, please reach out to [email protected].
About Kvinna till Kvinna
The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation is one of the world’s leading women’s rights organisations, with more than 30 years of experience supporting women in conflict-affected contexts. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kvinna till Kvinna works with local women’s rights and young women-led organisations to strengthen feminist movement-building, peacebuilding, political participation, and women’s rights.
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