Research Consultancy on the Application of Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI)’s standard on Gender to the Zimbabwe’s Extractive Governance sector: Local NGO

Deadline: 23 August 2021

A local NGO that works to promote good governance, environmental justice and sustainable development in the natural resource sector seeks the services of a consultant to undertake a research on the application of the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI)’s requirements on gender to the extractive governance sector in Zimbabwe. In many resource rich countries including Zimbabwe, mining is considered as a springboard for economic growth, stabilisation, social and economic transformation. In Zimbabwe, mining is expected to play a critical role driving economic growth expected to alter the country’s development trajectory towards the achievement of the country’s Vision 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) . In elevating the EITI and gender agenda, different approaches for advancing gender equality in extractives sector through EITI` implementation. The EITI standard since 2019 has gender related requirements namely women’s needs and voices, women’s participation in decision making, gendered impacts and gender disaggregated reporting. Although Zimbabwe is not an EITI implementing country, it is important to assess how gender equality can be strengthened by borrowing from the EITI environmental reporting standards.

The main objective of the study is to assess the opportunities to advance gender equality through the expansion of the EITI’s standard on gender. The purpose of the study is to assess the opportunities for Zimbabwe to expand its efforts to improve gender equality in line with EITI’s standard on gender. The research findings will be used to promote CSOs engagement with government, mining companies and other stakeholders on opportunities to advance gender equality in the extractives sector.here