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Summary : Evaluation Asia Regional Program for Inclusion of Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Target Groups: Bangladesh

Deadline : 15 Aug 2024

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Tenders are invited for Evaluation Asia Regional Program for Inclusion of Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Target Groups: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines

Closing Date: 15 Aug 2024

Type: Consultancy

Themes: Coordination/Protection and Human Rights

Project Information

Project Title:

Asia Regional Program for Inclusion of Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Target Groups: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines / Phase II ”

Project Number:

DCV project no: P.300-2021-002

Project Period:

01.01.2022 - 31.12.2024

Project Evaluation Period:

01.01.2022 - 31.12.2024

Overall Budget:

3.222.000 EUR

Project Donors:

German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development/BMZ (3.06 Mio. EUR = 94.97 %) and Caritas Germany (162.000 EUR = 5.03%)

Project Partners:

BLD: Caritas Bangladesh / CAM: Caritas Cambodia / IND: Truk F / PHL: Kaagapay

Background

Bangladesh:

Bangladesh is the most densely populated territorial state in the world with approximately 160 million inhabitants. 40% of the population live below the poverty line. A community-based approach to promote inclusion, social participation and improved access to state welfare services is a hitherto underdeveloped approach in Bangladesh.

Target group people with disabilities:

Despite a number of laws and regulations (Disability Welfare Act, 2001; Rights of Persons with Disability Act, 2013; Neuro-developmentally Disabled Persons Protection and Trust Act, 2013; etc.), persons with disabilities are highly marginalized in Bangladesh.

For adolescents (3.4 million) and adults with disabilities (approx. 10.2 million), i.e., approx. 8.5% of the total population, there are hardly any opportunities to find a job that also supports them sufficiently. They are also often denied access to education. The majority of people with disabilities are supported by their families and, if the need arises, also cared for by them. This usually means an additional psychological and financial burden for the households as well as for the persons concerned. This is accompanied by a low level of participation in the shaping of social life.

Target group senior citizens:

In 2019, the population aged 60 years and above in Bangladesh is 8% of the total population, or about 13 million people. By 2050, the proportion of elderly people will have already increased to 21.9% (about 36.8 million). 80% of the elderly live in rural areas, where poor health care, lack of access to clean drinking water and food shortages are common problems.

Due to the migration of the young to the cities or abroad, the senior citizens are often left behind alone and are exposed to a high risk of impoverishment. Many lead a life on the fringes of the village communities, which do not feel responsible for these elderly people and often struggle to survive themselves.

De facto, the country has two pension systems:

• one specifically for the relatively small and privileged group of government officials.

• another, introduced in 2006 as the National Policy on Older People, aimed to support widows and people with disabilities.

These groups receive a monthly amount of approximately 2.50 euros. While this amount is far from covering needs, it can be assumed that not all the nominally 2.47 million needy or entitled persons receive assistance through this system.

Improving access to government welfare programs as well as influencing the political debate to support the Bangladesh government in expanding the social security system is therefore fundamental to the future and survival of senior citizens.

Target group people with addiction problems

According to official Bangladeshi government agencies in 2018, there are currently around 7 million drug addicts in Bangladesh, most of them between the ages of 15 and 30. Rapidly increasing is the proportion of female addicts, many of whom are active in the red-light milieu in Dhaka. Another important group are vulnerable youths, many of whom drop out of school or become criminals because of their addiction. Increasingly, street children in particular are also becoming addicted and being abused as drug mules or sexually. The cause of addiction problems is often poverty, which has also now increased dramatically due to the increased loss of income caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In order to counter drug addiction per se and human rights violations, it is necessary to strengthen state support for the therapeutic approach within the framework of national networks and to open the necessary therapeutic facilities.

The project's community-based approach aims to build solidarity within communities so that community members can collectively advocate for the needs and problems of marginalized groups such as seniors, persons with disabilities, and persons with addiction problems. Although the target groups have different needs, they have many things in common, such as lack of access to government welfare programs and services, lack of participation in society, and inadequate representation at the local, regional, and national levels.

Key Stakeholders in Bangladesh:

Implementing Partner organization Caritas Bangladesh
National Forum of Organizations Working with the Disabled (NFOWD)
national network NARCOB for drug rehabilitation
Indonesia:

In eastern Indonesia, the province of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) is one of the poorest regions in the country. The districts of Sikka and Ende on the island of Flores comprise the project area; here, economic hardship is a major driver of poverty-related labor migration to Sumatra or other regions within Indonesia or to neighboring countries such as Malaysia. Some of these migrant workers, who often have no more than primary school education and little to no background knowledge on migration, fall victim to semi-illegal or illegal practices, and some fall into the clutches of human traffickers and syndicates.

The risk of HIV infection remains high for this target group; after returning home, those affected then pass the virus on to their partners. According to data from the district AIDS commission, 865 cases of HIV/AIDS were registered in Sikka between 2003 and June 2021, 206 infected persons died of AIDS.

The Covid 19 pandemic has created additional challenges in the region. Many migrant workers lost their jobs or were unable to leave due to quarantine regulations and travel restrictions. This in turn led to additional economic problems in Indonesia - and unemployment and loss of income led to increased illegal migration and domestic violence.

In the project area in the districts of Sikka and Ende, this is combined with other complex factors such as cultural practices (through expensive dowries, many men consider their wives as their property after marriage), low education and widespread alcoholism. An accumulation of cases of sexual and domestic violence against children and women is a consequence.

In 2016-2020, 519 women and children (293 children and 226 women) accessed the services of partner organization TRUK F. Of these, 166 were exposed to sexual violence that made them vulnerable to sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and HIV/AIDS. 20 victims (17 women, 3 children) were trafficked and exploited in karaoke bars and night clubs in Sikka and Ende and outside the region.

Comparable cases have increased tremendously - in the first half of 2021 alone, TRUK F assisted and supported 17 survivors of human trafficking who were exploited in bars in Sikka.

In addition to human trafficking and sexual & domestic violence, online gender-based violence (OGBV), such as cyber-grooming, is also on the rise.

From January to June 2021, TRUK F supervised children who were victims of cyber-grooming. Prosecution failed in all cases due to a lack of resources and capacity in this area, such as experts in the Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Act. In addition to TRUK F, regional and national media in Indonesia also reported numerous cases of online prostitution involving women and children.

In an effort to prevent sexual and domestic violence and human trafficking and to protect and care for survivors, the local governments of Ende and Sikka have enacted a number of local ordinances, such as the Regional Ordinance for the Protection of Women and Children in Sikka (Perda no. 12, year 2012), the Regional Ordinance on Gender Mainstreaming in Ende (Perda No. 8, year 2007), the Regional Ordinance on Preventing and Dealing with Victims of Trafficking in Sikka (Perda No. 7, year 2016), and several ordinances on women and children. However, these have still not received the necessary attention from local authorities; budgetary allocations for prevention and dealing with survivors are still very low and limited.

Key Stakeholders in Indonesia:

Regional Development Planning Authority (Badan Perencana Pembangunan Daerah, BAPPEDA) & Municipal Office
Pusat Pelayanan Terpadu Pemberdayaan Perempuan dan Anak (Integrated Service
Centre for the Empowerment of Women and Children, P2TP2A)

Family Welfare Development (PKK) community groups (LBK)
district authorities
Cambodia:

After decades of internal conflict and devastating, traumatizing reign of terror and civil war, Cambodia remains one of the poorest countries in the world and continues to face major challenges of economic and social development and strengthening civil society. People with disabilities are among the most vulnerable groups of people in Cambodian society. Reliable data on their numbers do not exist. Out of a current population of just under about 17 million people (United Nations estimate for July 2021), the Cambodian Disability Action Council (DAC) estimates that about 5 percent of the population, or about 850, 000 people, have a disability; however, if the estimated percentages of the World Report on Disability (World Bank 2011) are used as a benchmark, 15 perc

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