Consultant Humanitarian Action for Children

Undertake a desk review that examines the existing literature on needs assessments and analysis, response planning, resource mobilization, implementation (registration systems, national policies, laws, strategies and plans, frameworks, program documents), assessment and monitoring tools and programme evaluation reports for humanitarian programming for both state and UNICEF led programmes with a focus on how PWDs/CWDs are reflected or not. The review shall focus on systems, tools, programs related to Social Protection, WASH, Child  (i) Undertake a desk review that examines the existing literature on needs assessments and analysis, response planning, resource mobilization, implementation (registration systems, national policies, laws, strategies and plans, frameworks, program documents), assessment and monitoring tools and programme evaluation reports for humanitarian programming for both state and UNICEF led programmes with a focus on how PWDs/CWDs are reflected or not. The review shall focus on systems, tools, programs related to Social Protection, WASH, Child Protection, Health and Nutrition, Education and Social Behavioural Change (information/communication) within the Government and UNICEF across all eight countries in South Asia Region (SAR) – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.                Conduct Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) with a diverse range of participants including UNICEF staff, selected Government stakeholders, Persons and Children with Disabilities, implementing partners, Organisations of Persons with Disabilities, Civil Society Organizations, UN agencies, academia and the media. This will complement and validate the findings obtained through desk reviews. Additionally, these interviews will provide firsthand inputs and insights on policies, procedures, practices enriching overall understanding.  
Based on the desk review and KIIs, put together a mapping of available registries of PWDs/CWDs with findings and recommendations (costed where feasible) linked to the inclusiveness and participation Persons and Children with Disabilities in all eight countries of the South Asian Region.       
Document good practices, and innovative approaches on inclusion and engaging PWDs/CWDs) in humanitarian action.  Prepare and facilitate presentations at inception, on preliminary findings following data collection and at presentation of final report.
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