Overview of the Organization
Greater Women Initiative for Health And Rights (GWIHR) is a leading sex worker-led community-based organization born out of passion and a strong desire to assist in the development of sex workers through building up their capacity towards meaningful contribution to communal empowerment, awareness to prevent these groups from contracting HIV/AIDs and other life threaten diseases, contribute in reducing of the rate of stigma and discrimination of sex workers living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and further fight against all forms of violation towards sex workers in Nigeria.
Call for Applications
Location: Port-Harcourt, Rivers State Nigeria
Language: English and Pidgin
Duration: June 2025 – October 2025 (4 months)
Project Name: Fore Fronting Our Agenda – Strengthening the GBV Response for Sex Workers (FoFA-SGBVR)
Application Open Date: 1st June 2025
Application End Date: 15th June 2025.
Background of the Project
This evaluation is grounded in the violence realities of gendered, legal, social, and economic inequalities that shape the female and transgender women engaged in sex work, including those navigating multiple vulnerabilities such as extreme poverty, housing insecurity, HIV exposure, and family or societal rejection due to non-conformity with gender roles in Rivers State, Nigeria.
Within this project context, gender and social status influence “access to justice, healthcare, and basic human amenities” due to structural inequalities rooted in the state’s laws, policies, and cultural norms. These inequalities continue to reinforce and intensify the marginalization of female and transgender sex workers as the intersection of gender identity-based stigma and the criminalization of sex work significantly increases their exposure to violence, discrimination, and systemic exclusion from essential services and protections.
The project implementation accommodates the urban and peri-urban settings of Rivers State, where sex work is both visible and increasingly criminalized following the State’s 2021 announcements on the ban of sex work and nightclubs which intensified surveillance, police harassment, and legal restrictions, making it more difficult for sex workers to operate or access essential services with little or no social protection mechanisms.
Economically, most sex workers function outside the protections of formal labour structures, making them ineligible for health insurance or other social benefits due to stigma, discriminatory attitudes among service providers, and exclusion from national policy priorities.
Similarly, politically, the inconsistent implementation and slow domestication and localization of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act across Nigerian states reflects the broader challenge of enforcing laws designed to protect survivors. Furthermore, cultural and religious moralistic ideologies around sex work continue to shape governance and public perception, often reinforcing harmful stereotypes and obstructing progressive reform.
Given these realities, the 36-months project (August 2022 to July 2025) was designed to address systemic drivers of violence, improve access to rights-based services, and uphold the dignity and rights of female and transgender sex workers. Hence, this evaluation will explore the project’s impact in confronting these deep-rooted challenges, promoting institutional accountability, and advancing a safer and more inclusive environment for sex workers, especially those who are survivors of violence across Rivers State, Nigeria
Within this project context, gender and social status influence “access to justice, healthcare, and basic human amenities” due to structural inequalities rooted in the state’s laws, policies, and cultural norms. These inequalities continue to reinforce and intensify the marginalization of female and transgender sex workers as the intersection of gender identity-based stigma and the criminalization of sex work significantly increases their exposure to violence, discrimination, and systemic exclusion from essential services and protections.
The project implementation accommodates the urban and peri-urban settings of Rivers State, where sex work is both visible and increasingly criminalized following the State’s 2021 announcements on the ban of sex work and nightclubs which intensified surveillance, police harassment, and legal restrictions, making it more difficult for sex workers to operate or access essential services with little or no social protection mechanisms.
Economically, most sex workers function outside the protections of formal labour structures, making them ineligible for health insurance or other social benefits due to stigma, discriminatory attitudes among service providers, and exclusion from national policy priorities.
Similarly, politically, the inconsistent implementation and slow domestication and localization of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act across Nigerian states reflects the broader challenge of enforcing laws designed to protect survivors. Furthermore, cultural and religious moralistic ideologies around sex work continue to shape governance and public perception, often reinforcing harmful stereotypes and obstructing progressive reform.
Given these realities, the 36-months project (August 2022 to July 2025) was designed to address systemic drivers of violence, improve access to rights-based services, and uphold the dignity and rights of female and transgender sex workers. Hence, this evaluation will explore the project’s impact in confronting these deep-rooted challenges, promoting institutional accountability, and advancing a safer and more inclusive environment for sex workers, especially those who are survivors of violence across Rivers State, Nigeria
Scope & Objective of the Evaluation
Scope of the Evaluation
This evaluation will cover the full implementation of FoFA-SGBVR project, implemented by the Greater Women Initiative for Health and Right (GWIHR) over 36 months (August 2022 – July 2025). The evaluation is designed to assess all project indicators and evaluate the processes and outcomes of the project intervention, focusing on how effectively the project addressed violence against sex workers, improved access to rights-based services, and contributed to systemic change in Rivers State.
Timeframe
The evaluation will cover the entire duration of the project—from its inception in August 2022 through its scheduled completion in July 2025. It will assess progress made across all implementation phases, including project rollout, mid-term adaptations, and end-line achievements.
Geographical Coverage
The evaluation will focus on the project’s geographic implementation areas, which include the 3 LGAs from 3 senatorial regions (urban and peri-urban) of Rivers State, which will be selected based on the visibility of sex work, the prevalence of gender-based violence incidents, and heightened law enforcement raids following the State’s 2021 announcement banning sex work and nightclubs to compare it with the situation post-implementation. The evaluation will aim to cover all project sites to the extent feasible, ensuring that the diversity of implementation context, particularly in terms of policing dynamics, service access, and community engagement, is reflected in the assessment. Where necessary, purposive sampling will be adopted to select representative sites/participants to illustrate experiences and outcomes.
Target Groups to be Covered
The evaluation will capture the experiences, outcomes, and perspectives of both primary and secondary beneficiaries, as well as key project stakeholders:
- Primary beneficiaries:
- Twenty (20) Female and transgender sex workers aged 15–35, including survivors of violence who engaged with the project’s legal, health, psychosocial, and shelter support services with special attention to intersectional vulnerabilities such as poverty, gender identity, and HIV exposure, to assess the project’s inclusiveness and equity outcomes.
- Eight (8) Community paralegals and peer educators who participated in paralegal training and supported peer rights-awareness sessions and incident documentation.
- Secondary beneficiaries:
- Two (2) Law enforcement officers and 5 health providers who were sensitized.
- One (1) judicial Policymakers, five state actors, and two civil society organizations engaged in legal reforms, advocacy.
- Five (5) Family members and 2 traditional rulers who participated in community behavioural awareness campaigns.
Objectives of the Evaluation
- To evaluate the entire project (2022-2025), against the effectiveness, relevance, efficiency, sustainability, knowledge generation and impact criteria, as well as the cross-cutting gender equality and human rights criteria (defined in the document);
- To identify key lessons and promising or emerging good practices in the field of ending violence against women and girls for learning purposes.
Evaluation Team Composition
Roles and responsibilities
The Evaluation Team will comprise two national consultants, bringing together a diverse mix of expertise required to conduct the evaluation successfully. Each team member will have defined roles and responsibilities to ensure the quality, integrity, and timely delivery of the evaluation process as follows:
- Evaluator A – Senior Evaluator Responsible for leading and managing the entire evaluation process from inception to completion under the supervision of the Evaluation Task Manager from the grantee organization. Specific responsibilities include:
- Leading the design and development of the evaluation framework and methodology.
- Managing and coordinating the evaluation team and ensuring adherence to timelines and deliverables.
- Overseeing data collection, quality assurance, and ethical compliance.
- Leading data analysis, synthesis of findings, and ensuring integration of gender and human rights perspectives.
- Drafting the evaluation report and leading the process of review, validation, and finalization of the report in English.
- Presenting preliminary and final findings to key stakeholders.
- Evaluator B – Gender and Human Rights Specialist Responsible for providing technical expertise in gender equality, human rights, and inclusion throughout the evaluation process. Specific responsibilities include:
- Supporting the design of gender-responsive and human rights-based evaluation tools and approaches.
- Facilitating gender-sensitive and participatory data collection methods.
- Providing expert analysis on gender and human rights dimensions in the context of violence against women, girls, and marginalized populations (e.g., female and transgender sex workers).
- Contributing to data interpretation, validation, and report writing, ensuring gender and rights issues are well captured.
Required Competencies
- Senior Evaluator
- Minimum of 7 years’ experience in leading external evaluations using mixed methods approaches, including innovative and participatory methodologies.
- Expertise in gender equality, human rights-based approaches, and intersectional analysis, particularly in evaluating programs targeting marginalized populations such as female and transgender sex workers.
- Strong experience in developing theory of change, evaluation frameworks, and facilitating stakeholder engagement processes.
- Proven skills in managing complex evaluations, leading multi-disciplinary teams, and delivering high-quality, actionable evaluation reports.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
- In-depth knowledge of the socio-political and cultural context of [insert country/region].
- Language proficiency: English and Pidgin is required.
- Evaluation Specialist (Gender & Human Rights Expert)
- At least 5 years of experience in program evaluation, with a specific focus on gender-based violence, sex workers’ rights, and inclusion of marginalized populations.
- Strong technical expertise in applying feminist and human-rights-based evaluation methodologies.
- Experience in designing and facilitating participatory evaluation tools and approaches.
- Familiarity with global and regional frameworks on violence against women, gender equality, and human rights.
- Strong skills in qualitative data collection and analysis, including the use of sensitive interviewing techniques.
- Language Proficiency: Fluency in English and pidgin languages.
Full Application Requirement Document
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Method of Application
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications together with curriculum vitae and relevant supporting documents to the following address:
[Title: Consultant for the final evaluation of “Fore Fronting Our Agenda – Strengthening the GBV Response for Sex Workers (FoFA-SGBVR)”] [greaterwomeninitiative@gmail.com]
The deadline for submission is [15th June 2025].
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Women candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
[Title: Consultant for the final evaluation of “Fore Fronting Our Agenda – Strengthening the GBV Response for Sex Workers (FoFA-SGBVR)”] [greaterwomeninitiative@gmail.com]
The deadline for submission is [15th June 2025].
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Women candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.