INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION TENDER JULY 2025
| REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) |
BASELINE STUDY FOR IJM KENYA VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN (VAWC) PROJECT
Closing date: 18 Aug 2025
Background Information
The background section includes the following details about the project: baseline summary, a brief overview of the organization, project objectives, project outcomes and sub outcomes, project interventions, organizational measurement framework and model.
1.1 Baseline Summary
This is a Request for Proposal to conduct a baseline research study for the Violence against Women and Children project in Kenya. The study will be done nationwide covering all the eight regions/former provinces of the republic of Kenya. A summary of the project and the proposed study is highlighted on the table below:
Name of Project: Kenya Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) Project
Scope of the Study: Kenya (This is a national study)
Goal of the IJM Kenya VAWC Project:18 million women and children are protected from sexual violence.
Project Outcomes
Outcome 1: A performing criminal justice system that effectively enforces VAWC laws.
Outcome 2: Increased victims and community reliance on the criminal justice system to provide justice and address VAWC.
Purpose of this Baseline study
This baseline assessment will be conducted to help establish baseline values for key program indicators of the IJM Kenya VAWC project Annex 1.
1.2 About International Justice Mission
International Justice Mission (IJM) is a global organization of lawyers, social workers, community activists and other professionals in 29 countries who share the mission of protecting people in poverty from violence. We partner with local authorities to rescue and restore victims, hold perpetrators accountable, and help strengthen public justice systems.
Started in 2001, IJM’s office in Kenya works to strengthen government capacity to deal with Police Abuse of Power (PAP), as well as Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC).IJM’s focus is to strengthen Kenya’s public justice system to protect people living in poverty from violence and provide support to affected individuals and their families.
1.3 Description of the Project
The Kenya VAWC project contributes to IJM’s 2030 Vision to rescue millions, protect half a billion and make justice unstoppable. The project aims to protect 18 million women and children from violence in Kenya and is a part of IJM’s Africa VAWC program This is aimed to be achieved through the strengthening of the criminal justice system.
IJM Kenya’s VAWC project focuses on ending all forms of sexual violence against women and children with a specific focus on intimate partner violence (IPV). The Constitution of Kenya guarantees the right to dignity and freedom from violence. Kenya has a comprehensive sexual and gender-based violence legal policy framework. The substantive law prescribing crimes and sentences relating to sexual violence against women and children is sufficiently detailed and criminal procedure laws and policies are well developed.
2.0 Baseline Study Purpose and Objectives
This baseline study will be conducted to help establish baseline indicators values for the Kenya VAWC Project across the four Protection domains. The list of project indicators is provided under Annex 1, while the project’s protection measurement domains are described in Annex 2.
The study will provide a foundation for systematic tracking of the project over time to determine its progress towards the intended outcomes and goal of protection. Protection measurement does not only demonstrate how IJM’s Protection Model works but is also an accountability mechanism where protection claims are verified through data. The baseline research report will therefore describe the pre-intervention levels as well as establish the precise values of the project’s key M&E indicators.
2.1 Study Objectives
The baseline study will pursue the following research objectives:
- Establish the prevalence of VAWC at the national and regional levels in Kenya.
- Establish the degree of peoples’ reliance in the criminal justice system for protection from VAWC at the national and regional levels in Kenya.
- Determine the level of criminal justice system performance (at national level) in responding to VAWC cases in Kenya.
- Determine the level of stakeholders’ confidence (at national level) in the criminal justice system to protect people from VAWC in Kenya.
3.0 Methodology
The baseline study proposes a mixed-methods design, combining both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods to ensure comprehensive, reliable, and evidence-based findings. Primary and secondary data collection tools will include key informant interviews, focused group discussions, in-depth interviews, household surveys, document and case file reviews, among others. The research/consulting team is expected to propose a detailed methodology that guarantees the highest degree of rigor to ensure credible findings and recommendations. The research methodology should highlight data collection methods/approaches, data collection tools, sample population, sampling criteria, data analysis plans, mobile data collection and management plans, data collection team-training plan, data collection schedule, ethical considerations and quality assurance measures among others.
4.0 Key Deliverables
Key deliverables for the baseline study will include the following:
- Inception Report The inception report will specify the baseline study purpose and objectives, contextual background information of VAWC in Kenya and the justice system, general methodology, timeline and deliverables. The consultant will develop and share an inception report based on the template and guidance provided by IJM Kenya.
- Co creation Report: Co-creation report detailing the discussions in the co-creation workshops and how feedback from the workshop will be integrated into the study protocol.
- Study protocol and data collection tools to be submitted for IRB approval.
- Ethical and Research approval of the study: The consulting team will work closely with IJM to acquire ethical and research approvals from relevant IRB and NACOSTI respectively before field work commences.
- Weekly reports: During the fieldwork period, the consulting team will regularly provide updates on the progress of data collection highlighting any logistical or technical challenges that may require immediate mitigation.
- Draft and Final Baseline study reports: The study reports (both draft and final) will be based on the outcomes of the field processes and outputs of qualitative and quantitative data analysis. The report is the primary product used to communicate findings to the key program audiences. The report will be done based on the template and outline provided by IJM Kenya covering such key components including executive summary, background, methodology, limitations, findings, lessons learned, conclusions/recommendations, references, and appendices.
- PowerPoint Presentation: After receipt of an acceptable draft baseline report, the consultants must disseminate the study findings to stakeholders for their input and feedback during the study validation workshop.The final report will thereafter be adapted after necessary reviews have been completed and presented for IJM and stakeholders’ feedback and validation.
- Popular version of the study report: A summary of the study report not exceeding 20 pages, excluding any potentially procurement-sensitive information shall be submitted (also electronically, in English) for dissemination among partners and stakeholders.
Other study products to hand over to IJM Kenya at the end of the assignment shall include completed data collection and analysis plans; completed training modules/resources; completed data collection tools; submitted raw and cleaned data sets for qualitative and quantitative (in SPSS format(.sav) along with the dictionary of the variables) components with analysis outputs.
How to apply.
