Invitation for Consultant to Facilitate Awareness-Raising Sessions for Childcare Workers

Organization

ActionAid Ethiopia (AAE) is a gender justice, good governance, and poverty eradication organization working to achieve gender equality and poverty eradication. In Ethiopia, AAE works to challenge various forms of power and build capacities to create people agencies of a critical mass of communities, especially women and girls living in poverty and exclusion, to fulfill their rights, ensure redistribution of resources, and build their resilience.

Project Context

ActionAid Ethiopia is implementing the Scaling Child Care to Promote Women's Economic Empowerment and Child Development project in collaboration with Policy Study Institute (PSI), Addis Ababa Bureau of Women, Children & Social Affairs, and Addis Ababa Mayor Office Strategic Program Management Office, with support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Global Affairs Canada.

The project aims to:

• Enhance access to quality childcare
• Support women's economic participation
• Strengthen child development outcomes

Role Overview

Childcare workers play a critical role in the protection, wellbeing, and development of children. Despite their essential contribution, many childcare workers face limited opportunities to participate in policy discussions and decision-making platforms that directly affect their work and the quality of childcare services.

Strengthening their awareness of their rights—especially the right to be represented and meaningfully engaged in relevant forums—is essential in ensuring improved service delivery, enhanced accountability, and more inclusive policy processes. This awareness-raising initiative is designed to address these gaps and empower childcare workers as key stakeholders.

Location

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia