Purpose of Consultancy

To support the scaling up of the response to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Guyana through the capacity building of members of the Guyana Police Force to prevent and respond to GBV. 

Background

To combat this epidemic of violence against women and girls in Guyana, it is necessary to provide survivors and persons at risk of Gender Based Violence with quality and timely access to comprehensive multi-sectoral services such as psychological/psychosocial support services, health care services, as well as police and justice response services. Increasing the quality and accessibility of these services is essential in mitigating the consequences of violence including the effect violence has on the wellbeing, health, and safety of survivors, breaking the cycles of violence women and girls face, assisting in their recovery, bringing perpetrators to justice and empowering women and girls through a multi-sectoral approach.

The work of the Guyana Police Force is a core component of the multi-sectoral response to Gender Based Violence in Guyana. Police have a crucial role to play in responding to Gender Based Violence, safeguarding and protecting survivors ensuring their safety and access to all other essential services such as medical care, psychosocial support, and safe accommodation, ensuring that perpetrators are brought to justice, and mitigating further risk. 

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security launched the COPSQUAD2000 Initiative in collaboration with UNFPA, which saw more than 2000 members of the Guyana Police Force receiving training on GBV during the period 2021 - 2023. Ongoing training of members of the Police Force to further strengthen their skills will greatly assist in creating an environment that encourages survivors to report instances of GBV; creating a positive cycle that will allow survivors to become more comfortable reporting instances of GBV to the Police. This in turn may allow more survivors to have access to justice and may allow for there to be less impunity for perpetrators.

It is necessary that the Gender-Based Violence training manual that was developed and used to train members of the Police Force be incorporated into the curriculum of the Police Academy to support sustained training of members of the Guyana Police Force, including new recruits.

Scope of work – inter alia

The role of the Curriculum Consultant will involve: 

• Developing a Gender-Based Violence (GBV) training curriculum for the Police Academy of the Guyana Police Force, based on the GBV training manual that was used to train members of the Guyana Police Force during the period 2021 - 2023.
• Incorporating the GBV training curriculum into the curriculum of the Police Academy of the Guyana Police Force; to train both in-service members of the Guyana Police Force as well as individuals now entering the Guyana Police Force.
• Ensuring that mechanisms for sustained delivery and monitoring of training within the Guyana Police Force are in place and clearly documenting the mechanisms that have been (will be) put in place to guarantee such. 

REQUIREMENTS: 

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