Consultant: For The Documentation Of Cases / Instances Where Covid-19 Measures Are Abused To Violate Civil And Political Rights.

ActionAid works with poor people in over 40 countries across the world. Our goal? To end poverty. We believe in doing things differently. We know that with the right opportunities, poor people will find their own solutions - and build new lives. ActionAid Nigeria commenced programmatic operations in January 2000 after a Country appraisal which found poverty in the midst of plenty. We commenced work then through a Country Agreement signed with the National Planning Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Our works are currently spread across 26 states of the federation.
Job Title: Consultant: for the Documentation of Cases / Instances where COVID-19 Measures are Abused to Violate Civil and Political Rights.
Contract: Short - term
Background
ActionAid (AA) Nigeria is seeking the services of a consultant to document cases where COVID-19 measures were abused to violate civil and political right AA Nigeria is an affiliate of ActionAid International, which is a global alliance of organisations working towards achieving a world without poverty and injustice in which every person enjoys the right to a life with dignity.
As a large and visible development organisation, we work in more than 40 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and America. Our expertise lies in community-led approaches to development and working through partnerships with the poor and other grassroot organisations.

Project Overview: Goal(s) and Outcome(s)
Women are likely to be hardest hit by social and economic disruptions caused by COVID19, whether in respect of their paid work (often in vulnerable, low paid roles such as care, nursing etc. with little protection) or their unpaid care and domestic work (which will rise dramatically as public services close and more people are sick).
Many young people burdened by debt and forced to work on zero-hour contracts in the unreliable gig economy with no protection are primary victims of a failed economic order which needs to come to an end.

ActionAid has committed in Action for Global Justice to: to hold States accountable for respecting, protecting and fulfilling human rights in ways that are democratic, transparent and effective and to propose alternatives to the systems and practices we criticize and ensure that the people we work with are central in defining and building these solutions.
For this reason, ActionAid’s civic participation working group is starting a process to track what is happening in different countries with a view to documenting and sharing good and bad practices in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on civil and political rights in the short and medium term.

Audience
Target audience/s:
The target audience for the Reports are policy makers and implementers, change agents, the donor, public in Nigeria and the Nigerian media.
It will also provide an advocacy tool to be used by ActionAid to engage with the government and address instances of violation of human rights cases during the COVID19 lockdown.