Background 

Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) in Uganda and across the region continue to face growing threats to their digital, physical, and psychosocial security. These challenges undermine their activism, resilience, and wellbeing. To respond, WOUGNET is implementing Reclaiming Our Spaces: Holistic Security and Strategies for WHRDs in Uganda, an initiative aimed at strengthening the security of WHRDs through collective strategies, training, and knowledge resources. 

Assignment 

WOUGNET seeks to engage a qualified consultant (or team of consultants) to develop a Holistic Security Toolkit. This toolkit will be: 

• Comprehensive and user-friendly addressing digital, physical, and psychosocial security. 
• Co-created with WHRDs ensuring it reflects lived realities and feminist approaches. 
• Practical and adaptable offering actionable tools for WHRDs in diverse contexts. 

The consultant will work closely with WOUGNET to design and facilitate consultative virtual engagements with WHRDs across regions to inform the toolkit content. 

Key Deliverables 

1. Inception report and workplan. 
2. Consultative virtual engagements with WHRDs across regions. 
3. Draft holistic security toolkit. 
4. Brief presentation of the toolkit to WOUGNET and partners. 

Required Qualifications 

• Proven expertise in digital, physical, and psychosocial security for HRDs/WHRDs. 
• Experience in participatory/feminist methodologies and co-creation processes. 
• Strong facilitation skills, especially in virtual/online consultations. 
• Excellent writing and communication skills in English (knowledge of local languages is an asset). 
• Familiarity with the Ugandan/East African WHRDs context preferred. 

Application Process 

Interested and qualified consultants should submit: 

A technical and financial proposal (combined in one PDF document not exceeding 3 pages), highlighting approach, methodology, experience, and total cost. 

NB: Financial proposals will be evaluated based on the total funds available for the assignment and WOUGNET will enter negotiations with the best-evaluated consultant. 

A detailed Curriculum Vitae (max 2 pages) highlighting similar assignments. 

Submission of the technical, financial proposal, and Curriculum Vitae should be e-mailed to info@wougnet.org and cc: mgt@wougnet.org, Subject: Reclaiming Our Spaces: Holistic Security and Strategies for WHRDS in Uganda  

Deadline for submission is on or before 5:00 PM EAT on 1st October 2025

In case of any queries please contact:mgt@wougnet.org. 

Note: Any data collected during this consultancy will be used solely for WOUGNET’s project purposes and will not be shared with third parties without permission.