ECPAT Country Overview – Local Researcher – Egypt

Organizational context

ECPAT International is a global network of organisations working together to eliminate child sexual exploitation in all its forms, namely the exploitation of children in prostitution, online child sexual exploitation, the sale and trafficking of children for sexual purposes, the sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism and certain forms of child, early and forced marriage. The ECPAT network currently consists of 126 members working at national and local levels in 105 countries.

ECPAT COUNTRY OVERVIEWS

Since its founding over 30 years ago, ECPAT International has worked to mobilize global attention and action against child sexual exploitation, including by continuously monitoring the situation at local, regional and global levels in terms of the implementation of actions to protect children. Today, in addition to submitting alternative reports and presenting thematic submissions to human rights mechanisms such as the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Human Rights Council, we also produce annual Country Overviews – reports on the scale, scope and context of child sexual exploitation in a specific country.

ECPAT Country Overviews are a secondary research project that comprehensively summarizes and concisely presents all existing publicly available information and a detailed analysis of the legal framework for child sexual exploitation in a country. They provide an assessment of achievements and challenges in implementation, countermeasures to eliminate this crime and suggest concrete priority actions to advance the national fight against child sexual exploitation.

Objectives of consultancy:

ECPAT International is looking for a local researcher in Egypt, with a background in investigating sensitive social issues affecting children and a sound knowledge of the Egyptian context to work with the ECPAT International Team to conduct a ECPAT Country Overview for Egypt.

Main tasks

1. Mapping the different stakeholders (civil society organisations, service providers, authorities) dealing with issues related to child sexual exploitation
2. Provide support in organizing the Regional Coordinator’s field visit to Egypt to meet key stakeholders
3. Collaborate and coordinate with local authorities and organizations to organize the interviews
4. Contextualizing and translating the semi-structured guided interview tools developed with the ECPAT International team into Arabic
5. Together with the ECPAT Regional Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, conduct 10-12 (online or in-person) semi-structured interviews with selected key informants, using the methodology and tools developed with the ECPAT international team.
6. Please provide detailed notes in English (for interviews that were not recorded) or translated transcripts in English (for interviews that were recorded) of these interviews.
7. Support the ECPAT International team with literature research, including retrieving policy and legal documents that may not be available online or in English;
8. Participate regularly in telephone conversations with the ECPAT International team working on the ECPAT Country Overview and respond to any technical questions/requests for clarification that the ECPAT team may have in preparing the Country Overview;
9. Support in the preparation and review of the ECPAT Country Overview for Egypt, written by the international ECPAT team, to ensure its accuracy and completeness.

Consultant Profile

• Previous experience in conducting research activities such as key informant interviews, particularly on sensitive issues related to children’s rights and child protection.
• Very good knowledge of the local context in Egypt regarding child protection, specifically children’s rights.
• Fluent in Arabic, good writing skills in English.
• Insight into child sexual exploitation and intersectionalities is desirable;
• Responsibility.
• Ability to work independently and multi-task.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage time and meet deadlines.

Schedule and working days

This short-term consultancy is expected to take a maximum of 21 working days, from mid-September 2024 to the end of January 2025.

Additional information

• This is a hybrid position: the consultant will work from home and is expected to do fieldwork in Egypt (for face-to-face interviews);
• The Advisor is expected to act at all times in a manner consistent with ECPAT International’s values ​​and in accordance with the organization’s policies and procedures, including the Child Protection Policy and the Staff Code of Conduct.