Women s Economic Empowerment Agency and Enterprise Ecosystem Assessment

Yemen has announced a tender invitation for the Women s Economic Empowerment Agency and Enterprise Ecosystem Assessment, aimed at improving structural stability and addressing erosion concerns in the tender area. The tender is situated in Yemen, and it represents a key infrastructure initiative designed to enhance safety and environmental resilience. The tender is scheduled to close on 08 Sep 2026, giving interested contractors ample time to review requirements and submit their bids. The official tender notice number is not specified, while the WWW Reference Number is 13212220. Eligible bidders and organizations are encouraged to access the detailed tender documents and specifications to gain comprehensive information about project scope, eligibility criteria, and submission procedures.To download the complete tender documents, bidders are required to register on the website.

Tender Details

Title	Women s Economic Empowerment Agency and Enterprise Ecosystem Assessment
WWT Ref No	13212220
Tender No	PL-YEM-02297"
Country	Yemen
Financer Name	Yes
Summary	Tenders are invited for Women s Economic Empowerment Agency and Enterprise Ecosystem Assessment Yemen Location Taiz Governorate Districts Jabal Habashy Al Ma afer Al Misrakh Yemen Brief about the Project The THRIVE Project has been developed alongside the DG MENA WASL Project to strengthen climate resilient livelihoods and inclusive agriculture systems in Taiz Governorate through an integrated watershed management approach The program adopts an area based strategy that recognizes the interdependence between natural resources agriculture production local institutions and market systems The project is implemented by a consortium of international and national partners under the leadership of SI alongside BCFHD and Al Tawasul Under the SDC funded component the project directly supports efforts to improve local market resilience agriculture production and gender equity The THRIVE Project requires an implementation oriented assessment to better understand the opportunities barriers and enabling conditions for women s economic empowerment within the target districts Objectives of the Consultancy Assignment The overall objective of this assignment is to conduct a comprehensive Women s Economic Empowerment Agency and Enterprise Ecosystem Assessment that generates the evidence required to strengthen women s economic inclusion and inform the THRIVE Project s implementation Specifically the assessment aims to Assess women s roles participation leadership agency bargaining power and decision making across relevant agricultural and livestock activities value chain functions post harvest activities value addition and enterprise development with a focus on the priority value chains selected through the program process Assess women s access to and control over productive assets natural resources agricultural inputs technologies extension services information financial services VSLAs enterprise financing and digital financial ecosystems and identify barriers to their economic participation financial inclusion and resilience Analyse the social institutional cultural household and gender related factors influencing women s economic empowerment including gender norms mobility restrictions unpaid care responsibilities literacy and digital literacy intra household decision making control over resources and income Identify the specific constraints risks vulnerabilities and economic opportunities affecting women from different social groups including female headed households young women women with disabilities IDPs Muhamasheen communities and women breadwinners Assess safeguarding economic violence exploitation indebtedness exclusion elite capture and other risks affecting women s safe participation in livelihoods enterprise development financial inclusion and market systems Assess and map the gender relevant enterprise and financial ecosystem influencing women s economic empowerment identifying practical opportunities for sustainable market engagement and partnership Identify evidence based pathways for beneficiary targeting sequencing graduation financial inclusion market integration institutional coordination and adaptive program implementation Key Responsibilities of the Consultant Methodology Scope of Service Tasks Methodology The assessment shall apply an integrated women s economic empowerment and market systems analytical framework that distinguishes i access to use of and control over resources and services ii participation influence leadership and collective voice iii entrepreneurial interest readiness and commercial feasibility and iv immediate constraints and their underlying household institutional and market system causes The consultant will adopt a mixed method implementation oriented approach that combines secondary data review quantitative and qualitative field research participatory consultations and market systems analysis Scope of Service and Tasks The assessment will focus on the gender specific dimensions of economic participation including women s agency decision making mobility control over assets and income gender norms safety and safeguarding access to services and finance and the barriers and enabling conditions that determine whether women can participate in and benefit from selected economic opportunities Key tasks include Desk Review and Consolidation of Existing Evidence Primary Data Collection household surveys KIIs FGDs market observations Analysis of Social Norms Time Poverty and Protection Risks Financial Inclusion VSLA and Digital Ecosystems Analysis Enterprise Development Cooperatives and B2B Networks Analysis Vulnerable Group Profiling and Intersectionality Mapping Market Actors Commercial Linkages and Partnership Models Progression Pathways Targeting and Graduation Frameworks Ethics Safeguarding and Data Protection Expected Deliverables and Timeline Inception Report 15 20 pages excluding annexes Assessment Tools Progress Brief 3 4 pages Draft Assessment Report 50 60 pages excluding annexes Validation Workshop Final Assessment Report and Implementation Guidance Package Final Presentation Contract type Consultancy Funding Swiss Development Cooperation SDC THRIVE Project Closing Date 8 Sep 2026 Type Consultancy

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Deadline

08 Sep 2026

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Publishing Date

26 Aug 2026

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