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Girls Not Brides is a global partnership of over 1400 members in nearly 100 countries committed to ending child marriage and ensuring girls can fulfil their potential. Members are based throughout Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas. Our vision is a world without child marriage where girls and women enjoy equal status with boys and men and can achieve their full potential in all aspects of their lives. Our vision challenges deeply embedded social norms that harm the lives of girls, women and their communities. The Girls Not Brides secretariat is committed to accelerating the change needed to end child marriage. Background and purpose The Child Marriage Research to Action Network (The CRANK) is a global knowledge-sharing and research coordination platform. We provide actors working on child marriage with access to a wide set of evidence on child marriage through the CRANK Research Tracker to strengthen evidence-based action. The purpose of this consultancy is to: 1. Update the research tracker with key research and evidence that hasn’t yet been incorporated over the last 5 years – drawing on recent evidence reviews and other available sources. 2. Organise, check, validate and clean an excel database with 20 years of child marriage research for integration into the Research Tracker. 3. Develop a directory of current child marriage researchers, practitioners, research institutions, think tanks based on the updating work to be undertaken. Scope of the work and expected deliverables This consultancy is for 15 days to be carried out in August and September. Expected Deliverables The consultant(s) will be responsible for producing the following key outputs: • An updated CRANK research tracker database which incorporates an additional data base, currently in excel format, of 20 years of Child Marriage research. Consultant Profile & Required Expertise • Strong familiarity with the child marriage evidence base • Experience of working with research databases • Experience of working with web-based databases • Experience of literature searches and producing literature reviews • Good written communication skills with the ability to write in a style that is clear, concise and accessible. • Fluent verbal and written English • Strong communications and project management skills • Ability to keep to deadlines • Available for work meetings during UK office hours • Spanish / French desirable Application process – deadline 31st July Application instructions
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