Call for Proposal RfQ-IDN/IV/2025-270 – Baseline Study of Girls Football

1. Background

High rates of violence against children and women in East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia, are exacerbated by several factors, including children’s—particularly girls’–inability to protect themselves, the lack of understanding among parents and teachers regarding child protection and violence, and high poverty levels. During adolescence, the low awareness of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and the absence of child protection mechanisms lead to increased gender-based discrimination and violence at schools, especially toward girls who start experiencing menstruation and significant physical changes in junior high school.

Gender discrimination in the community also prioritizes boys for higher education and professional aspirations, including sports, while girls are expected to handle domestic work or to marry early. This lack of gender equality perspective among girls, children, teachers, and families hinders girls and women from reaching their full potential.

The Girls Football 3.0 Project aims to strengthen the leadership and capacity of girls to combat gender and age-based discrimination by providing equal access to football and enhancing gender equality awareness among children, particularly girls, in schools. The project will benefit 7,600 children in 19 junior high schools, increasing their capacity to protect themselves from gender and age-based discrimination, and directly support 1,140 girls to improve their technical skills and career aspirations in football. Additionally, the project will empower football coaches and members of the Indonesian Football Association to practice anti-discrimination approaches and techniques, increase the capacity of teachers and parents on gender equity to support girls’ participation in Girls Football, and while increasing access to women coaches/officials to get professional football certification from Indonesian Football Association.

To establish the initial conditions before intervention, the Girls Football 3.0 Project will conduct a baseline assessment based on key success indicators outlined in the project’s logical framework. This assessment will serve as a critical benchmark for measuring progress and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions.

2. Baseline Purpose

This baseline study is expected to provide situation analysis of girls, parent/caregiver, football coaches, teachers, PSSI members and stakeholder capacity on gender and age-based discrimination:

1. Assess the baseline levels of knowledge, attitudes, agency, and practices related to combating the root causes and effects of hate and discrimination through participation and engagement in male-dominated sports like football.
2. Measure the capacity of peer educators in gender equity and leadership to effectively address gender and age-based discrimination within their communities.
3. Evaluate the accessibility and capacity of football coaches in implementing anti-discrimination approaches and techniques, including their access to professional certification managed by the Indonesian Football Association.
4. Determine the capacity of teachers, parents, and caregivers in promoting gender equity and supporting girls’ participation in male-dominated sports, such as football.

3. Baseline Study Questions

This baseline will assess the extent of the early situation of the Outcomes indicators covering knowledge, attitude, and practice below:

Outcome 1 Statement: Children, particularly girls, have improved access to structured football programs, leading to increased participation, skill development, and engagement in male-dominated sports like football

1. What is the availability and quality of structured football programs for girls in schools, and how many schools offer such programs?
2. What social, cultural, and structural barriers prevent girls from participating in football and how confident are they in engaging in this male-dominated sport?
3. What resources, training, and/or policy interventions are needed to strengthen gender equality and inclusion efforts in football?

Outcome 2 Statement: Children, particularly girls gain their knowledge, attitude, skill and practice on gender equity and leadership by becoming peer educators to tackle the root cause of gender and age-based discrimination

1. What are the baseline levels of knowledge, attitudes, agency, and practices among girls, peer educators, coaches, and key stakeholders in promoting gender equity and combating discrimination in football?
2. How well-prepared are peer educators to lead and implement anti-discrimination campaigns addressing the root causes of gender and age-based discrimination, and what challenges do they encounter?

Outcome 3 Statement: Football coaches increased access and knowledge and skill to practice anti-discrimination approaches and techniques, including access to professional certificate managed by Indonesian Football Association

1. How prepared are coaches and Indonesia Football association members to implement anti-discrimination approaches and what challenges do they face?

Outcome 4 Statement: Teachers and parents increased knowledge, attitude and practice on gender equity and support for girls to participate in male dominated sports, such as Football.

1. What is the role of teachers, parents and caregivers in supporting girls’ participation in football, and how do cultural and social norms influence their support?

4. End user of Baseline Study

This baseline study will be used by:

Plan Indonesia and its project donor as basis evaluation of the project implementation, also for basis assessment to develop effective activity for girls, football coaches, Indonesian Football Association members, teachers and parents/caregivers in football as male-dominated sport. Relevant stakeholders and government will have benefit from this study to improve women empowerment and child protection.

5. Expected Result

Report baseline Overview of baseline situation of level knowledge, attitude, and practice of girls, football coaches, Indonesian Football Association members, teachers and parents/caregivers in football to combat gender and age-based

6. Methodology

This baseline study uses a combination quantitative and qualitative methodology answer the objective of the study. The quantitative will use survey method to measure knowledge, attitude, and practice of parent/caregiver (KAP Survey) towards parenting education and nutrition for their child to prevent malnutrition and stunting. The Qualitative will provide additional in-depth insight capturing how and why analysis to address the baseline questions

Sampling Respondent

6.1 Quantitative
Minimum sample size for the survey with 95% confidence interval, 5% margin of error, with 10% additional to accommodate any losses during data collection. The composition of respondent will be 80% girls and adults with minimum 3% of respondents are people with disability. The population consists of target participants as follows: 1,425 children (80% girls) from 19 junior high schools (14 schools in Timor Tengah Selatan Regency and 5 schools in Manggarai Regency) in East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. The project will also directly benefit 8 football coaches, 95 teachers, 2,850 parents, 2 members of the Indonesian Football Association, and 38 women football coaches/officials. Respondent will be selected using simple random sampling. Any of these following targeted respondents will be eligible sample for inclusion:

• Girls Participant (12 – 15 years old)
• Peer Educators
• Football coachers
• Indonesian Football Association members
• Teachers
• Parents/caregivers

6.2 Qualitative
Semi-structured key informant interviews need to be conducted with different key stakeholders/representative.

7. Ethics and Child and Program Participant Safeguarding – PSHEA

The ethic process during assessment will ensure compliance with:

• The requirements of Plan International safeguarding-PSHEA policy and standards;
• Plan’s Research Policy and Standards in relation to:

1. Recruitment & Training: Structured selection, training, and capacity building for peer educators.
2. Campaign Development: Designing inclusive campaigns, tools, and feedback/reporting mechanisms.
3. Safeguarding & PSHEA: Dedicated focal point ensuring participant safety and ethical compliance.
4. Informed Consent & Voluntary Participation: Participants can withdraw anytime if unsafe or uncomfortable.
5. Confidentiality & Data Protection: Ensuring anonymity and responsible data management.
6. Risk Mitigation & Support: Steps to minimize harm, provide interventions, and offer psychosocial support.
7. Ethical Feedback & Community Engagement: Transparent sharing of study findings.
   – Safe Participation: Protective measures for children, vulnerable groups, and researchers.
   – Chaperon Support: Trained chaperons to assist participants, with safeguarding briefings

• Data storage and destruction of participant data when it is no longer needed.

8. Consultant’s Responsibilities and Key Deliverables

Below are the consultant’s responsibilities and the expected result of this consultancy:

Consultant’s Responsibilities
The selected consultant will be responsible to:

• Develop Research Design and Work Plan following Plan Indonesia’ format, including Research Background, Sample size, Purpose and Questions, Methodology, Analytical, Framework, Sampling and Respondents, Data Quality Assurance, Team Composition, Logistic, Deliverables, and Schedule.
• Develop respondent selection criteria with Plan Indonesia.
• Develop research instruments as well as test the instrument before data collection.
• Recruit and train enumerators in collaboration with Plan Indonesia.
• Collect primary and secondary data using the final instruments to select respondents.
• Conduct data cleaning, quantification, interpretation, and analysis.
• Develop a Draft and final Research Report that refers to Plan Indonesia’s format using English and Bahasa language
• Submit Final Consultancy Report based on YPII standards, including result presentation, row data (raw and clean data), transcript, Analysis result, infographics, and risk mitigation report.
• Ensure that all team members, including enumerators, understand and agree on Plan Indonesia’s Safeguarding PSHEA guidelines
• Develop risk assessment and mitigation
• Dedicated staff as Safeguarding-PSHEA focal points
• Provide reporting, feedback mechanism channel

9. Application

Yayasan Plan International Indonesia (Plan Indonesia) will locally coordinate the application and hiring process. Firms/teams of consultants with relevant expertise and portfolio are invited to apply for the assignment by sending:

1. A letter of intent expressing the consultant’s or firm’s capabilities and qualifications including a response to the Call for Proposal.
2. Proposal of the assignment with the following content:
   a) background;
   b) approach and methodology of the assignment, outlining key activities and key deliverables produced and proposed content of the evaluation;
   c) workplan;
   d) Ethics and child safeguarding approaches, including any identified risks and associated mitigation strategies;
   e) personnel involved including their CVs and detail task and responsibilities related to the evaluation;
3. Proposed detailed budget, including daily fee rates, expenses, taxes, etc. for all personnel involved as outlined above
4. Proposed timelines
5. Organization Profile with the information on: (a) current and previous relevant worksand clients/users; (b) CV of the personnel involved in the assignment and their key responsibilities/roles in the assignment.

The application can be sent electronically through the email: Yayasan.procurement@plan-international.org mentioning the code (RfQ270-Girls Football Baseline Study_Consultant Name) in the email subject, before 5 PM of April 20th, 2025.

Only applicants with complete documents including sample of the previous work will go through the selection process

 “Women-owned businesses, companies and individual actively engaged or advancing gender equality and women empowerment in the workplace are especially encouraged to apply”.