Consultancy
09 Sep 2026
Economic Justice for Women Project (EJWP)
Consultancy — SADC Feminist Academy for Economic Justice (FAEJ) Design
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About the Role
Terms of Reference (ToRs): SADC Feminist Academy for Economic Justice (FAEJ) Design. Consultancy by the Economic Justice for Women Project (EJWP), supported by the Southern Africa Trust.
Background
The Feminist Academy for Economic Justice (FAEJ) was launched in 2026 by the Economic Justice for Women Project (EJWP) with a broader objective of strengthening the feminist voice and agency in the Debt justice conversation in the SADC region. It was also a timely opportunity to bring together young regional feminists to deep dive into understanding debt in its wide dimensions, its intersections with gender, age, disability, geography, race, social status among other variables, and the regional frameworks on debt handling, zooming into respective member states' debt statuses as case studies. The academy brought technical experts and technocrats in the subject areas but also practitioners active in answering the debt question in the region.
The Academy targets journalists, bloggers, activists, political leaders, academics and young feminists in the SADC region as participants in an alumni database currently at 50. Significant successes from the Academy include the establishment of an Indigenous Writer's Hub, a regional platform where writers can speak to the technical subjects such as Debt, taxes, climate financing etc. in indigenous languages to ensure that they reach out to everyone including the most affected indigenous populations. This hub is becoming a fast-growing regional platform with a growing following as a solution to technicality of economic concepts and how distant they are to the majority of citizens even if they affect them. There has also been increased interaction and blogs on the impact of debt on social services delivery in current regional economic contexts and geopolitics.
The Academy seeks to strengthen the capacity of participants to boldly challenge the political and economic systems shaping inequality across Southern Africa. It will equip participants with tools to understand economic governance through a feminist political economy lens and to develop collective strategies for advancing economic justice.
The Academy envisages to deep dive in a 7-week learning and practicing journey with young feminist participants from all the 16 SADC member states.
In this regard, EJWP seeks to engage a consultant to develop the FAEJ overall design/strategy that can lead into systemic growth, sustainability and a grounding in feminist political economy. The Academy in itself is not an end, but a means to an end which is building a SADC feminist movement on economic justice whose strategic role is providing a platform where Feminism in the region can begin to speak with one voice on tax, debt, climate finance, illicit financial flows, corruption, and climate financing and how strategic and regional economies are impacted deeply by the global financial architecture. EJWP seeks to make visible the invisible women's labour, time, bodies and futures in SADC economies and influence development strategies and legislation in this regard. EJWP seeks to engage a consultant to develop the Academy's overall design and curriculum.
2. Purpose of the consultancy
1. To develop participatory academy's design as a solid foundational guiding and leading tool to grow, lead and sustain the academy and translating into building and strengthening a SADC feminist movement on economic justice, intentionally.
2. The consultant is expected to chart a clear participatory learning journey, appropriate feminist learning pedagogical approaches, well-structured modules and practical outputs that support both individual and collective feminist movement building.
3. The consultant will be expected to ensure that the Academy has a clear learning journey, appropriate pedagogical and feminist approaches, well-developed modules and practical outputs that support both individual learning and collective feminist movement-building.
3. Scope of Work
The consultant will:
1. Develop the overall FAEJ learning architecture, including the 8-month learning journey, sequencing and learning outcomes.
2. Structure the curriculum for six core modules covering: Understanding the Feminist political economy; Debt and economic governance; Taxation and domestic resource mobilization; Climate finance; Illicit financial flows and natural resource governance; and Feminist movement building. NB* Modules will be developed by different respective experts, but the consultant is responsible for developing a framework and structure that they will use to ensure the modules are standardized and follow a logical model.
3. Develop participatory and feminist learning methodologies appropriate for a diverse regional cohort of activists, journalists, academics, young political leaders, bloggers and young feminists.
4. Recommend appropriate online, in-person and peer-learning approaches, including practical exercises, discussions and reflection spaces.
5. Design the process through which participants will collectively develop a Regional Feminist Manifesto as the Academy's culminating output.
6. Provide guidance on assessment, participant engagement and mechanisms for sustaining the Academy's alumni and movement-building dimensions.
7. Guide on continuous alumni assessments and monitoring to adequately document academy outcomes and impact and proposed steps to gradually grow the academy, building strategic partnerships.
4. Key Deliverables
The consultant will produce:
1. FAEJ Academy Design Framework, outlining the learning architecture, methodology, sequencing and overall learning journey.
2. Module framework/structure to guide consultants that will produce modules for standardized output.
3. Learning and engagement framework for the online, in-person and peer-learning components that ensures continuous learning, exchange and monitoring of alumni impact.
4. Concept and process for each annual Regional Feminist Manifesto, including how participants will contribute to its development, i.e. how the bottom-up approach can be applied, how the academy can build from grassroots feminist movements and feed into regional and global advocacy and solidarity platforms organically.
Background
The Feminist Academy for Economic Justice (FAEJ) was launched in 2026 by the Economic Justice for Women Project (EJWP) with a broader objective of strengthening the feminist voice and agency in the Debt justice conversation in the SADC region. It was also a timely opportunity to bring together young regional feminists to deep dive into understanding debt in its wide dimensions, its intersections with gender, age, disability, geography, race, social status among other variables, and the regional frameworks on debt handling, zooming into respective member states' debt statuses as case studies. The academy brought technical experts and technocrats in the subject areas but also practitioners active in answering the debt question in the region.
The Academy targets journalists, bloggers, activists, political leaders, academics and young feminists in the SADC region as participants in an alumni database currently at 50. Significant successes from the Academy include the establishment of an Indigenous Writer's Hub, a regional platform where writers can speak to the technical subjects such as Debt, taxes, climate financing etc. in indigenous languages to ensure that they reach out to everyone including the most affected indigenous populations. This hub is becoming a fast-growing regional platform with a growing following as a solution to technicality of economic concepts and how distant they are to the majority of citizens even if they affect them. There has also been increased interaction and blogs on the impact of debt on social services delivery in current regional economic contexts and geopolitics.
The Academy seeks to strengthen the capacity of participants to boldly challenge the political and economic systems shaping inequality across Southern Africa. It will equip participants with tools to understand economic governance through a feminist political economy lens and to develop collective strategies for advancing economic justice.
The Academy envisages to deep dive in a 7-week learning and practicing journey with young feminist participants from all the 16 SADC member states.
In this regard, EJWP seeks to engage a consultant to develop the FAEJ overall design/strategy that can lead into systemic growth, sustainability and a grounding in feminist political economy. The Academy in itself is not an end, but a means to an end which is building a SADC feminist movement on economic justice whose strategic role is providing a platform where Feminism in the region can begin to speak with one voice on tax, debt, climate finance, illicit financial flows, corruption, and climate financing and how strategic and regional economies are impacted deeply by the global financial architecture. EJWP seeks to make visible the invisible women's labour, time, bodies and futures in SADC economies and influence development strategies and legislation in this regard. EJWP seeks to engage a consultant to develop the Academy's overall design and curriculum.
2. Purpose of the consultancy
1. To develop participatory academy's design as a solid foundational guiding and leading tool to grow, lead and sustain the academy and translating into building and strengthening a SADC feminist movement on economic justice, intentionally.
2. The consultant is expected to chart a clear participatory learning journey, appropriate feminist learning pedagogical approaches, well-structured modules and practical outputs that support both individual and collective feminist movement building.
3. The consultant will be expected to ensure that the Academy has a clear learning journey, appropriate pedagogical and feminist approaches, well-developed modules and practical outputs that support both individual learning and collective feminist movement-building.
3. Scope of Work
The consultant will:
1. Develop the overall FAEJ learning architecture, including the 8-month learning journey, sequencing and learning outcomes.
2. Structure the curriculum for six core modules covering: Understanding the Feminist political economy; Debt and economic governance; Taxation and domestic resource mobilization; Climate finance; Illicit financial flows and natural resource governance; and Feminist movement building. NB* Modules will be developed by different respective experts, but the consultant is responsible for developing a framework and structure that they will use to ensure the modules are standardized and follow a logical model.
3. Develop participatory and feminist learning methodologies appropriate for a diverse regional cohort of activists, journalists, academics, young political leaders, bloggers and young feminists.
4. Recommend appropriate online, in-person and peer-learning approaches, including practical exercises, discussions and reflection spaces.
5. Design the process through which participants will collectively develop a Regional Feminist Manifesto as the Academy's culminating output.
6. Provide guidance on assessment, participant engagement and mechanisms for sustaining the Academy's alumni and movement-building dimensions.
7. Guide on continuous alumni assessments and monitoring to adequately document academy outcomes and impact and proposed steps to gradually grow the academy, building strategic partnerships.
4. Key Deliverables
The consultant will produce:
1. FAEJ Academy Design Framework, outlining the learning architecture, methodology, sequencing and overall learning journey.
2. Module framework/structure to guide consultants that will produce modules for standardized output.
3. Learning and engagement framework for the online, in-person and peer-learning components that ensures continuous learning, exchange and monitoring of alumni impact.
4. Concept and process for each annual Regional Feminist Manifesto, including how participants will contribute to its development, i.e. how the bottom-up approach can be applied, how the academy can build from grassroots feminist movements and feed into regional and global advocacy and solidarity platforms organically.
Requirements
5. Consultant Profile
The consultant should have:
- Demonstrated experience in feminist political economy, economic justice, popular feminist education, development or related fields.
- Strong experience in curriculum, academy or adult-learning inclusive programme design.
- Understanding of feminist movement-building and participatory learning methodologies.
- Knowledge of SADC regional economic and political contexts, including issues of taxation, debt, climate finance and domestic resource mobilisation.
- Experience working with feminist movements, civil society organisations, activists or young people.
- Excellent writing, facilitation and analytical skills.
How to apply (6. Duration and Application): the consultancy is expected to be completed within [1–2 weeks] from the date of contracting. Interested consultants should submit a short expression of interest, CV/profile, brief proposed approach and financial quotation, together with examples of relevant previous work. EJWP will prioritise candidates who demonstrate both strong technical expertise and an ability to translate complex economic and political questions into accessible, participatory feminist learning. Deadline: 9 September 2026. Submission email: [email protected]. In subject quote: SADC FAEJ Academy Design.
The consultant should have:
- Demonstrated experience in feminist political economy, economic justice, popular feminist education, development or related fields.
- Strong experience in curriculum, academy or adult-learning inclusive programme design.
- Understanding of feminist movement-building and participatory learning methodologies.
- Knowledge of SADC regional economic and political contexts, including issues of taxation, debt, climate finance and domestic resource mobilisation.
- Experience working with feminist movements, civil society organisations, activists or young people.
- Excellent writing, facilitation and analytical skills.
How to apply (6. Duration and Application): the consultancy is expected to be completed within [1–2 weeks] from the date of contracting. Interested consultants should submit a short expression of interest, CV/profile, brief proposed approach and financial quotation, together with examples of relevant previous work. EJWP will prioritise candidates who demonstrate both strong technical expertise and an ability to translate complex economic and political questions into accessible, participatory feminist learning. Deadline: 9 September 2026. Submission email: [email protected]. In subject quote: SADC FAEJ Academy Design.