TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCUSERIES ON THE DECENT WORK FOR WOMEN CAMPAIGN : Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association

1.0. Background and introduction
A public interest organisation which seeks to promote environmental justice, sustainable and equitable use of natural resources, democracy and good governance in the natural resources and environment sector, seeks the services of a videographer who will capture high-definition vlogs that depict why promoting decent work for women in mining matters.
According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) decent work sums up the aspirations of people in their working lives. It involves opportunities for work that is productive and delivers a fair income, security in the workplace and social protection for families, better prospects for personal development and social integration, freedom for people to express their concerns, organize and participate in the decisions that affect their lives and equality of opportunity and treatment for all women and men.

Various research reports have established that women working in Artisanal and Small-scale Mining are faced with societal and structural barriers which are a hinderance to decent work in the sector. The informality of the sector has exposed women to dangerous working conditions from poor occupational health and safety, use of mercury, limited access to financial services among other challenges. Addressing those barriers requires behavioural change, which in turn requires time, commitment, and collaboration between various parties. Most importantly, raising awareness and building knowledge through education can make a difference in societal behaviour and cognitive capacity. The docuseries need to also ensure that there is enhancement of women’s confidence and capacity to freely share ideas and perspectives and stand for their own rights.

Duties And Responsibilities

Main Objectives of the Consultancy
The key objective of engaging the videographer is to produce a high-definition docuseries that seek to bring to the fore, the need to promote decent work for women in mining.
• To digitally highlight the challenges faced by women miners and informal traders.
• To visually show the challenges deterring progressive realisation of decent work for women miners and informal traders and what needs to be done.

The videographer will be required to:
• Capture insights from women miners and women traders along mining value chains and document their challenges and what needs to be done to enhance their participation in the sector.
• Gather policy makers and relevant Institutions’ views on decent work for women and impactful actions they can adopt to improve this.
• Produce five docuseries that not only stimulate interest but also illuminate stakeholders on the importance of promoting decent work for women in the mining sector.

2.0. Key Deliverables and timelines
Working closely with ZELA, the following deliverables are expected from the Consultant within two weeks of engagement:
a) Production of a schedule of the entire process, indicating timelines for development, production, post-production, and packaging of the videos.
b) Production of, reviewed and edited docuseries packaged and delivered in the following formats:

1. a) High resolution electronic storage format with subtitles
   b) Web size formats for uploading to online media such as WhatsApp, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook.

Qualifications And Experience

3.0. Qualifications
Suitable applicants should have the following.
• A bachelor’s degree in film/Video Production, Communications, Journalism, Television Production, Media Arts, or related area
• At least three (3) years’ experience in producing documentaries/videos focusing on development communication.