Assessment of the Implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area
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African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)
Remote (global)- Career category: Monitoring & Evaluation /MEAL, Research/ Data analysis
- Job type: Consultancy
- Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Remote (global)
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 15/07/2026
- Location: Remote (global)
About FEMNET
The African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) is a pan- African, feminist and membership-based network based in Nairobi, Kenya with over 800 individual and institutional members across 50 African countries and in the diaspora. FEMNET envisions a society where African women and girls thrive in dignity and well-being, free from patriarchal and neoliberal oppression and injustices.
Objective/ Purpose of Assignment
Objective/ Purpose of Assignment
The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is one of the flagship projects of Agenda 2063 and seeks, among others, to create a single market for goods and services and further liberalise trade across the African continent following successive rounds of Negotiations. For African women and youth, the AfCFTA recognises the importance of gender equality and further commits to promoting and achieving sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development, gender equality.
It has now been more than six years since the AfCFTA entered into force, and significant steps have been taken towards the development and ratification of additional protocols of the Agreement. These include, among others, the development and negotiation of protocols on trade in goods and services, as well as the Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade. Under the Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade, AfCFTA State Parties commit to implement and monitor mechanisms to prevent, discourage, address, and eliminate all forms of harassment and related practices that compromise the security and safety of Women and Youth in Trade. While this does not specifically address labour rights, it contains some tenets of labour rights, namely inclusiveness and non-discrimination in the marketplace.
It is upon this background that FEMNET would like to commission an assessment on the rollout and implementation of the AfCFTA. The study will The main objective of the study will be to provide an understanding of the extent to which the AfCFTA has been implemented and learnings from the process, the opportunities and gaps for women and youth in trade, and how the agreement and related protocols can be strengthened to advance more feminist and gender-transformative outcomes. The study will be used a baseline to guide FEMNET’s engagement on the AfCFTA.
Academic Qualifications
It has now been more than six years since the AfCFTA entered into force, and significant steps have been taken towards the development and ratification of additional protocols of the Agreement. These include, among others, the development and negotiation of protocols on trade in goods and services, as well as the Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade. Under the Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade, AfCFTA State Parties commit to implement and monitor mechanisms to prevent, discourage, address, and eliminate all forms of harassment and related practices that compromise the security and safety of Women and Youth in Trade. While this does not specifically address labour rights, it contains some tenets of labour rights, namely inclusiveness and non-discrimination in the marketplace.
It is upon this background that FEMNET would like to commission an assessment on the rollout and implementation of the AfCFTA. The study will The main objective of the study will be to provide an understanding of the extent to which the AfCFTA has been implemented and learnings from the process, the opportunities and gaps for women and youth in trade, and how the agreement and related protocols can be strengthened to advance more feminist and gender-transformative outcomes. The study will be used a baseline to guide FEMNET’s engagement on the AfCFTA.
Academic Qualifications
Academic qualifications in gender studies, law, public policy, trade, public finance, economics, development studies, or related fields, preferably with post-graduate degree.
Experience, skills, and competencies
- Experience in conducting macro-economic feminist analysis with a Pan-African feminist approach.
- Experience of conducting studies/assessments using mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative)
- Proven experience developing papers and policy briefs that have a focus on women and girls.
- Experience in drafting advocacy messages that are robust and compelling to the target audience and specifically to policy makers.
- Experience working for non-profit organizations including Women Rights Organizations and feminist organisations.
- Experience designing gender-responsive indicators, interview tools and validation processes for gender and trade and feminist macroeconomic research.
- Demonstration of dedication to the advancement of Africa as a continent and belief in the tenets of the Pan African feminist charter.
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