Survivors’ Perspectives on Justice, Collective Empowerment and Transformation
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Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC) Nepal
- Career category: Monitoring & Evaluation /MEAL, Research/ Data analysis, Training
- Job type: Consultancy
- Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: No
- Right to work requirements: Not specified
- Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 05/11/2026
- Location: Nepal
Background and Context
Justice is often understood primarily through formal legal processes, including reporting, investigation, prosecution, adjudication and punishment. Although these mechanisms are essential for accountability, they do not always reflect the full meaning of justice in the lives of survivors of gender-based violence (GBV).
Justice is often understood primarily through formal legal processes, including reporting, investigation, prosecution, adjudication and punishment. Although these mechanisms are essential for accountability, they do not always reflect the full meaning of justice in the lives of survivors of gender-based violence (GBV).
For survivors, justice may include being heard and believed, recognition of harm, safety and protection, dignity and respect, access to appropriate services, healing, economic and social security, accountability and the ability to regain control over their lives. Justice may also involve preventing violence against others and transforming the social conditions that enable violence and inequality.
Gender-based violence is rooted in unequal power relations, discrimination, harmful social norms, economic inequalities and institutional barriers. Meaningful justice therefore requires attention not only to individual experiences of violence but also to the wider social and structural conditions that sustain it.
The Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC) Nepal has a longstanding commitment to advancing women’s human rights, gender equality and social justice. Through its programmes and engagement with survivors, WOREC supports spaces where survivors can share experiences, support one another, raise collective concerns and advocate for justice and social change.
The Agrani Network, formed in 2018 through WOREC’s engagement with survivors, provides a platform for women who have experienced violence to strengthen solidarity, support other survivors, exercise leadership and advocate for change. District-level networks have been established in Morang, Sunsari, Udayapur, Dang, Kailali, Dhanusha, Mahottari and Sarlahi. The National Survivor Conference held on 29–30 November 2025 further strengthened survivor-led networking and collective advocacy, resulting in the Agrani Declaration 2082.
In this context, WOREC Nepal intends to conduct a qualitative study entitled “Exploring Justice from Survivors’ Perspectives: From Individual Justice to Collective Empowerment and Transformation.” The study will explore how survivors define and experience justice, what enables or prevents meaningful justice, and how individual experiences can contribute to collective empowerment, social justice and broader transformation.
WOREC Nepal seeks to engage a qualified consultant to conduct the study, including research preparation, facilitation of provincial workshops incorporating Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), documentation, transcription, thematic analysis, validation and final reporting.
Required Qualifications and Experience
Required Qualifications and Experience
The consultant should have:
- A bachelor’s degree or higher in sociology, gender studies, social sciences, development studies, law or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated experience in qualitative research, FGD facilitation and participatory workshops.
- Experience working with survivors of GBV, women’s rights organizations or survivor networks.
- A sound understanding of gender equality, human rights, justice and survivor-centered approaches.
- Strong analytical, facilitation, transcription, translation and report-writing skills.
- Excellent written English and the ability to accurately document discussions conducted in Nepali or other relevant local languages.
- Experience preparing research reports and practical recommendations.
- A demonstrated commitment to confidentiality, informed consent, safeguarding and ethical research.
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