End Term Evaluation - Prevention and Protection of Women from Violence Through Access to Justice, Services and Safe Spaces (2016-2020)

Sep 13, 2026

Terms of Reference for the end term evaluation of the UN Women Pakistan project “Prevention and Protection of Women from Violence Through Access to Justice, Services and Safe Spaces” (2016-2020). The evaluation covers relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, and contributions to impact, assessing results across design and implementation and the mechanisms used with duty bearers, law enforcement, justice stakeholders, women’s shelters, and crisis services. Activities focus on national coordination and five high-risk districts, with expected learning on accountability, access to justice commitments, and improved evidence-based decision making for future UN Women programming.

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Terms of Reference

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Annex 2 Terms of Reference End Term Evaluation of the Project: “Prevention and Protection of Women from Violence Through Access to Justice, Services and Safe Spaces” (2016-2020) Based in: Pakistan (Islamabad, Karachi, Khairpur, Dadu, Quetta, Rawalpindi) Time period: 15th September 2020-15th November 2020 BACKGROUND: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) strives to promote gender equality and women’s human rights, strengthen implementation of gender sensitive policy and legislation, and eliminate all forms of violence against women (VAW) . Attention is given to issues of excluded groups and their capacity to lobby so that these become part of mainstream decisionmaking and planning. It provides technical advisory and services on women’s economic empowerment, ending violence against women and girls (VAWG), women’s leadership and participation, including in disaster risk reduction and management and gender integration in planning and budgeting. UN Women launched its programme in Pakistan in 2007 following a request by the Government of Pakistan and the United Nations is now strategically positioned in this regard at both the national and provincial levels. In moving towards realization of gender equality and women’s empowerment, UN Women provides support to innovative initiatives that promote women’s human rights, with a special focus on their economic security, governance/ political participation, freedom from violence, as well as preparedness and responding to humanitarian crises. PROJECT’S THEORY OF CHANGE: The theory of change for this project is based on a number of principles: Context is critical: successful interventions are those that are tailored and based on rigorous analysis of the particular factors affecting violence against women in a specific context, including setting, form of violence and population affected by the violence. The state has primary responsibility for action on violence against women and girls: federal and provincial governments hold the ultimate responsibility for implementing laws, policies and services around violence against women and can achieve change on violence against women. Holistic and multi-sectoral approaches are more likely to have impact: coordinated interventions operating at multiple levels, across sectors and over multiple time-frames are more likely to address the various aspects of, and therefore have greater impact on, tackling violence against women. Social change makes the difference: sustained reduction in violence against women will only occur through processes of significant social change, including in social norms, at all levels. PROJECT GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION: National level activities; Islamabad 5 selected districts in Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan (Rawalpindi, Karachi, Khairpur, Dadu and Quetta) PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Project Objective: Enhance access to justice, services and safe spaces for women in five high-risk districts throughout Pakistan. Outcome 1: Duty bearers and rights holders have evidence of the scale and nature of VAW to enable policy action and legislative reforms. Output 1. 1: VAW statistics/analyses are available to inform policies and programmes Output 1.2: Data gaps identified, and local data collection mechanisms developed/strengthened to meet policy & reporting commitments for CEDAW and SDGs. Output 1.3: Evidence based provincial policies, plans and laws are developed to address VAW. Outcome 2: Law enforcement agencies and other justice sector personnel are sensitized and capacitated to respond to needs of women and girls subject to violence. Output 2. 1: 1,000 law enforcement officers given intensive trainings on VAW. Output 2.2: 1,000 lawyers, prosecutors, judges and other stakeholders sensitized on VAW. Outcome 3: Women and girls experiencing violence have enhanced access to crisis information and helplines, safe accommodation, legal and rights inf

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What project is being evaluated and who issued the Terms of Reference?

The document provides Terms of Reference for the UN Women Pakistan end term evaluation of “Prevention and Protection of Women from Violence Through Access to Justice, Services and Safe Spaces” (2016-2020). The initiative is under UN Women and relates to work supported through the INL unit at the Pakistan Country Office.

What aspects will the end term evaluation assess?

The evaluation aims to examine relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, and contributions toward impact, based on the mechanisms used in implementation and the project’s results.

Which key outcome areas and implementation mechanisms are described?

The project focuses on improving evidence on violence against women for policy action, sensitizing law enforcement and justice sector personnel, expanding access to crisis information and safe accommodation, and strengthening women’s rights awareness through community programming and EVAW alliances.

Sep 13, 2026

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