TOR- Trainer for Gender Equality and Mainstreaming in Low-Carbon Transition in Automobile Sector in Tamil Nadu and Textiles sector

Job Description

Terms of Reference Trainer for Gender Equality and Mainstreaming in Low-Carbon Transition in Automobile Sector in Tamil Nadu and Textiles sector in Gujarat About the OrganizationWRI India, an independent charity legally registered as the India Resources Trust, provides objective information and practical proposals to foster environmentally sound and socially equitable development. WRI India’s mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations. Through research, analysis, and recommendations, WRI India puts ideas into action to build transformative solutions to protect the earth, promote livelihoods, and enhance human well-being. We are inspired by and associated with the World Resources Institute, a global research organization. Currently over 400 researchers are working with WRI India in our offices at Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.About Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Enterprises (RISE)Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Enterprises (RISE) aims to help build the resilience and competitiveness of MSMEs in Chennai and Coimbatore automotive clusters in Tamil Nadu and the Surat textile cluster in Gujarat, while enabling an inclusive and just transition to a low carbon future. By 2026, under RISE, WRI India will engage with MSMEs and local communities, industry associations and experts, skilling and financing agencies and local and national governments to support at least 1000 workers in 100 MSMEs to help them manage climate impacts, implement climate actions and acquire skills for better livelihoods. Refer for more information on RISE.

Project background and objectivese.

Women constitute only about 24% of the totaMSMEs and their workers are the backbone of our economy wherein women play an integral role. Despite this, women often face systemic barriers and challenges to entering and continuing the MSME workforcl workers and own approximately 20% of the total enterprises. Moreover, majority of women-owned enterprises are concentrated in rural areas (22.24%) and are likely to be micro units that are informal in nature. Almost 70% of the 15 million women-owned MSMEs in India are engaged in manufacturing. However, women entrepreneurs and workers in MSMEs tend to be unregistered in nature and engaged in home-based activities. This increases their vulnerability to market and climate risks due to limited understanding of their roles in MSMEs, lack of accounting in national level statistics and missing out on available government support for the MSME sector (International Centre for Research on Women, 2014). Even within the manufacturing sector, women are not equitably distributed among all forms of manufacturing activities. Women are mostly concentrated in textiles, garments, handicrafts and food processing sectors. They also have a significant presence in service-based occupations, such as care work, and in beauty parlors and hospitality sectors.Women in Indian MSMEs face multiple forms of gender-based discrimination. They undertake ‘triple roles’ in production related activities, reproduction such as childbearing, taking care of tasks required to support household wellbeing like cleaning, cooking, caring for the sick and the elderly, and community affairs such as providing support for community related development activities and volunteering (Moser, 1993). They face systemic and social barriers, such as higher burden of illiteracy and poorer health outcomes. In order to ensure that low carbon transitions are just and inclusive, India’s MSMEs need to address existing social and gender barriers for fostering inclusive workplace practices along with moving towards more sustainable and cleaner production processes to benefits all stakeholders. Awareness, sensitization and capacity building of women in the MSME ecosystem have been identified as some of the main ways to improve women’s participation. Based on this, the RISE team at WRI India will engage with a trainer/consultant to provide the following scope of work.

Scope of Work:

• Conduct desk research and consultations to identify awareness building and sensitization needs of different stakeholders within the MSME ecosystem in Surat (textiles processing cluster), Coimbatore and Chennai (automotive cluster)
• Design and deliver modules to sensitize MSME owners and other key stakeholders to increase participation of women in MSMEs and build awareness about the different types of eco-system support required to enable this (at least one-two in each cluster location).
• Engage and deliver sensitization and training programs for male supervisors, contractors, hiring managers, and male colleagues in MSMEs (at least three to five in each cluster location).
• Design and deliver modules to improve women’s participation in MSMEs, improve social security through digital and financial literacy modules with women workers and women in leadership and managerial roles (at least three to five in each cluster location).
• Collaborate with the WRI India’s project team on a regular basis
• Submit sensitization modules and materials tailored for the WRI India team/ video documentation and photos
• Collaborate on designing the information, education and communication (IEC) materials on inclusive workplaces and digital and financial literacy
• Collaborate with other trainers/experts that the WRI India identifies and exchange knowledge and conduct sessions together
• Provide MEL support in terms of designing indictors and metrics to measure effectiveness of the sessions

P.S. Training materials may need to be delivered in local languages – Hindi in Surat and Tamil/Hindi in Tamil Nadu based on the comfort of the participants. WRI India team can provide some language support for TamilExpected Period of Engagement

• The consultant /Expert will be engaged for a period of four months from June-October 2025 to design and deliver the awareness training modules
• The dates of the meetings, field visits and sensitization/awareness sessions will be mutually decided at a convenient time
• WRI India will reimburse costs of travel, lodging and food as per actuals on the submission of bills and invoices

M1M2M3M4M5Initial desk research and virtual consultations to gather ground level data Designing modules, feedback and revisions, IEC Material Surat Sessions Tamil Nadu (Chennai and Coimbatore) sessions Submission of materials to WRI India and end of project processes Terms of PaymentPayment will be based on deliverables:

• 40% on the submission of designed modules for both clusters
• 30% on the completion of workshops at atleast one site
• 30% at end of engagement with all workshops completed and submission of materials to WRI India team

Please submit your proposals (See Appendix 1) and tentative budget by 8th July, 2025 to [email protected] APPENDIX 1The Details on experience, proposed methodology, and work plan shall be described as follows:

1. 1-2 page note on the proposed methodology and work plan

The applicant is required to submit the methodology and plan, outlining its approach for conducting this survey as laid down in the Terms of Reference. The following areas should be included while explaining the approach:

• Methodology for design of awareness session
• Intended sample sizes
• Any other relevant information.

1. Details on Gender and Social Security expertise of the trainer/team

The applicant is required to provide a brief write-up explaining their expertise in this topic along with previous work experience of 2-3 relevant projects

• Proposed Budget

The applicant is required to submit a proposed budget which includes trainer fees.All travel and stay will be reimbursed on actual bill submission.