Digital Literacy Consultant

Women for Women International

1d • Remote

About The Position

Women for Women International (WfWI) invests in women and girl survivors of war and conflict to learn the skills they need to rebuild their families and communities. Our social empowerment programming focuses on strengthening confidence, leadership, social cohesion, and access to rights and services for women and adolescent girls affected by conflict, displacement, economic insecurity, and restrictive gender norms.

WfWI seeks to engage a Digital Literacy Consultant to design and integrate context-appropriate digital literacy modules and participatory exercises into an existing contextualized social empowerment curriculum implemented in Federal Iraq and the KRI. The assignment aims to strengthen women’s digital agency—their ability to safely access, use, and navigate digital spaces in ways that educate and support confidence building, social participation, and collective empowerment. Duration of the project is from March 23rd, 2026 – May 8th, 2026

The Consultant will ensure that digital literacy content reinforces broader social empowerment outcomes, including confidence, solidarity, leadership, wellbeing, and civic engagement, without increasing risks to participants.

WfWI is seeking an experienced and qualified Consultant to deliver:

1. An inception report

2. A contextualized digital literacy module and exercise integration framework, in alignment with WfWI’s Social Empowerment curriculum, to guide module and participatory learning exercise and activity development

3. Digital literacy learning modules adapted for camp and non-camp settings in Federal Iraq and the KRI

4. Validated participatory learning exercises and activity descriptions

5. A final consultancy summary report detailing consultancy products and recommendations for next steps

Background and Objectives
Background:

Across Federal Iraq and the KRI, mobile phone and social media use are widespread; however, women’s and girls’ digital engagement is often constrained by male gatekeeping, device sharing, surveillance, affordability, and social expectations related to honor and reputation. Digital spaces present opportunities for women and girls to connect, learn, and express their voice, but also expose women and girls to significant risks, including online harassment, blackmail, misinformation, and other forms of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). These risks are heightened for internally displaced persons (IDPs), women in refugee camp settings, rural women in host communities, ethnic and religious minorities, women heads of household, and adolescent girls.

WfWI’s Social Empowerment curriculum is implemented across diverse settings in Federal Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, including refugee and IDP camps, urban and peri-urban host communities, rural areas, and returnee locations. Access to devices, internet connectivity, privacy, and family permissions vary significantly across these settings. The Consultant is expected to design digital literacy content that is flexible, modular, and adaptable to both camp and non-camp contexts, including mixed-community environments where participants may face different norms, restrictions, and risks.

Please refer to the attached TOR for a detailed proposed SOW, expected deliverables, and timeline

Project Objective:

The main objective of this consultancy is to design and embed gender-transformative, conflict-sensitive, participant-driven digital literacy content to complement WfWI’s existing Social Empowerment curriculum for women in Federal Iraq and the KRI.

The digital literacy components could support participants to:

· Build confidence in using digital tools and platforms

· Communicate and connect safely with peers, services providers, and community networks in their context

· Critically assess information, rumors, and misinformation

· Understand digital rights, privacy, consent, and data protection in their context

· Prevent and respond to TFGBV and online harm in their context

· Use digital spaces to strengthen their voice, leadership, and social participation in their context

· Understand how excessive social media usage is linked to negative mental health outcomes, and develop the tools to mitigate excessive usage

Please note that while it will not be feasible to measure the impact of the digital literacy components during the scope of this specific consultancy, it is important that the Consultant use the bullet points above as guidance for developing digital literacy content for WfWI, as we will measure the impact of the digital literacy modules during the pilot implementation phases

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in digital literacy, digital inclusion, or digital rights programming
• Experience working on women’s empowerment or social norms change in Federal Iraq, the KRI, or comparable contexts
• Strong understanding of TFGBV and digital safety in conservative or conflict-affected settings
• Proven curriculum design and participatory learning experience

Nice To Haves

• Fluency in Arabic and/or Kurdish is a strong asset

Responsibilities

• An inception report
• A contextualized digital literacy module and exercise integration framework, in alignment with WfWI’s Social Empowerment curriculum, to guide module and participatory learning exercise and activity development
• Digital literacy learning modules adapted for camp and non-camp settings in Federal Iraq and the KRI
• Validated participatory learning exercises and activity descriptions
• A final consultancy summary report detailing consultancy products and recommendations for next steps

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: No Education Listed