Request for quote – Faith

Our Watch seeks proposals from qualified evaluators to undertake the external evaluation of the Faith as a strength: preventing violence against women project, delivered in partnership with the Nossal Institute Limited. 

Background 

Our Watch is delivering the Faith as a strength: preventing violence against women project in collaboration with the Nossal Institute Limited. This project recognises the power and influence of faith as part of the solution to preventing gender-based violence. It aims to explore, amplify and support primary prevention practices across diverse faith-based settings, communities and cohorts. 

In 2023–2024, Our Watch conducted background research and consultation with groups and organisations representing a broad range of faith communities. In March 2025, the Nossal Institute began supporting the implementation phase of the project, which will run until October 2026. 

The project involves: 

• establishing a Project Advisory Group (PAG) to engage and collaborate with individuals and communities from diverse faith-based settings

• developing up to five resources to support primary prevention activity in faith-based settings.

The project is guided by the following objectives: 

• Support and coordinate meaningful engagement with multiple and diverse faith communities. 

• Centre community knowledge lived experiences and faith-based strengths in the development of primary prevention strategies. 

• Create practical, evidence-informed resources that respond to the needs of those working in faith-based settings. 

• Contribute to the evidence base through evaluation and shared learning to inform future prevention efforts. 

Applications 

We are inviting proposals from evaluators with experience in community-based, culturally responsive evaluation approaches, particularly in diverse and faith-based contexts. 

Your evaluation proposal should: 

• Outline an evaluation approach that is inclusive of the voices, needs and strengths of the communities engaged in the project. 

• Respond to key evaluation questions (outlined in Section 4.4 of the Request for Proposal document), while offering recommendations for preferred methodology, data collection tools and stakeholder consultation. 

• Include strategies to engage the PAG and other community stakeholders in the evaluation design and data collection processes. 

• Detail how the findings will contribute to both continuous improvement and broader sector learning around intersectional prevention practice in faith-based settings. 

Key deliverables

• A final evaluation report (due November 2026). 

• A series of learning briefs (due December 2026), which may be made publicly available and published on the Our Watch website. 

Key documents

Key dates 

21 July 2025 Closing date for final applications. 

For more information about the application process, refer to the request for quote.

Contact 

For more information, please contact: 

Tamara Mihalic Tynan 

Samantha McGuffie 

innovation.projects@ourwatch.org.au or tamara.tynan@ourwatch.org.au.

This project is funded by the Commonwealth Department of Social Services (DSS).