National Attitudinal Surveys in Angola, Lesotho and Namibia

The Other Foundation invites suitably qualified research teams to submit proposals to conduct national attitudinal surveys on public attitudes towards LGBTI people in Angola, Lesotho and Namibia. Applicants may submit separate proposals for one or more of the three countries.

These studies form part of the Foundation’s broader commitment to building reliable, context-specific evidence on public attitudes, social norms and behaviours relating to LGBTI people in southern Africa. In 2015, the Foundation commissioned the first-ever nationally representative survey on social attitudes towards LGBTI people in South Africa, which led to the publication of the landmark report Progressive Prudes. Since then, this research agenda has expanded to include national attitudinal studies in Malawi, Botswana, Eswatini and Mauritius, as well as a new round of data collection in South Africa.

The Foundation is now extending this body of work to Angola, Lesotho and Namibia. The purpose of the research is to generate high-quality evidence that can support advocacy, public communication, alliance-building, policy engagement and movement strategy. Each study should provide a comprehensive and statistically representative analysis of public attitudes towards, understanding of, and experiences of homosexuality and gender diversity in the relevant country.

Research teams are expected to work closely with the Other Foundation and a national reference group made up of activists, academics and other stakeholders. The selected teams will be responsible for developing the methodology, adapting the survey instrument, securing ethical clearance where required, managing fieldwork, ensuring participant and fieldworker safety, analysing the data, and producing a final analytical report.

Applicants may be based anywhere in southern Africa but must be able to implement the research in the country for which they are applying. The consultancy period is expected to run from August 2026 to February 2027.

Interested research teams are advised to respond to the full calls for proposals for Angola, Lesotho, and Namibia.

Proposals should include a detailed methodology, budget, timeline, team composition and qualifications, and relevant experience.

Submissions should be sent to Caio de Araújo at caio@theotherfoundation.org with the relevant country in the subject line, by 7 August 2026.

Applicants should be notified within 10 days after the closing date for submission of proposals, about the outcome of their submission.

Clique aqui para baixar a chamada de propostas para Angola em inglês e português.

Click here to download the Angola call for proposals in English and Portuguese.

Click here to download the Lesotho call for proposals in English.

Click here to download the Namibia call for proposals in English.