Consultancy: Country Progress Analysis on Implementation of the SADC Regional Strategy and Framework of Action for Addressing Gender Based Violence.
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Background
UN Women works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.
The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) is the regional body established by 16 Southern African member states to promote regional integration, build on democratic principles, and equitable and sustainable development. SADC recognizes that for people to achieve peace, freedom and realize their full potential, their lives must be free from violence. SADC has prioritized the development of a regional GBV strategy to facilitate the implementation and monitoring of the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development. The SADC Ministers responsible for Gender Equality and Women’s Affairs in July 2018 approved the SADC Regional Strategy and Framework of Action for Addressing GBV. Despite these initiatives, challenges still exist in addressing gender-based violence including weak institutional arrangements for coordinating a SADC Region multi-sectoral, multilevel and decentralized GBV response.
To respond to the challenge of limited data and the capacity of member states to implement the regional GBV strategy, UN Women will engage a consultant to ensure harmonized data collection and analysis including the inclusion of standard EVAW indicators in Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks for Gender Equality. UN Women is also supporting SADC in its mid-term review of its Regional Strategy and Framework of Action for addressing GBV.
The consultant will work closely with the SADC Secretariat, UN Women and other key stakeholders during the mid-term review process.
Duties and Responsibilities
Description of Responsibilities:
- Inception Report: A detailed inception report reflecting the approach, methodology and tools, and workplan with timeliness for conducting the in-depth analysis.
- Undertake an in-depth secondary analysis of reports from the SADC member states to assess progress of member states in the implementation of the SADC Regional GBV Strategy Indicators.
- Undertake desk reviews of relevant documents to assess progress of SADC member states in implementation of the SADC Regional Strategy and framework of Action for addressing GBV (2018-2030).
- Generate country summaries of performance against GBV strategy indicators for the period under review- 2018-2024.
- Draft report on status of implementation of the SADC Strategy for the selected countries.
Required Skills and Experience
Education and Certification:
- Master’s degree or equivalent in Gender and Human Rights, Law, Social Sciences or a related field is required;
- A first-level university degree in combination with eight additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree;
- Knowledge of research would be an added advantage.
Experience:
- At least 7 years of progressively responsible work experience in Gender and Human Rights, Gender Equality and Women Empowerment, Law and Development Studies;
- Experience in conducting research on Gender, Laws, Policies and legal frameworks is required;
- Excellent analytical skills with strong drive for results and capacity to work independently;
- Excellent English communication and writing skills.
Languages:
- Fluency in English is required;
- Knowledge of any other UN official language is an asset.
Application Process:
- Interested candidates will submit an expression of interest with their application.
- Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Note:
UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women.
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