Background

UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, is a strong advocate and advocate for women and girls globally. UN Women assists UN Member States in setting international norms and standards for achieving gender equality, collaborates with governments and civil society in developing laws, policies, programs and services necessary to implement these standards.

UN Women actively promotes the equal participation of women in all spheres of life, focusing on five priority areas of action: strengthening women's leadership and participation in society; elimination of violence against women; involvement of women in solving the whole range of issues of ensuring peace and security; empowering women in the economy; ensuring the central role of gender equality in national development planning and budgeting processes. UN Women also coordinates work to promote gender equality throughout the UN system.

UN Women, together with the National Commission for Women, Family and Demographic Policy under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter referred to as the National Commission) and the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, is implementing a joint program to empower women.

United Nations country offices in Kazakhstan: UNDP, UN Women, UNFPA, and UNICEF, as part of a comprehensive program on gender equality and the empowerment of women and the elimination of violence against women in Kazakhstan, support the Government of Kazakhstan in the implementation of international obligations and, in particular, the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and commitments under the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPA), based on the adopted national strategies and action plan on family and gender politics.

The Republic of Kazakhstan is a party to all the main international legal treaty mechanisms of the United Nations, the norms and requirements of which prohibit all types of discrimination and violation of human rights.

On June 29, 1998, Kazakhstan acceded to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). By joining CEDAW, Kazakhstan has committed itself to pursue without delay, by all appropriate means, a policy of eliminating discrimination against women.

In accordance with the provisions of Article 18 of the Convention, in 2018 Kazakhstan submitted the fifth periodic report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, which was considered at the 74th session of the Committee in October 2019.
In 1998, by the Decree of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - N. Nazarbayev, the National Commission for Family and Women Affairs under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan was established.

During the years of activity of the National Commission for Women's Affairs and Family and Demographic Policy, the first socially significant structures on the issues of women's empowerment, as well as motherhood and childhood, were formed.

Kazakhstan has joined the fundamental documents of the UN in the field of empowerment and protection of women's rights and opportunities. A number of fundamental documents in the field of family and demographic policy of the country were adopted. In 2006, the Gender Equality Strategy for 2006-2016 was adopted and implemented, which made it possible to determine a uniform approach to
the issues of rights and opportunities not only for women, but also for men.

In 2016, the Concept of Family and Gender Policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan until 2030 was approved by Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The concept defines the mainprinciples and approaches in the formation of the country's family and gender policy.
In the sphere of the state gender policy, measures are being taken to achieve parity rights, benefits, duties and opportunities for women and men in all spheres of society, to overcome all forms and manifestations of gender discrimination. The country's family policy is primarily aimed at strengthening and protecting families, creating the necessary conditions conducive to the physical, intellectual, spiritual, moral development of families and their members, and protecting motherhood, fatherhood and childhood

 


 

 

 

 

 

Duties and Responsibilities

The tasks of the national consultant include the following:
1. Analysis of the current situation, law enforcement practice and problematic issues in the field of preventing and combating discrimination against women.

2. Collection, processing and analysis of information from state bodies on the implementation of the recommendations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Concluding Observations of the Committee following the consideration of the 5th Report of the Republic of Kazakhstan), statistical data from the Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms, the Committee on Legal statistics and special records of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the past reporting period (2019-2021) and other analytical information and data related to existing or emerging obstacles in Kazakhstan to the exercise and exercise by women of their rights and fundamental freedoms in civil, political, economic, social, cultural or any other sphere on an equal footing with men, as well as information on the measures envisaged to overcome these obstacles;

3. Conducting consultations with stakeholders, including government agencies, the civil sector for coordination and development of a common vision.

4. Preparation of an analytical report on the implementation by Kazakhstan of the provisions of the CEDAW, as well as the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee, its submission to the Ministry of Information and Social Development and the National Commission for Women, Family and Demographic Policy under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

5. Assistance in the creation of an interdepartmental working group under the authorized body and participation in its work on the preparation of the draft 6th Periodic Report of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the implementation of CEDAW.

6. Development of recommendations on further measures of the state for the implementation of the Concluding Observations of the Committee, submitted following the consideration of the 5th Report of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The national consultant is expected to work from home and conduct necessary consultations with UN Women and partners. All results must be submitted to and approved by the National Commission and UN Women

Competencies

Core Values:
• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies: 

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies:
https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf

Required Skills and Experience

The consultant selection process will be based on the following criteria:
Education:
- Higher education in law, public administration or related sciences; 

Work experience:
- At least 5 years of professional experience related to gender equality, justice and human rights;
- At least 3 years of experience working with the National Commission for Family Affairs and Family and Demographic Policy under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Experience in preparing analytical reports on the protection of human rights, gender equality and the empowerment of women;
- At least 3 years of experience working with international organizations 
- Computer skills and IT applications (Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams ZOOM, etc.)
 

Knowledge of languages:
- Excellent writing and speaking skills in Kazakh and Russian

Selection criteria:
Applicants must meet the above minimum qualification requirements, which will be included in the technical evaluation process in the future. The next stage of the evaluation process will support the methodology of combined analysis of the technical proposal (70%) and financial proposal (30%) of the applicant

Criteria for technical evaluation:

 

Criteria

Maximum

number of points

Education

Higher education in law, public administration or related sciences;

80

Professional experience

At least 5 years of professional experience related to gender equality, justice and human rights;

160

At least 3 years of experience working with the National Commission for Family Affairs and Family and Demographic Policy under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

130

At least 3 years of experience working with international organizations

100

Functional Skills

 

 

Experience in preparing analytical reports on the protection of human rights, gender equality and the empowerment of women;

150

Computer skills and IT applications (Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams ZOOM, etc.)

20

Knowledge of languages

Excellent writing and speaking skills in Kazakh and Russian.

60

Maximum overall technical score (70%)

700

Only candidates with a minimum of 490 points will be eligible for financial evaluation.

Financial assessment:

The evaluation of the submitted financial proposals will be made on the basis of the following formula:

B = T + Clow / C x 300 where

T is the overall technical point awarded to the evaluation of the proposal (only those proposals that pass 70% of the technical evaluation);

C is the price of the evaluated offer; and

C is the lowest price of all evaluated proposals among the relevant proposals;

300 is the maximum financial point you can get.

The winner is the candidate who scores the highest score on the total score (according to the results of the technical assessment + financial assessment).

Candidate selection:

The contract will be offered to the candidate with the highest score in the cumulative evaluation.

Package of documents for consideration

  • A letter explaining your interest in the position;
  • A completed and signed P11 form (available at http://eca.unwomen.org/ru/about-us/employment). Applicants without completed P11 forms will be categorized as non-complete applicants and will not be eligible for further evaluation;
  • Financial Proposal* in Kazakhstan Tenge, including the total requested amount required to complete all tasks under the ToR

Please note that the admin-jobs.undp.org platform only accepts one attachment, so you need to prepare all required documents, scan them as one PDF document and attach them to the online application.

* Each candidate must submit a consolidated financial proposal that includes all of the candidate's expenses required to complete the assigned tasks, including communication costs, travel expenses for the task, etc.

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