UN WOMEN Jobs - 69975- Consultant on ‘Women and PVE’ in Bangladesh

Consultant on ‘Women and PVE’ in Bangladesh

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Home Based, BANGLADESH

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

02-Jan-2017

Application Deadline :

31-Dec-16 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

15 working days or as required days to complete the deliverables

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, 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. Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, the UN Women will lead and coordinate United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It will provide strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

In 2000, the Security Council adopted the ground-breaking resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security — the first to link women’s experiences of conflict to the international peace and security agenda. It focused on the disproportionate impact of conflict on women, and called for their engagement in conflict resolution and peacebuilding. The Security Council has passed seven additional resolutions on women, peace and security since the adoption of resolution 1325. Among these, Security Council resolution 2242 (2015) provides one of the most important pronouncements of the linkages between countering terrorism and violent extremism, and women, peace and security. It delivers a roadmap and issues a call to action for ensuring a gender perspective in all efforts, and that an emphasis is placed on prevention responses. It calls on Member States and the UN system to ensure the participation and leadership of women in developing strategies to counter terrorism and violent extremism, and build their capacity to do so effectively; as well as for adequate financing to make good on these commitments.

The UN Secretary-General’s Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism (A/70/674), presented in UN General Assembly in January 2016, calls for, “a comprehensive approach encompassing not only essential security-based counter-terrorism measures but also systematic preventive steps to address the underlying conditions that drive individuals to radicalize and join violent extremist groups.” It acknowledges the important role of women and youth, and in particular young women, in preventing violent extremism. Indeed, the Plan of Action has a dedicated section on gender equality and women’s empowerment, mainstreamed language on the importance of a human rights and gender approach, as well as the commitment to earmark funds within these efforts to further women’s rights and empowerment. The updated un Global Counter – Terrorism Strategy adopted in June 2016 mirrors this approach.

Based on the above, UN Women is currently developing its programmatic approach in Asia and the Pacific including Bangladesh. Through this consultancy, UN Women Bangladesh intends to get a catalogue of stakeholders, actors and initiatives currently taken up at national and local levels in order to prevent violent extremism in the country, with special attention to the extent to which they include women and/or address issues of gender equality.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision and guidance of the Country Representative, UN Women, Bangladesh Country Office, the consultant will undertake the following tasks:

A summaryof existing trends of violent extremism in Bangladesh and patterns in terms of population and geography (desk review);
Mapping existing initiatives aiming to prevent violent extremism identifying organizations involved (in particular international NGOs and national NGOs but also development partners, national government, local government, religious organizations, among others) at both national and local levels; types of interventions; location and reach (audience) and timelines of interventions; and their profiles (including operational annual budget if available);
Assess the extent to which gender equality and women’s and girls’ human rights have been integrated into the existing PVE initiatives and recommend how to strengthen this;
Based on mapping and assessment of how gender equality is integrated, recommend potential partners for UN Women.

Deliverable:

Work plan and proposed methodology;
First draft report, including mapping of existing trends and initiatives, with particular attention to gender content (desk review and secondary data collection);
Final report, addressing comments received.

Payment will be processed upon receipt of the final report.

Competencies

Corporate Competencies:

Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UN Women;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Treats all people fairly without favoritism;
Fulfills all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.

Functional Competencies:

Ability to pragmatically apply in-depth knowledge and experience of issues and practices in the fields of gender equality and
Women and PVE’ in Bangladesh;
Strong communications skills, and experience in presenting evidence and ideas for policy and programme;
Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree in conflict or development related disciplines, gender issues, economics, public policy, law, international relations or other social science fields.

Experiences

Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience in the area of peacebuilding, peace and security, or related areas, and on promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Language:

Excellent command of English (oral and written).

Interested candidates are requested to submit:

Updated CV;
Personal History Form(P11);
Financial proposal: the financial proposal shall specify a lump sum of total fees with daily rate;

All applicants must include (as an attachment) the CV, P11, technical and financial proposals. Applications without financial proposal will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.“Personal History Form - P 11” which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employme