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Disability Inclusion Consultant for EVAW Programming in East and Southern Africa | |
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Location : | Home-based, KENYA |
Application Deadline : | 05-Aug-22 (Midnight New York, USA) |
Type of Contract : | Individual Contract |
Post Level : | National Consultant |
Languages Required : | English |
Expected Duration of Assignment : | 4 months |
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. |
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UN Women is 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, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action in East and Southern Africa (ESA). Ending violence against women and girls (EVAWG) remains a priority area for UN Women in East and Southern Africa, as the most widespread violation of human rights. Regional prevalence estimates of women and girls’ experiences of different forms of violence are often higher than global averages.[1] For example, the WHO 2018 prevalence estimates show that 20% of ever-married/partnered women aged 15–49 in Sub-Saharan Africa have experienced physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) in the past 12 months, the highest compared to other regions, while 33% have experienced violence in their lifetime, which is higher than the global estimates of 27%.[2] According to WHO, over one billion people live with some form of disability in the world, corresponding to 15% of the world's population. The WHO 2011 World Report on Disability found that the female disability prevalence rate is 19.2%.[3] Women and girls with disabilities face intersectional discrimination[4] and exclusion, based on their gender and disability, among other status, which include attitudinal, environmental and institutional barriers. These factors contribute to the higher risk of violence for women and girls with disabilities, although lack of adequately disaggregated data on violence against women and girls with disabilities results in EVAWG policies, funding allocations, service provision and programmes which do not adequately reflect the needs, engage or respond to the rights of women and girls with disabilities. [1] See: What we do: Ending violence against women | UN Women – Africa [2] WHO (World Health Organization). 2021. Violence Against Women Prevalence Estimates, 2018: Global, Regional and National Prevalence Estimates for Intimate Partner Violence against Women and Global and Regional Prevalence Estimates for Non-partner Sexual Violence against Women. Geneva: WHO, on behalf of the United Nations Inter-Agency Working Group on Violence Against Women Estimation and Data (United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Population Fund, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, United Nations Statistics Division and UN Women). [3] WHO. 2011. World Report on Disability (who.int). [4] See General Comment No. 6 (2018) on Equality and Non-Discrimination: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. As part of UN Women East and Southern Africa’s Strategic Note 2022-2025, the entity seeks to collaborate with regional partners, including UN agencies, to develop a strategy for disability inclusion across the East and Southern Africa Region’s (ESAR) efforts, with an initial focus on its work in ending violence against women and girls.[1] These efforts will enable UN Women to better contribute to upholding the rights of women and girls with disabilities and involve increased collaboration with organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs), especially women-led OPDs and support to coalition building and strategic partnerships between Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) and women’s rights organizations, youth organizations and other civil society partners to promote leadership of women and girls with disabilities.[2] It will focus engagement and partnership among these CSO partners at country and regional levels for addressing intersectional discrimination faced by women and girls with disabilities, strengthening networks and solidarity across groups and monitoring of progress against commitments for EVAWG.[3] In support of these results, UN Women seeks to hire a consultant to support the EVAW Unit to develop a roadmap for targeted and mainstreamed disability inclusion within UN Women’s EVAW efforts in East and Southern Africa. Objective: The objective of the assignment is to develop roadmap which will guide UN Women in systematically improving disability inclusion in its EVAW efforts (including programming) across East and Southern Africa toward realizing more effective and inclusive results for women and girls in their diversity. This will consider the attitudinal, environmental and institutional barriers faced by women and girls with disabilities and cover aspects related to personnel knowledge and capacities as well as organizational practices, including, but not limited to human resource management, stakeholder engagement and partnerships, programme design, implementation and monitoring. Scope of Work: The consultant, under overall guidance of the UN Women Regional Policy Specialist on EVAWG (who also serves as the UN Women Disability Focal Point for East and Southern Africa), will lead the development of a roadmap for targeted and mainstreamed disability inclusion efforts within UN Women’s EVAW efforts and programmes in East and Southern Africa. This will include consultation with UN Women personnel and partners in the region on the roadmap development, drawing upon good practices within UN Women and beyond and lead the design and delivery of introductory learning sessions on disability inclusion for ending violence against women and girls for personnel and as relevant, select partner organizations. The consultant will be responsible for consolidating and reviewing available documentation related to disability inclusion and EVAW, developing and conducting consultations, drafting and presenting the roadmap for validation and revising based on feedback received. This will include ensuring the approach reflects UN Women’s corporate strategy on disability inclusion, the UN Disability Inclusion strategy, and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
[1] This follows UN Women’s Strategic Plan 2022-2025, which is fully committed to mainstreaming disability inclusion throughout its work, in line with the corporate strategy on disability inclusion, the UN Disability Inclusion strategy, and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [2] This is one of the commitments made by UN Women to the Global Disability Summit in 2022. [3] This will include, but not be limited to: UN Trust Fund on Violence against Women Grantees, youth organizations, organizations of persons with disabilities, women living with HIV, LGBTIQ+ persons and other marginalized groups.
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The tasks to be undertaken include: Develop and conduct an assessment of the strengths and capacity development needs of UN Women in ESAR and partner organizations in ESAR with regards to addressing violence against women and girls with disabilities and intersectional discrimination. This will include, but not be limited to women’s organizations, youth organizations and organizations of persons with disabilities and related networks. Review UN Women ESAR documentation on EVAW efforts and organizational practices related including, but not limited to human resource management, EVAW stakeholder engagement and partnerships, programme design, implementation and monitoring. Review UN Women and sister agency documentation on disability inclusion, particularly as it relates to EVAWG. Consult with ESAR personnel and select partners on how UN Women can systematically address intersectional discrimination to:
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[1] This is one of the commitments made by UN Women to the Global Disability Summit in 2022.
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