Antecedentes
- Municipal Law (5393)
- Village Law (442)
- Constitution (Relevant articles including, Article 10, Article 90)
- Penal Code (5237)
- Penal Procedure Law (5271)
- Witness Protection Law (5726)
- Civil Code (4721)
- Code of Civil Procedure (6100)
- Protection of the Family and Prevention of Violence against Women (6284)
- Child Protection Law (5395)
- Family Planning Law (2827)
- Income Tax Law (193)
- Law of Obligations (6098)
- Turkish Code of Commerce (6102)
- Law Amending the Primary Education and Training Law and Some Other Laws (6287)
- National Education Basic Law (1739)
- Vocational Training Law (3308)
- Primary Education and Training Law (222)
- Law on Granting Scholarships and Loans to Students at Higher Education (5102)
- Law on Educating Illiterate Citizens Beyond Compulsory Education Age (2841)
- Public Health Law (1593)
- Fundamental Law on Health Services (3359)
- Mass Housing Law (2985)
- Citizenship Law (5901)
- Election Law (2839)
- Political Parties Law (2820)
- Law on the Committee on Equality of Opportunity for Women and Men (5840)
- Decree-Law establishing the Ministry of Family and Social Policy (DL 662)
- Media Law (5187)
- Law on the Establishment and Broadcasting Services of Radio and Television (6112)
- Unemployment Insurance Law (4447)
- Law on Trials of Officials and Other Civil Servants (4483)
- The Social Insurance Law for Agricultural Workers (2925)
- Turkish Labour Institution Law (4904)
- Trade Unions of Public Workers and Collective Agreement Law (4688)
Deberes y responsabilidades
- Develop a detailed work plan, and methodology for the legislative review of specific cluster of laws with the identification of milestones and timelines for specific activities;
- Identify global legally binding standards on gender equality and empowerment of women to which Turkey is a party and against which the legislation under specific cluster will be reviewed taking into account the existing work conducted by expert civil society organizations and academics in Turkey and agree on those with UN Women and EOC;
- Perform gap analysis identifying non-compliance or only partial compliance of reviewed legislation with agreed global standards;
- Draft report analyzing the gaps identified during the analysis and providing concrete recommendations for addressing the gaps, ideally in the form of concrete wording of a proposed amendment. The report will include an overview of gaps structured as follows: 1) identification of and full text of a reviewed provision, 2) identification and full text of the provision of a global standard/s against which the provision has been reviewed, 3) justification of non-compliance or only partial compliance, 4) recommendation for amendment. Depending on a specific cluster of legislation the report should have no more than 5-20 pages written in English in Times New Roman (11 pt) single space. All quoted and paraphrased material is to be included in footnotes using the OSOCLA rules (Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities);
- From substantive point of view, prepare and undertake consultation on the draft report with the TGNA legislative experts in a way that would contribute to their capacity development on gender aspects of the reviewed legislation. Summarize the inputs and feedback from consultations and, as appropriate, reflect them in the final report;
- Discuss the draft report with the staff assigned by UN Women and agree with them on the final version;
- Draft a final report;
- Present the findings to the members of the EOC and legislation experts.
- A detailed work plan with timeline and milestones;
- List of global standards against which the review will be done with brief justification;
- Gap analysis and draft report;
- Synopsis for the consultation with the TGNA legislation experts together with a detailed agenda and identification of the expected outcomes;
- Final report;
- PowerPoint presentation of the findings.
Competencias
- Proven experience in reviewing legislation from human rights/ women’s rights perspective;
- Thorough knowledge of the area of legislation to be reviewed;
- Knowledge about mandate of the TGNA Commission for Equal Opportunities for Women and Men;
- Ability to work under pressure and deliver high quality results on time;
- Initiative and independence;
- Adaptability;
- Excellent mediating, facilitating and communication skills, with particular focus on supporting capacity development.
Habilidades y experiencia requeridas
Education:
- Graduate degree in law.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in reviews of legislation from a gender perspective;
- Documented experience in and knowledge of the specific area of legislation to be reviewed;
- Proven experience in working with global gender-related normative frameworks;
- Experience in working with the Turkish legal system is a must;
- Full computer literacy.
- Excellent fluency in English and reading and understanding knowledge of Turkish
Application procedure:
- Cover letter including a clear identification of one or more of the above clusters (in whole) of legislation for the review of which you apply; and a brief explanation what you believe makes you the most suitable candidate for the advertised position;
- P11 including past experience in similar assignments. Can be downloaded at www.er.undp.org/hr/docs/p11-un.doc;
- Financial Proposal (Specifying a total lump sum amount for the tasks specified in this announcement. The financial proposal shall include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (number of anticipated working days, travel tickets, per diems and any other possible costs) for each of the clusters you wish to apply for separately.
Evaluation of applicants:
- Responsive to and compliant with the ToR; and
- Having received the highest score out of below defined technical and financial criteria.
- Relevant education - 10 points
- Experience in and knowledge of the area of legislation to be reviewed - 30 points
- Experience in gender review of legislation - 30 points