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, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides 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 Security Council has passed eight additional resolutions on women, peace and security since the adoption of resolution 1325. The Women, Peace and Security agenda encompasses issues including human trafficking in the context of armed conflict, and violent extremism and terrorism.

In order to support government initiatives to implement article 1 of the SCR 1325 which “urges Member States to ensure increased representation of women at all decision-making levels in national, regional and international institutions and mechanisms for the prevention, management, and resolution of conflict”  UN Women and UNODC are implementing a project to enhance women’s role in law enforcement and border security to prevent trafficking in persons, transnational organized crime and terrorism funded by the Government of Canada.

To contribute to the body of knowledge on Gender and Law Enforcement in Southeast Asia, UN Women Regional office seeks a consultant to produce a joint research with Interpol and UNODC on Women in Law Enforcement in ASEAN as well as country reviews on similar topic in Lao PDR, Vietnam, Philippines and Malaysia.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of Regional Advisor a.i., Governance, Peace and Security, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, the consultant will undertake the following tasks:

• Jointly with INTERPOL and UNODC, produce a research on Women in Law Enforcement in ASEAN
• Upon request, conduct missions to Southeast countries and potentially others to deepen the knowledge on gender and law enforcement and to share the findings of the regional research on women in law enforcement
• Produce a country review of women in law enforcement in Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia (Brunei and Singapore TBC) and integrating feedback received.
• Support building a regional network of women in law enforcement as well as male and female champions promoting women in law enforcement
• Support facilitation of consultations on women in law enforcement in at least two countries.

Expected Deliverables

Essential knowledge and experience:

• Excellent grasp of substantive gender equality, Security and Law Enforcement in Southeast Asia. 
• Substantive experience in conducting research on women in law enforcement, including primary research in Southeast Asia   
• Excellent writing skills. Strong publication record on issues including gender equality, law enforcement is a distinct advantage.

Corporate Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modeling the United Nations' values and ethical standards;
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of the UN and UN Women;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Ability and willingness to work as part of a team to meet tight deadlines and produce high quality work.

Contract period and work location

The consultant will be home-based, and travel to countries in southeast and beyond upon request. Any travel costs related to travel will be authorized and arranged by UN Women prior the travel date.

Required qualification

• Master’s degree in gender issues, security, public policy, law, international relations or another related field.
• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience with a demonstrable ability to undertake empirical research and analytical reviews in the areas of gender and law enforcement.
• Demonstrated experience in conducting research including substantive studies of gender equality and security sector.
• Expertise and knowledge of Southeast Asia
• Excellent command of English. Other UN languages an asset.

Evaluation Criteria

Applications will be evaluated based on the cumulative analysis.

• Technical Qualification (100 points) weight; [70%]
• Financial Proposal (100 points) weight; [30%]

A two-stage procedure is utilised in evaluating the applications, with evaluation of the technical application being completed prior to any price proposal being compared. Only the price proposal of the candidates who passed the minimum technical score of 70% of the obtainable score of 100 points in the technical qualification evaluation will be evaluated.

Technical qualification evaluation criteria:

The total number of points allocated for the technical qualification component is 100. The technical qualification of the individual is evaluated based on following technical qualification evaluation criteria:

Only the candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% of total points will be considered as technically qualified candidates who may be contacted for validation interview.

Submission of application

Interest candidates are encouraged to submit electronic application to hr.bangkok@unwomen.org, copy nichapa.athipan@unwomen.org not later than 21 March 2020, COB.

Submission package includes:

• Updated CV
• Personal History Form (P11)
• Financial proposal

Financial proposal template

Payments

Payments for this consultancy will be based on the achievement of each deliverable and certification that each has been satisfactorily completed.