Historique
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.
The Strategic Partnerships, Coordination and Intergovernmental Bureau leads and coordinates UN Women’s implementation of its system-wide and interagency mandates and functions. Central to this is the operationalization of the intergovernmental mandate expressed in its founding resolution in which the UN’s General Assembly decided that UN Women will “lead, coordinate and promote the accountability of the United Nations system in its work on gender equality and the empowerment of women” at the global, regional and country levels.
The Policy Specialist is a member of the UN System Coordination Division’s team part of the Strategic Partnerships, Coordination and Intergovernmental Bureau of UN Women. S\he reports to the Coordination Advisor who provides overall strategic direction, guidance and oversight. The Policy Specialist is responsible for supporting the coordination of the integration of gender equality considerations and women’s rights into UN System-wide initiatives on disability inclusion, and the rights of persons with disabilities into the work on gender equality and women’s rights, including through gender mainstreaming. |
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Provide Global Technical and Programme Support on Gender Equality and Disability Inclusion:
Provide Technical Support on Monitoring and Accountability of Gender Equality and Disability Inclusion:
Conduct research and analysis on Gender Equality and Disability Inclusion:
Provide technical support to intergovernmental and inter-agency processes and policy development:
Provide knowledge management and knowledge sharing support:
Perform any other duties as requested by the supervisor.
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