Historique
Cambodia is one of the few countries in the world to have developed country specific targets, including specific targets for the achievement of Gender Equality relating to reducing incidence of violence against women, and enhancing women’s literacy. The Royal Government of Cambodia has shown the strong commitment to realizing a gender equal society through mainstreaming gender into all the policies and programs by its endorsement of international declarations and conventions.
Despite of the above commitments, traditional norms and low levels of education and literacy still limit girls’ and women’s choices and options. Cambodia remains a hierarchical society with strong ideas about power and status. Women are considered to be of lower status than men, although status is also determined by age and other socioeconomic characteristics. In general, attitudes toward gender roles still emphasize the woman as household manager and the man as provider. Women are also severely underrepresented in decision-making processes.
Breaking down gender barriers in Cambodia. The Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MoWA) in partnership with UNDP Cambodia and the Swedish Government, is spearheading a comprehensive policy project aimed at narrowing the nation’s gender gap. Leading the Way for Gender Equality (LWGE), program implementation began in 2017 and is on course to wrap up in December 2020. Three project-pillars are setting the foundation for gender equality in Cambodia.
Institutional reforms through effective policy development and implementation.
Behavioural change through media mobilisation and youth engagement.
Promotion of women in decision-making roles.
Under the programme, many documents related gender equality and empowerment have been published and disseminated widely, for instance, Cambodia Gender Assessment, Gender mainstream toolkits and handbooks that serve to be a guiding document to promote gender equality and mainstreaming. However, the National Policy on Gender Equality is a must for Cambodia to ensure the gender equality and women empowerment and to be compliant with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) and other international conventions/frameworks.
The National Policy on Gender Equality would be a roadmap to achieve the gender equality as promising to the Sustainable Development Goals, outlined in goal number 5, and the national policies/frameworks that outlined in the priority of the Cambodian’s commitments. In addition to this, the policy would be the main document in providing stronger advice and guidance to the sector in terms of the development and reviewing of gender mainstreaming policies and programmes.
Devoirs et responsabilités
The assignment aims to assist the Ministry of Women’s Affairs to review and finalize the draft National Policy on Gender Equality. The assignment will be expected to:
Conduct a desk review and legal impact analysis on gender equality from other countries who have strong gender equality policy and compliance with a national and international framework such as CEDAW, UNCRPD, CPFA, SDGs and social protection;
Conduct an in-dept analysis of recommendations by CEDAW and in the UPR for Cambodia and identify areas of intervention to address the recommendations and to integrate in the draft National Policy;
Conduct meetings and workshops with key relevant ministries, institutions and development partners and various groups of women to collect and analyze inputs and comments as required from the Technical Working Group,
Facilitate Technical Working Group meeting to report the update and progress on a regular basis – weekly and monthly regarding the status of the policy;
Facilitate the consultative workshops/meetings with relevant stakeholders including government ministries, CSOs, DPOs and private sector to collect the input and refine it into the draft document;
Review the draft of the National Policy on Gender Equality by working closely with the Technical Working Group in consolidating inputs and feedbacks and address those feedbacks/comments as concluded by the Technical Working Group;
Check for the accuracy and consistency in legal language and ensure the compliance with the legal framework of the produced first draft of policy;
Prepare a presentation of draft National Policy on Gender Equality to the Technical Working Group and the senior management of MoWA.
Work with MoWA to finalize the draft of policy before submitting to the Council of Ministers for the approval.
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Compétences
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with government and development partners.
Good facilitation and presentation skill.
Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work with people from different backgrounds to deliver quality products within short timeframe.
Be flexible and responsive to changes and demands.
Be client oriented and open to feedback.
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
Treats all people fairly without favoritism.
Excellent computer literacy.
Qualifications et expériences requises
Education: Advanced university degree (master’s degree) in Law, International Law, public administration or another relevant field.
Experience:
At least 7 years of relevant working experience in the formulation of policies, laws and legislation related to gender equality and social development.
Experience for the legal analysis and formulation of gender equality frameworks and legislations in the context of Cambodia
Strong knowledge of national and international frameworks and policies in relation to gender equality and human rights.
- Previous experience in research and study related to CEDAW, SDGs, UNCRPD and other legal frameworks related to disability
Language Requirement:
Fluent in written and spoken English and Khmer
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Interested individual offeror must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:
1. Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work
2. Financial proposal
3. Personal CV including experience in similar projects, list of publication written by Candidate and at least 3 references.
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