Antecedentes

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 center 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.

UN Women Philippines is jointly implementing the project BRIDGE - Bridging Recruitment to Reintegration in Migration Governance: Philippines (BRIDGE) with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) seeking to support government of the Philippines in achieving Objectives 6 and 21 through the lens of the Global Compact for Migration Thematic Area 4: Facilitating regular migration, decent work and enhancing the positive development effects of human mobility.

This will be accomplished by ensuring a) Government initiatives to promote fair and ethical recruitment as well as reintegration services are evidence-based, gender-responsive and coordinated through a people-centered, whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach and b) the Government establishes mechanisms to translate evidence into policy and best practices pertaining to recruitment and reintegration through the migration cycle. Both results seek to ensure human mobility in the Philippines is fully utilized and facilitated in a regular, safe and orderly manner that contributes towards sustainable development effects for migrants, their families and even communities.

Furthermore, against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting large-scale displacement and return migration of OFWs, BRIDGE seeks to equip and strengthen the approach by Government and civil society towards effective reintegration frameworks and services that are tailored to the COVID-19 context, mindful of its gender differentiated implications on men and women migrants.

Likewise, cognizant of the likely eventual surge of OFW deployments post-pandemic, and the increased risk of exploitation as a result, BRIDGE’s focus on fair and ethical recruitment seeks to strengthen and align national standards of recruitment to international standards, while ensuring there is a more consistent and impactful approach from recruitment to reintegration.

UN Women Philippines will contribute to the project by engaging government actors and organizations to ensure gender responsive mechanisms specifically addressing gender differentiated needs of migrants as well as coordinate partnership meetings, policy and knowledge exchange to further learn and understand the plight of migrant women.

To strengthen the implementation of BRIDGE, UN Women seeks a National Consultant on Gender and Migration to provide technical and advisory support to the project team and UN Women Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE)/Migration programme in the Programme Presence.

Deberes y responsabilidades

The Gender and Migration Consultant shall work with the WEE/Migration programme in the Philippines, especially the BRIDGE Programme Officer and Programme Assistant, to map and assess the status of gender mainstreaming in Philippine labour migration programmes, with a focus on the recruitment and reintegration phases, and on data collection practices. The mapping and assessment will focus on, but shall not be confined to, initiatives by the BRIDGE implementing partners, including national government agencies, LGUs, civil society, and the private sector, among others. Based on the results of the mapping and assessment, the National Consultant shall make recommendations on how to address existing gaps and strengthen gender mainstreaming in Philippine migration governance.

The Consultant will perform the following tasks:

• Map the migration data collection practices of the various stakeholders throughout the migration process, including and especially during the recruitment and reintegration phases of the labour migration cycle.
• Evaluate the programmes, activities, and projects identified in the data collection mapping phase using a gender lens in order to come up with a Gender Assessment Report on migration data collection practices.
• Map existing programmes, activities, and projects of various Philippine labour migration stakeholders in the area of reintegration. To the extent possible, prior and ongoing mapping initiatives, if any, may be referenced, and their findings validated and updated. Reintegration initiatives specifically developed and implemented to address the impact of COVID-19 on OFWs should be highlighted. The various dimensions (economic, social, psychosocial) and levels (individual, community, structural) of reintegration should be taken into account.
• Evaluate the reintegration programmes, activities, and projects identified in the mapping phase using a gender lens in order to come up with specific and detailed  recommendations on how they can be made more gender-responsive, and to pinpoint gaps where technical assistance could potentially be facilitated by UN Women. 
• Expected deliverables and timelines

Supervision

Consultant will work under the direct supervision of the BRIDGE National Programme Officer Philippines who will be responsible for the quality assurance of the deliverables.

Competencias

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Functional Competencies:

• Excellent analytical skills
• Excellent writing skills
• Strong knowledge of UN Women processes and systems
• Strong networking skills
• Strong inter-personal skills, communicate effectively with staff at all levels of the organization;
• Ability to work in a highly pressured environment

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas