Antecedentes
The Spotlight Initiative regional programme for Central Asia and Afghanistan is part of a global initiative funded by the European Union aimed at combating various forms of violence against women and girls (SGBV), as well as harmful practices. In Central Asia and Afghanistan, the programme focuses on using innovative approaches to understanding, preventing, and responding to sexual and gender-based As part of the Pillar 5 of the Initiative (‘Closing the data gap’), a set of measures is planned to address the gaps in national data in the field of human and sustainable development. Working with the emerging Alliance against SGBV for Central Asia (outcome 2) and folding in representatives from the countries’ National Statistical Offices (NSOs), regional Standards for the collection of prevalence, administrative, Given the underreporting and the sensitivity surrounding SGBV and harmful practices, technical and financial support is required to review the methodologies and types of data collection available in other countries and bring that expertise through regional exchanges. Further, investment is needed in setting up standards for the collection of all types of data on SGBV, including administrative data. A key issue remains accessibility of data in a user-friendly manner, and one which links multiple efforts under the SDGs at the national and regional level to improve monitoring of these commitments. Further, there is an urgent need to bring together analyses on intersecting forms of discrimination and how/if this impacts one’s vulnerability to SGBV and one’s access to services, support and justice. In this regard, the Regional Spotlight Initiative Programme plans to hire a National Consultant to support the research to fill the common data gaps for measuring the intersectional nature of inequalities and SGBV in Central Asia through collection of data and evidence and supporting the International Consultant on conducting quantitative and qualitative analyses on SGBV as it is experienced by those often vulnerable
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Deberes y responsabilidades
The National Consultant will be responsible for the following tasks: 2) To provide support on reviewing available and relevant resources and data for country context analysis, including but not limited to legal and policy frameworks relevant to SGBV, overview of similar study and research conducted at the national and/or global level, mapping of national and global data sources with relevant data and information, etc. 3) To provide support on conceptualising and drafting the methodology and tools for qualitative survey, in particular development of in-depth interview and focus group protocols, semi structured questionnaires to be used for different categories of respondents. Oversee required 4) To organize and conduct data collection with the support and in close cooperation with the International Consultant, including online consultations, focus groups and in-depth interviews with key partners from institutions, civil society, crisis centres, and respondents themselves. If necessary, the National Consultant will liaise with UN country teams and UN Women Consultants working on conducting a desk review of national legislation in five Central Asian countries on SGBV and developing recommendations on alignment of SGBV legislation in Central Asian 5) To support and co-lead data compilation and analysis, including drafting of thematic topics as part of research report. 6) Organize and facilitate regional workshop to discuss and validate the research results with key partners in the CA countries and the Spotlight Initiative partners. 7) To support the revision of final report based on discussions from the validation workshop and integrating UN Women and SI partners feedback with appendices in the form of recommendations, tables, interview schedules, interview questions, case studies, etc. It is expected that the National Consultant will work from home and will conduct online consultations with representatives of the Spotlight Initiative, civil society partners working with various vulnerable categories and respondents. The National Consultant will work closely and provide required support to the International Consultant at all research stages. The communication will take place through emails, meetings |
Competencias
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Habilidades y experiencia requeridas
The selection process of National Consultant will be based on the following criteria: Evaluation process:
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Only candidates, who will score at least 490 (70%) out of the maximum 700 points during the technical evaluation process, will be qualified for financial proposal |
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