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all for Applications - Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Roster of Experts

New York City

  • Organization: UNWOMEN - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
  • Location: New York City
  • Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Women's Empowerment and Gender Mainstreaming
    • Information Technology and Computer Science
    • Children's rights (health and protection)
    • Gender-based violence
    • Drugs, Anti-Money Laundering, Terrorism and Human Trafficking
  • Closing Date: Closed

UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women.  UN Women supports UN Member States as they set global standards for achieving gender equality and works with governments and civil society to design laws, policies, programmes and services needed to ensure that the standards are effectively implemented and truly benefit women and girls worldwide. It works globally to make the vision of the Sustainable Development Goals a reality for women and girls and stands behind women’s equal participation in all aspects of life, focusing on four strategic priorities\:1) Women lead, participate in and benefit equally from governance systems, 2) Women have income security, decent work and economic autonomy, 3) All women and girls live a life free from all forms of violence and 4) Women and girls contribute to and have greater influence in building sustainable peace and resilience, and benefit equally from the prevention of natural disasters and conflicts and humanitarian action. UN Women also coordinates and promotes the UN system’s work in advancing gender equality, and in all deliberations and agreements linked to the 2030 Agenda. The entity works to position gender equality as fundamental to the Sustainable Development Goals, and a more inclusive world.


UN Women’s programming in ending violence against women and girls includes several flagship programmes and projects around the world, including for example, the Joint Global Programme on Essential Services for Women and Girls Subject to Violence, a partnership by UN Women, UNFPA, WHO, UNDP and UNODC; the EU- UN Spotlight Initiative, a partnership between the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG), including harmful practices; the Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces Initiative, among others.   


The Spotlight Initiative focuses on particular forms of VAWG that are prevalent or prominently emerge in specific regions\: femicide in Latin America; sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), including sexual exploitation and trafficking against women and girls in Asia; sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), including harmful practices (HPs), and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Sub-Saharan Africa; domestic/intimate partner violence (DV/IPV) in the Pacific; and domestic and family violence in the Caribbean.


In the context of its VAWG programming, UN Women is developing a roster of international and national context experts for short-term consultancies to support various technical activities released under the Spotlight Initiative and other EVAW flagship programmes.  The roster will comprise mid-level and senior level experts in VAWG, specifically related to one or more of the areas described below and will be called as needs arise.

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UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women.  UN Women supports UN Member States as they set global standards for achieving gender equality and works with governments and civil society to design laws, policies, programmes and services needed to ensure that the standards are effectively implemented and truly benefit women and girls worldwide. It works globally to make the vision of the Sustainable Development Goals a reality for women and girls and stands behind women’s equal participation in all aspects of life, focusing on four strategic priorities\:1) Women lead, participate in and benefit equally from governance systems, 2) Women have income security, decent work and economic autonomy, 3) All women and girls live a life free from all forms of violence and 4) Women and girls contribute to and have greater influence in building sustainable peace and resilience, and benefit equally from the prevention of natural disasters and conflicts and humanitarian action. UN Women also coordinates and promotes the UN system’s work in advancing gender equality, and in all deliberations and agreements linked to the 2030 Agenda. The entity works to position gender equality as fundamental to the Sustainable Development Goals, and a more inclusive world.


UN Women’s programming in ending violence against women and girls includes several flagship programmes and projects around the world, including for example, the Joint Global Programme on Essential Services for Women and Girls Subject to Violence, a partnership by UN Women, UNFPA, WHO, UNDP and UNODC; the EU- UN Spotlight Initiative, a partnership between the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG), including harmful practices; the Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces Initiative, among others.   


The Spotlight Initiative focuses on particular forms of VAWG that are prevalent or prominently emerge in specific regions\: femicide in Latin America; sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), including sexual exploitation and trafficking against women and girls in Asia; sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), including harmful practices (HPs), and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Sub-Saharan Africa; domestic/intimate partner violence (DV/IPV) in the Pacific; and domestic and family violence in the Caribbean.


In the context of its VAWG programming, UN Women is developing a roster of international and national context experts for short-term consultancies to support various technical activities released under the Spotlight Initiative and other EVAW flagship programmes.  The roster will comprise mid-level and senior level experts in VAWG, specifically related to one or more of the areas described below and will be called as needs arise.

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Areas of expertise and related competencies (please note that not all applicants need to have experience in all of the areas below)\:


Legal and policy reform and drafting on VAW

  • Experience in issues and practices in the fields of judiciary systems; legal reform; gender equality, including ending violence against women;
  • Experience in reviewing laws, policies, regulations, and action plans related to SGBV/HP and SRHR and women’s and girls’ rights;
  • Experience in developing mechanisms for monitoring compliance and ensuring accountability to set standards;
  • Experience in law development and enforcement or prosecution service.
 Essential services for VAW
  • Experience working with institutions to strengthen national response to VAW from different sectors (e.g. police, justice, social services, health sector). For example, through the development and/or implementation of policies, frameworks, standard operating procedures, etc. in line with international standards;
  • Experience in estimating costs, and/or policy analyses related to VAW services.
 Access to justice
  • Substantive knowledge of and experience of jurisprudence, criminal, civil, informal and quasi justice systems, their impact on women and implications of programming within the context of UN Women’s mandate;
  • Professional understanding the dynamics of the justice chain, vertical and horizontal relationships within and across ministries and departments; knowledge of the interface between civil, criminal, informal and quasi justice; ability to undertake policy research, data collection and analysis; ability to produce operational, simple to use material and experience of working in development and post-conflict contexts.
 Prevention of VAW
  • Comprehensive understanding of the prevention evidence-base and entry points for undertaking prevention work along the socio-ecological model;
  • Knowledge of root causes, risk factors and social norms that enable violence against women;
  • Familiarity with promising practices and programming to prevent violence against women.
 Data for VAW
  • Experience in conducting primary research (quantitative methods, qualitative methods) on violence against women, gender equality or related fields and/or strong knowledge and understanding of the methodological, ethical and safety standards for conducting research on violence against women;
  • Experience in doing quality assurance of reports and publications on violence against women research and data, in coordination with and input from multiple partners, with the view of using such reports and publications for advocacy, policy and programming;
  • Experience with and good knowledge of challenges and requirements for monitoring systems related to violence against women and girls programmes, including through the use of administrative data from services providing support to survivors, i.e. health, justice, security, social services.  
 Gender Responsive Budgeting
  • Experience in both Local Development Finance and Gender Responsive Planning and Budgeting / or participatory planning and budgeting in developing countries;
  • Familiarity with best practice approaches in programme evaluation and with social research methods, including qualitative and quantitative approaches to data collection and analysis.
 Monitoring & Evaluation
  • Experience in monitoring and evaluating VAWG programmes.
  • Technical expertise in the principles of Theory Based programme M&E, impact assessment techniques, and data management and analysis;
  • Good knowledge of programme formulation and implementation and Results Based Management;
  • Understanding of ethics related to data management, monitoring and evaluation.
 Women’s Movement
  • Strong understanding of gender equality and women's empowerment, especially related to community mobilization and movement building/strengthening;
  • Experience in facilitating high-level events such as Beijing 25 Platform;
  • Experience building strong partnerships with civil society organizations;
  • Experience working with civil society in the area of VAW, including for example on management, coordination, capacity building, mapping exercisers, gap analyses, etc.
  • Ability to draft clear and concise technical documents including the development of quality knowledge products;
  • Building Capacity of CSO’s on VAW on organizational strengthening.
 Other areas
    • General VAW;
    • Emergency preparedness and GBV;
    • Trafficking in women and girls;
    • Proposal drafting on VAW.
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    Areas of expertise and related competencies (please note that not all applicants need to have experience in all of the areas below)\:


    Legal and policy reform and drafting on VAW

    • Experience in issues and practices in the fields of judiciary systems; legal reform; gender equality, including ending violence against women;
    • Experience in reviewing laws, policies, regulations, and action plans related to SGBV/HP and SRHR and women’s and girls’ rights;
    • Experience in developing mechanisms for monitoring compliance and ensuring accountability to set standards;
    • Experience in law development and enforcement or prosecution service.
     Essential services for VAW
    • Experience working with institutions to strengthen national response to VAW from different sectors (e.g. police, justice, social services, health sector). For example, through the development and/or implementation of policies, frameworks, standard operating procedures, etc. in line with international standards;
    • Experience in estimating costs, and/or policy analyses related to VAW services.
     Access to justice
    • Substantive knowledge of and experience of jurisprudence, criminal, civil, informal and quasi justice systems, their impact on women and implications of programming within the context of UN Women’s mandate;
    • Professional understanding the dynamics of the justice chain, vertical and horizontal relationships within and across ministries and departments; knowledge of the interface between civil, criminal, informal and quasi justice; ability to undertake policy research, data collection and analysis; ability to produce operational, simple to use material and experience of working in development and post-conflict contexts.
     Prevention of VAW
    • Comprehensive understanding of the prevention evidence-base and entry points for undertaking prevention work along the socio-ecological model;
    • Knowledge of root causes, risk factors and social norms that enable violence against women;
    • Familiarity with promising practices and programming to prevent violence against women.
     Data for VAW
    • Experience in conducting primary research (quantitative methods, qualitative methods) on violence against women, gender equality or related fields and/or strong knowledge and understanding of the methodological, ethical and safety standards for conducting research on violence against women;
    • Experience in doing quality assurance of reports and publications on violence against women research and data, in coordination with and input from multiple partners, with the view of using such reports and publications for advocacy, policy and programming;
    • Experience with and good knowledge of challenges and requirements for monitoring systems related to violence against women and girls programmes, including through the use of administrative data from services providing support to survivors, i.e. health, justice, security, social services.  
     Gender Responsive Budgeting
    • Experience in both Local Development Finance and Gender Responsive Planning and Budgeting / or participatory planning and budgeting in developing countries;
    • Familiarity with best practice approaches in programme evaluation and with social research methods, including qualitative and quantitative approaches to data collection and analysis.
     Monitoring & Evaluation
    • Experience in monitoring and evaluating VAWG programmes.
    • Technical expertise in the principles of Theory Based programme M&E, impact assessment techniques, and data management and analysis;
    • Good knowledge of programme formulation and implementation and Results Based Management;
    • Understanding of ethics related to data management, monitoring and evaluation.
     Women’s Movement
    • Strong understanding of gender equality and women's empowerment, especially related to community mobilization and movement building/strengthening;
    • Experience in facilitating high-level events such as Beijing 25 Platform;
    • Experience building strong partnerships with civil society organizations;
    • Experience working with civil society in the area of VAW, including for example on management, coordination, capacity building, mapping exercisers, gap analyses, etc.
    • Ability to draft clear and concise technical documents including the development of quality knowledge products;
    • Building Capacity of CSO’s on VAW on organizational strengthening.
     Other areas
      • General VAW;
      • Emergency preparedness and GBV;
      • Trafficking in women and girls;
      • Proposal drafting on VAW.
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      • A Master’s degree in Social Science, Gender Studies, Anthropology, Management, Public Policy, or related social sciences.
      • At least 5 years of professional experience working in one or more of the following areas\: legal and policy reform and drafting, VAWG and Data, VAWG and networking and advocacy, gender-based violence, public policy analysis/development, strategic and action planning, gender budgeting, data collection and data analysis, and gender equality/women’s empowerment training.
      • Proven technical competencies and experience in working in the area of ending violence against women/girls
      • Demonstrated experience in implementing programmes on gender equality and VAW; and in formulating result oriented programme, monitoring programme based on indicators and quality reporting.  
      • Proven organizational experience in building strategic partnerships in countries with government agencies, women led organizations, CSOs, and other non-traditional partners.
      • Demonstrated experience in developing quality research methodology involving multiple country consultations and extensive desktop review.
      • Previous work in the target countries of Spotlight and other countries on VAW would be an advantage.
      • Excellent knowledge of Results Based Management.
      • Experience in the development and delivery of training programmes, toolkits, evaluation and monitoring matrices, and mentoring on VAWG.
      • Knowledge on women’s human rights instruments (international and national).
      • Excellent oral and written communication in English. Knowledge of another language from the countries where Spotlight and other UN-Women flagship programmes are being implemented a strong asset\: French, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish.
      • Strong research, writing, analysis skills in the substantive area.
      Contracting Arrangements\:

      Successful candidates will be included in UN Women’s technical expert roster for a period of 2 years. Entry into the expert roster system does not necessarily mean that a contract with UN Women is guaranteed. This will depend on forthcoming needs.


      When a request for services arises, the UN Women office in need of services shall directly contract the consultant from the roster without the need for further selection processes. A specific Terms of Reference (ToR) outlining the outputs for each assignment shall be provided and, subject to agreement from the designated candidate, a Special Service Agreement (SSA) will be issued. Conditions of a particular assignment may be negotiable.


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      • A Master’s degree in Social Science, Gender Studies, Anthropology, Management, Public Policy, or related social sciences.
      • At least 5 years of professional experience working in one or more of the following areas\: legal and policy reform and drafting, VAWG and Data, VAWG and networking and advocacy, gender-based violence, public policy analysis/development, strategic and action planning, gender budgeting, data collection and data analysis, and gender equality/women’s empowerment training.
      • Proven technical competencies and experience in working in the area of ending violence against women/girls
      • Demonstrated experience in implementing programmes on gender equality and VAW; and in formulating result oriented programme, monitoring programme based on indicators and quality reporting.  
      • Proven organizational experience in building strategic partnerships in countries with government agencies, women led organizations, CSOs, and other non-traditional partners.
      • Demonstrated experience in developing quality research methodology involving multiple country consultations and extensive desktop review.
      • Previous work in the target countries of Spotlight and other countries on VAW would be an advantage.
      • Excellent knowledge of Results Based Management.
      • Experience in the development and delivery of training programmes, toolkits, evaluation and monitoring matrices, and mentoring on VAWG.
      • Knowledge on women’s human rights instruments (international and national).
      • Excellent oral and written communication in English. Knowledge of another language from the countries where Spotlight and other UN-Women flagship programmes are being implemented a strong asset\: French, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish.
      • Strong research, writing, analysis skills in the substantive area.
      Contracting Arrangements\:

      Successful candidates will be included in UN Women’s technical expert roster for a period of 2 years. Entry into the expert roster system does not necessarily mean that a contract with UN Women is guaranteed. This will depend on forthcoming needs.


      When a request for services arises, the UN Women office in need of services shall directly contract the consultant from the roster without the need for further selection processes. A specific Terms of Reference (ToR) outlining the outputs for each assignment shall be provided and, subject to agreement from the designated candidate, a Special Service Agreement (SSA) will be issued. Conditions of a particular assignment may be negotiable.


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