Specialist for the Promotion of Inclusive Green Economy in the Trifinio

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Mission and objectives

All human development and human rights issues have gender dimensions. UN Women focuses on priority areas that are fundamental to women’s equality, and that can unlock progress across the board.

Context

Organization mission and objectives UN Women is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide. 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: • Women lead, participate in and benefit equally from governance systems • Women have income security, decent work and economic autonomy • All women and girls live a life free from all forms of violence • 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.

Task description

Under the direct supervision of Head of office a.i. and in collaboration with the Economic Empowerment Area Coordinator, who maintains relationships with national and subnational partners and advises and provides strategic inputs to facilitate the creation and management of knowledge and communication in the area, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: • Under her/his expertise will support the Country Office in the preparation of a report on the national context assessment in terms of existing and potential activities and small initiatives around the promotion of the green economy, including the profiling of development partners in this area • Support the Country Office in the preparation of a study on the condition of women in the rural area in Trifinio region with the objective of promoting actions towards gender equality and the empowerment of women in the transition to green economy and cli-mate-smart agriculture. • The Expert should be able to build research aimed to promote capacity building and knowledge sharing for different actors, to aid evidence – based policy development processes on integrating gender equality and women´s empowerment in green economy approaches. This research may include good sustainable practices implemented by indigenous women and the challenges of technological change for sustainability. • Support the institutional framework for monitoring of the green economy and the sustainable development in terms of association and funding mobilization. • Organize outreach and awareness raising activities such as webinars and events. Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to: • Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for in-stance in events that mark International Volunteer Day); • Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country. • Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities. • Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc. • Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly arrived UN Volunteers. • Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.