The Position and Purpose:
Promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and adolescent girls is central to the mandate of the United Nations Population Fund and at the heart of its work — both as a stand-alone dedicated area and as a mainstreamed approach.
The organization’s Strategic Plan 2018–2021 is focused on achieving universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights through three transformational goals: ending preventable maternal deaths, ending the unmet need for family planning and ending gender based violence and all harmful practices.
In the light of the above, a national consultant with expertise in areas of gender and GBV is needed to support the CO to develop a national strategy to combat violence against women (VAW) in Syria.
The consultant will also conduct situation analysis, review international and national legal framework related to VAW, conduct FGDs, workshops and will prepare an implementation matrix for the national strategy to combat VAW in Syria
You will report to UNFPA Gender Programme Officer.
How you can make a difference:
UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.
UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices.
These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.
In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.
UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.
You would be responsible for:
UNFPA in cooperation with the Syrian Commission for Family Affairs and Population (SCFAP), will develop a national strategy to combat violence against women (VAW) in Syria.
The hired consultant will conduct the following tasks:
Phase 1:
- The Consultant will conduct a situational analysis, and revision of relevant studies, plans, governmental programs, national and international legal framework and available services.
