Background:
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. In the area of protection, UN Women contributes to building peaceful and inclusive societies by supporting protective environments and mechanisms and support civil society to advocate for access to justice and reparations for survivors.
UN Women provides technical expertise to support gender mainstreaming across protection processes; and enables knowledge generation through documenting good practices, research and policy development. UN Women is often uniquely positioned to provide a space to facilitate women’s civil society access to decision-makers.
The Peace, Security and Resilience Section leads UN Women’s work to fulfill its mandate in the area of peace, security and disaster risk reduction, as well as UN system efforts towards improved implementation, and monitoring and reporting of global commitments on women and peace and security, including as set out in the Beijing Platform for Action and in Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000), 1820 (2008), 1888 (2009), 1889 (2009), 1960 (2010), 2106 (2013), 2122 (2013), 2242 (2015), 2467 (2019) and 2493 (2019); relevant Statements by the President of the Security Council, and related accountability frameworks established by the UN system. UN Women is a founding member of the UN Action network Against Sexual Violence in Conflict, and a member of the UN Global Focal Point for the Rule of Law.
Under the supervision of the Policy Specialist, Rule of Law and Transitional Justice, the Policy Specialist, Protection will reinforce the development of work within the area of gender-sensitive protection, including policy development and coordination, capacity building interventions and strategic partnerships, learning and knowledge production and management, and technical assistance to UN Women Country offices and Partners. The Policy Specialist will act as an important channel between country and regional offices, and global policy-related work in the areas of protection and gender-based violence in emergencies, including in relation to access to justice for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence, and protection challenges faced by women human rights defenders. The Policy Specialist will also contribute to the broader work of the Peace, Security and Resilience Section
Contribute to UN Women’s policy development, implementation and quality assurance on initiatives related to conflict-related sexual violence, protection of civilians and women human rights defenders, to rule of law and transitional justice
Provide technical guidance and support to inter-agency and international coordination mechanisms:
Provide technical assistance and programme support in the area of Transitional Justice:
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In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Diversity and inclusion:
At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.
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UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)