UN Women National Consultant - Gender Coordinator, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
I. Contract Overview
Consultancy Title UN Women National Consultant - Gender Coordinator
Organization United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
Contract Supervision State Lead and Policy Specialist, Madhya Pradesh
Duty Station Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India, with local field travel as required
Contract Type SSA
Number of Positions One
Contract Duration One year (20 Working Days per Month), renewable subject to programme requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance
II. Consultancy Assignment
Background/Context
UN Women promotes integrated approaches to ensure that all women and girls live a life free from all forms of violence. Gender-based violence (GBV) exists in various settings, including domestic, public, private, online, and workplaces and affects all genders, women and marginalised genders bear a disproportionate burden of its impact. Violence against women (VAW)
is a grave violation of human rights with far-reaching consequences for women, their families and communities worldwide. It has tremendous costs from greater strains on health care to legal expenses and losses in productivity. The violence cuts across boundaries of age, class, caste, sexuality, sexual expression, education, marital status, race, culture, and geography, among others.
UN Women in India has played a pivotal role in supporting governments in eliminating violence and discrimination against women by demonstrating models of that work to prevent and respond to violence. Efforts towards promoting gender equality are multiplied through partnerships with governments, women’s organisations, civil society, academia, private sector, and the larger UN ecosystem. Initiatives range from strengthening legal frameworks and specific national and sub-national actions, including enhancing service provisioning for survivors of violence, and supporting pr
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