GBV in Emergencies Preparedness and Response Consultant

Tags: Human Rights Covid-19 English Environment
  • Added Date: Sunday, 19 January 2025
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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. UNFPAโ€™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 โ€œbuild forward betterโ€, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on womenโ€™s and girlsโ€™ 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.

Job Purpose:

The Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) region faces a complex array of risks, ranging from natural disasters to protracted conflicts. Recent events like the war in Ukraine, the earthquake in Turkey, and renewed hostilities in the Karabakh region have further exacerbated existing vulnerabilities. These events, alongside less publicised but persistent conflicts, have affected economic stability and political equilibrium in countries across the region.

Since the onset of the Ukraine crisis, UNFPA's Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECARO) has been providing comprehensive support to those affected, working closely with UNFPA country offices and partners in Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, and non-programme countries like Poland, Romania, and Slovakia, to address the unique needs of women and girls.

In response to the frequency and severity of these crises, the UNFPA Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (EECARO) has made significant investments in bolstering the emergency preparedness and response capacity of its Country Offices (COs), and selected non-programme countries, with a specific focus on Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies (GBViE).

EECARO has already taken concrete steps, including developing and facilitating the first EECA Regional GBV in Emergencies Training, establishing a Regional Roster of GBV/GBViE Specialists, sustaining a dedicated Community of Practice. EECARO has also been investing in strengthening the GBV Coordination mechanisms within the Refugee Response to the Ukraine crisis and rolling out the Safe You app in Romania and Poland to increase access to services and information to all women and girls.

Building on this momentum, EECARO is committed to continue investing in GBV emergency preparedness and response in the region.

Objective of the Consultancy:

Under the overall guidance of EECAROโ€™s Regional Director and Regional Humanitarian Coordinator, and under direct supervision of EECARO Regional GBViE Specialist, the GBViE Consultant will work closely with the wider Humanitarian and Gender Teams to provide:

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