Individual contractor on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment

Result of ServiceTo this end, ESCAP's Social Development Division is hiring an individual contractor, under the overall supervision of the Chief of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Section, to undertake the following tasks: Provide technical input and prepare background materials for the opening of the Women’s Entrepreneurship Development Centre in Cambodia. Develop 2026 advocacy materials on the care economy, including a communications strategy, documentation of best practices, and human-interest stories. Support the organization of the High-Level Dialogue on Care and Entrepreneurship in Cambodia, including background documentation and coordination. Submit the meeting report and evaluation for the Cambodia High-Level Dialogue. Support preparations for regional and intergovernmental advocacy events related to gender equality, digital, green, and care economies. Provide technical input on research design for a landscape study on women in the informal economy in Cambodia. Provide technical support and support preparations for the 82nd Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific under the priority theme ‘A society for all ages in Asia and the Pacific: ensuring inclusive and sustainable economic growth in a world of rapid demographic transition’. Support the development of a regional policy paper on advancing women’s economic empowerment in the digital, green, and care economies, by preparing first draft paper. Liaise with partners and provide technical input to support the issuance of a regional grant programme that enables the roll-out of innovative care enterprise initiatives and models that promote care entrepreneurship and reduce women’s unpaid care work. Capture and document good practices, lessons learned, and success stories from grant-supported initiatives for knowledge sharing. Support preparations for the Pacific Islands Forum Women Leader's Meeting, including drafting presentations, talking points, and briefing notes for bilateral meetings. Finalize the regional policy paper on advancing women’s economic empowerment in the digital, green, and care economies. Ensure that the ESCAP Gender Equality webpage and the Asia-Pacific Gender Portal are regularly maintained and updated with relevant content. Prepare substantive written contributions and communications materials, including speeches, talking points, blog posts, press releases, and social media content, on care and other gender equality topics. Support project implementation, monitoring and reporting Provide any other support as requested in alignment with the overall goals of ESCAP’s gender equality and care economy initiatives. Work LocationBangkok Expected duration01/11/25-31/07/26 Duties and ResponsibilitiesESCAP recognizes the crucial role of promoting women's economic empowerment to advance gender equality and address the challenges faced by women and girls in Asia and the Pacific. In the region, women and girls shoulder a disproportionate share of unpaid care and domestic work, dedicating an average of four times more time to these responsibilities compared to men. This gendered and unequal distribution of care responsibilities restricts the opportunities available to women and girls, hindering their access to quality education, decent work and participation in public life. Policies that recognize, reduce, and redistribute unpaid care and domestic work are critical to free up women's and girls' time and provide them with greater opportunities, including access to education, employment, and the ability to contribute to the economy. In this context, ESCAP collaborates with governments in Asia and the Pacific to value and invest in the care economy. This includes supporting efforts to harmonize existing legislation toward the reduction and redistribution of unpaid care work, establishing national care systems that include affordable support services for children, older persons and family members with disabilities, and introducing the systematic use of gender-responsive budget initiatives. Qualifications/special skillsAdvanced university degree in development, social sciences or related field. At least one year of experience in undertaking research on socioeconomic issues, including previous work in UN entities and non-governmental organizations. At least one year of experience in undertaking research on socioeconomic issues, including previous work in UN entities and non-governmental organizations. Strong research and drafting skills are required. Experience in providing project or programme support as well as in coordination and administrative support to the organization of events is required. Experience in the Asia-Pacific region is desirable. LanguagesFluency in written and spoken English is required. Additional InformationNot available. No FeeTHE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.