International CGEP consultant

Background/Context:

Grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, UN Women works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality for everyone, regardless of gender, as equal partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace, and security. Placing women’s rights at the centre 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 national priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with government, civil society, development partners, and other relevant actors.

In the context of the long-standing cooperation of the EU Delegation to the Kyrgyz Republic and the UN Women on gender issues, UN Women CO and the EU Delegation to the Kyrgyzstan are planning to develop Country Gender Equality Profile of Kyrgyzstan. Based on both statistical and qualitative data, Country Gender Equality Profile will form an analytical document to provide an understanding of the current context in relation to gender equality and women’s empowerment, including an overview of opportunities to address the gaps in the implementation of the National Gender Equality Strategy identified through in-depth analysis in the following thematic areas:

The purpose of developing a CGEP for Kyrgyzstan is to strengthen national understanding and data analysis and management on the advancement of international, regional, and national commitments towards GEWE; and to act as a primary source of information for evidence-driven advocacy to advance the gains and overcome the bottlenecks to realizing GEWE at sub-national and national levels.

The Country gender Equality Profile will serve as analytical and operational document which will be framed against international norms and standards on Gender equality and Women’s Empowerment and the national/international commitments made, including the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (PFA) and other relevant UN Security Council resolutions on women, peace and security (where applicable) and agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) as well as other significant national and international commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment made in the Paris Agreement on climate change, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction etc.

The gender analysis included in the Country Gender Equality Profile is expected to support the government of the Kyrgyz Republic to identify the key gender equality issues, barriers and challenges thus to accelerate the advancement of gender equality corresponding to implementation of National Gender Equality Strategy till 2030 (minjust.gov.kg) and it’s NAP for a period 2022-2024[1]. The process of developing the CGEP will leverage and strengthen the role and leadership of the national gender machinery/ Ministry of Labor, Social Security and Migration as a key player in guiding and monitoring implementation of commitments to GEWE in the country. The CGEP findings and recommendations are expected to be validated through validation exercise within the National Task Force Group established by gender machinery. The analytical document will also assist the EU programming exercise in the context of the Multi-annual Indicative Programme during 2021- 2027 and EU Gender Action Plan 2020-2025 (GAP-III) for the Kyrgyz Republic. 

The document will generate the findings and recommendations to target national policy reform on institutional framework for gender equality based on holistic and robust analysis on gender equality and women’s empowerment as well as deep analysis on the root causes of 7 thematic areas which will be backed by accurate quantitative and qualitative gender statistics. 

The CGEP should at a minimum meet the following criteria:

1. Use key recent data and statistics on the situation of women and girls, men and boys, and gender and sexual minorities in Kyrgyzstan

2. Identify key barriers to achieving GEWE, including discriminatory social norms, legislative framework, institutional capacity

3. Identify key actors (stakeholder mapping) with the mandate to act for GEWE, including national and sub-national government actors, I/NGOs, civil society, and international development partners

4. Map data gaps, including those related to sex-age-gender-disability, disaggregated data and statistics

5. Identify realistic objectives/opportunities for policy and political dialogue,

6. Develop targeted and action-oriented recommendations for the integration of GEWE in the selected thematic areas, including from a programmatic perspective.

To implement this initiative, UN Women Country Office (CO) in Kyrgyzstan, on behalf of the UN System in the Kyrgyz Republic and the EU Delegation to the Kyrgyz Republic, is seeking the expertise of an International Consultant. The consultant will be responsible for finalizing and refining the draft Country Gender Equality Profile for Kyrgyzstan, which has been developed by a team of national consultants, including a Data Research Consultant and a Gender Consultant.

The International Consultant will work in close collaboration with the UN Women team and the national experts to ensure the document meets high-quality standards, aligns with international best practices, and effectively addresses key gender equality issues in the country.

Goal: Under the overall guidance of the Regional Gender Data Specialist based at UN Women Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECARO), SDG Data and Partnership Coordinator at UN Women Country Office and Macro-economist/Public Finance Management Programme Officer at EU Delegation to the Kyrgyz Republic, CGEP International Lead Consultant in coordination with team of national consultants will develop the Country Gender Equality Profile.

Description of Responsibilities/ Scope of Work:

Within the assignment, the Consultant will be responsible for the following activities: 

Deliverables: Deliverable Expected completion time (due day) 

15 April 2025

Inputs from UN Women and EU Delegation:

•             UN Women and EU Delegation will provide the consultant with background materials for the assignments. Specifically, this will include national reports, researches, data, EU Gender Action Plan 2020-2025 (GAP-III) etc. 

•             UN Women CO will provide the contact details and introductions to the team of National Consultants.

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel

This is a home-based consultancy. 

[1] National strategy on Gender Equality till 2030 and it’s NAP 2022-2024  (minjust.gov.kg)

Competencies :

Core Values:

- Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.

-Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work.

-Demonstrate an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff.

-Demonstrate an international outlook, appreciating difference in values and learning from cultural diversity.

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