Mission and objectivesUN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide. The Central Asia Alliance to End Gender-Based Violence (from here-on referred to as the โAllianceโ) was established as a long-term, sustainable, and effective platform in 2023 to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) in the region.
ContextGender-based violence (GBV) remains a critical human rights issue in Central Asia, affecting millions of women and girls. Despite progress in legislative frameworks, enforcement gaps, cultural stigma, and a lack of regional coordination continue to hinder efforts to combat GBV. The Alliance was established to address these challenges by fostering multi-stakeholder cooperation across Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. This project aligns with national commitments under CEDAW and the Beijing Declaration, and regional commitments under ESCAP, ensuring that Central Asian governments and civil society organizations (CSOs) have a regional mechanism to drive coordinated action. The project builds on the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative, leveraging its achievements to create a sustainable regional platform collaborative action. This project directly contributes to UN Women Kazakhstanโs Strategic Note (2022-2025) by strengthening regional cooperation for SDG 5. It also contributes to UN Womenโs overall strategy including in all five targeted countries across Central Asia. The new UN Regional Center for SDGs in Almaty, Kazakhstanโannounced at the UNGA on March 4, 2025โreinforces Kazakhstanโs leadership in regional cooperation, with the opportunity for the Alliance to be positioned as a flagship initiative to support its goals. The comic book takes a creative approach to addressing the pervasive issues of gender-based violence and societal expectations in Central Asia. Through illustrations and narratives, it challenges readers to rethink long-held beliefs about gender roles and relationships. The engaging format of the comic book makes these important messages accessible to a wider audience, particularly younger generations who are still in the process of forming their views on gender and equality. This assignment supports the translation of training materials from Russian to local Central Asian languages: Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen and Uzbek. Translating the HeForShe Comic Book will enhance accessibility and ensure greater impact for local stakeholders, while also supporting knowledge sharing and capacity building across the region.
Task DescriptionThe Alliance is seeking 5 Online Volunteers to support us by translating HeForShe Central Asia Comic Book from Russian to local Central Asian languages: Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen and Uzbek. To this end the Online Volunteers are asked: - To translate the document, which is 13 pages long into Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen and Uzbek - Ensure the translation is concise, in line with our communications guidelines, and fits the audience The selected Online Volunteers will be provided with the document in the original language and will receive guidance on the target audience and our communications guidelines as well as other guidance as needed. The Online Volunteers will have the opportunity to build connections with the Alliance team at Un Women and learn about the ways in which the translated product contributes to end GBV.
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