The Position:

Under the direct supervision of the Deputy Representative, the Women Protection/GBV Sub-Custer Coordinator will be based in Sana’a, Yemen, to facilitate and coordinate the rapid implementation of multi-sectoral, interagency GBV interventions in the country. The GBV Sub Cluster (GBV-SC) Coordinator’s duties include ensuring implementation of the cluster core coordination functions and key deliverables by the GBV-SC; building and sustaining partnerships, strategic planning, capacity development, advocacy, and ensuring there is safe and ethical information management.

The GBV-SC Coordinator will use the IASC’s Guidelines for Integrating Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action: Reducing Risk, Promoting Resilience, and Aiding Recovery, the GBV Area of Responsibility’s Handbook for Coordination of GBV Interventions in Emergencies (2019), UNFPA’s Managing GBV Programmes in Emergencies Guide and The Inter-agency Minimum Standards for GBV in Emergencies Programming (2019) to facilitate planning, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of inter-agency GBV initiatives.

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.

UNFPA’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 “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ 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 humanitarian crisis in Yemen remains one of the biggest in the world.

More than eight years of conflict and severe economic decline are exacerbating needs in all sectors.

This is especially the case due to the weakness of the different sectors, even pre-crisis. Millions of people in Yemen have suffered the effects of war, compounded by climate events, ongoing economic crisis and disrupted public services. In 2024, 18.2 million people—over 55 per cent of the population—will need humanitarian assistance and protection services in Yemen,In 2024, 18.2 million people—over 55 per cent of the population—will need humanitarian assistance and protection services in Yemen, as a result of protracted conflict, displacement and economic deterioration, compounded by recurrent natural disasters.

Gender-based violence has become endemic in Yemen with more than 6.36 million women and girls at heightened risk of its various forms including harmful traditional practices.

The protracted conflict, natural disasters, economic collapse, water scarcity, continued food insecurity and loss of safe access to basic services and sources of livelihood have further exacerbated risks, particularly for women and girl to various forms of GBV, including child

marriage, trafficking in person, beggary, child labour and sexual exploitation and abuse.

30 per cent of girls in Yemen are married before the age of 18

Access to comprehensive GBV services remains insufficient. Less than five per cent of health facilities provide clinical management of rape, and 90 per cent of rural areas lack GBV services.

Female heads of households, women with disabilities, and those belonging to minority or migrant communities often face even greater obstacles due to compounded

vulnerabilities and potential discrimination. This can further limit their access to life-saving support and pursuing justice

Approximately 6 million people are in need of GBV services in Yemen, of which approximately 5 million are in critical need of the services.

You would be responsible for:

• Representation of the GBV AoR in other clusters, in particular, the protection cluster, WASH, Shelter, Health, Food Security, CCCM, and ICCM and ensure GBV issues are continuously raised and addressed at the various levels in GBV mainstreaming as well as risk mitigation and risk management efforts.