Gender-Based-Violence Specialist

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Mission and objectives

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 new strategic plan (2018-2021), focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices.
UNFPA ethics
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. Thus, 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 commit to delivering excellence in programme results.
UNFPA strategy in Lao PDR
UNFPA is starting its 7th Country Programme in Lao PDR. In response to Lao’s socio-economic context and, in line with its strategy on modes of engagement in lower-middle-income countries, UNFPA has prioritised upstream work, with a focus on stronger policy-advocacy and communication and networking to mobilise strategic partnerships. At the same time, innovative pilots and new initiatives are being supported to accelerate delivery on the three transformative results in this decade of action.

Context

Globally, UNFPA supports: Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) for all, particularly women and girls in more than 150 countries – home to more than 80 per cent of the world’s population.
SRH includes:
1. The health of pregnant women, especially the 10-15 million who face life-threatening complications each year;
2. Reliable access to modern contraceptives sufficient to benefit 20 million women a year;
3. Training of thousands of health workers, particularly midwives to help ensure that at least 80 per cent of all childbirths are supervised by skilled attendants;
4. Prevention of teen and early pregnancies, complications of which are the leading cause of death for girls 15-19 years old;
5. Delivery of safe birth supplies, dignity kits and other life-saving materials to survivors of conflict and natural disaster. Prevention of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), one of the most common forms of violence today affecting 1 in 3 women across the globe; Gender-responsive, age-appropriate Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE); Efforts to end child marriage affecting 12 million girls every year; Countries in the development of youth policies and reproductive, maternal, new-born, child and adolescent health policies and action plans; Population census, demographic health surveys, research, data collection and analysis, which are essential for development planning as well as in humanitarian settings.
UNFPA is currently in its 7th Country Programme in Lao PDR. In response to Lao’s socio-economic context and, in line with its strategy on modes of engagement in lower-middle-income countries, UNFPA has prioritised upstream work, with a focus on stronger policy-advocacy and communication and networking to mobilise strategic partnerships. At the same time, innovative pilots and new initiatives are being supported to accelerate delivery on the three transformative results in this decade of action.

Task description

Under the direct supervision of the Gender Programme Lead, the IUNV will work closely with the Gender Programme Team and Representative. The UN Volunteer, through substantive analysis of the political, social, and economic environment -using relevant data- will support the gender team for gender/GBV programme and project implementation, monitoring and reporting, GBV strategic and technical advice; particularly in the area of provision of health and social services for GBV survivors, identifying resource mobilization opportunities, preparation of proposals, donor reports, briefing documents, talking points/remarks and other relevant documents as required.
Specific tasks:
● Assist Gender Programme Lead and Representative as coordinator, facilitator and secretariat for the Development Partner Gender Working Group, as well as support the Gender Programme Lead to facilitate the Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment, and Human Rights UNSDCF Output Group; and support the Protection Cluster with UNICEF (as needed).
● Provide technical leadership, coordination, and stakeholder management for the 16 Days of Activism joint advocacy campaign, and the International Women’s Day.
● Research and prepare analytic reports, briefs, media releases, statements/talking points, infographics, to capture results of interventions in the Gender programme and contribute to joint programming initiatives and national development frameworks that focus on gender equality and GBVO in the Lao context, including LNOB.
● Support the UNFPA Lao Gender portfolio to advance Lao PDR’s ICPD25 commitments and SDG5 indicators by identifying resource mobilisation opportunities and preparing project proposals, including engaging non-traditional donors such as private sector, financial institutions.
● Contribute to reporting and documenting Gender and GBV programmatic and intervention results and achievements under UNFPA Country Programme 7 (2022-2026), including compiling and synthesising qualitative and quantitative data.