Research and Data Support Internship - Tenders Global

Research and Data Support Internship

United Nations Development Programme

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UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security
A key area of concern for UN Women is women’s economic empowerment (WEE) as expressed in UN Women’s Strategic Plan 2022-2025 as well as in the targets and indicators of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 for gender equality and women’s empowerment and of several other SDGs relating to inclusive growth, decent work, ending poverty, and reducing inequality, and revitalizing the global partnership for sustainable development. Aligned with the global SP (2022-2025), the ROAP SN (2023-2025) will focus on six SP cross-thematic outcomes to drive results across the ROAP’s thematic areas i.e., Inclusive governance, Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG), Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE), Women Peace and Security (WPS), Climate Change, Humanitarian Action (HA) and DRR. It will also seek to enhance key areas of expertise in response to demand from country presences in the areas of economic planning, climate change and Knowledge Management (KM). Further, the ROAP’s thematic and functional activities will be geared towards effective and targeted support for country presences.  
The work of UN Women is based on a triple mandate: A normative mandate to support the formulation of global and regional standards and norms for gender equality; an operational mandate to support UN member states in implementing these standards; and finally, a mandate to coordinate the UN system’s efforts to deliver on its gender equality commitment. 
The Women’s Economic Empowerment & Migration at the Regional Office for the Asia Pacific operates with the key overarching objective: Women have income security, decent work, and economic autonomy as articulated in the SN ROAP Women’s Economic Empowerment & Migration: 2023-2025. The WEE portfolio is expanding focusing on the four key strategic priorities:   
Advancing Gender-Responsive Business Conduct and Creating More Decent Work Opportunities (WEPs).
Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Provide support in conducting statistical analysis of internationally agreed gender indicators for selected countries in Asia and the Pacific, including preparing and cleaning data files for analysis and undertaking initial data analysis of selected indicators;
  • Preparation of figures and tables using excel;
  • Conducting preliminary research and drafting case studies on key topics in the areas of women economic empowerment and care;
  • General project and management support, including scheduling meetings, note-taking, fact-checking, and documentation.
After completing this internship, the Intern will have:
  • Increased understanding of UN Women’s work and the UN system in Asia and the Pacific;
  • Increased substantive knowledge of gender equality and women economic empowerment work in the Asia Pacific Region;
  • Increased work experience in gender statistics, SDGs monitoring and report drafting;
  • Increased knowledge related to programme implementation, documentation and management;
  • Experience of working as a team member in a multicultural setting.
Required Skills and Experience:
Education:
  • University studies in one of the following disciplines: Statistics, Economics, Applied development studies or other relevant subjects is required. 
  • Meet one of the following: 
  • Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher);
  • Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent);
  • Be enrolled in a mandatory national service programme of which the internship may form a part;
  • Have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within two-years of graduation.
Language:
  • Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English are required; 
  • Working knowledge of another UN language is an advantage.

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