UN Women: National Consultant to provide secretariat and technical and administrative support to the Informal Women´s Advisory Board for the Transnistrian Settlement Process.Vacancy Number: Pr22/02605
Background
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. All over the world, UN Women works to promote peace by supporting women of all backgrounds and ages to participate in processes to prevent conflict and build and sustain peace. UN Women’s work on women, peace, and security is guided by 10 UN Security Council resolutions—1325, 1820, 1888, 1889, 1960, 2106, 2122, 2242, 2467, and 2493—and is bolstered by a number of related normative frameworks, which make up the broader women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda. Although the Agenda achieved wide acceptance as an international policy framework, being integrated into various development and peace programs, women remain excluded or under-represented in most formal peace processes. In Moldova, since 1992, the protracted conflict between the two banks of the river Nistru poses a potential threat to the overall stability of the country and the region. The Transnistrian settlement process is conducted by using several formats of negotiations: 1+1 (at the level of Political Representatives of the Sides backed up by 11 Thematic Working Groups and three (3) subgroups on the level of experts) and the 5+2 format that includes OSCE, Russia and Ukraine as mediators and the US and the EU as observers. The war in Ukraine launched by Russia on February 24, 2022, directly impacts the Transnistria conflict settlement process, particularly the “5+2 format” considering the stakeholders involved. However, meetings at the level of Political Representatives of the Sides and the activity of some of the joint thematic working groups continued. Considering the disproportionate consequences of the war on women and men, and the resulted predominantly women and children refugee inflow from Ukraine, seeking shelter on both banks of Nistru river, it becomes increasingly important that women’s perspectives and their role in all peacebuilding efforts, including post-conflict rebuilding, is elevated. In light of the above-mentioned considerations and in line with its Strategic Note for 2018-2022, UN Women Moldova has established an informal Women´s Advisory Board (WAB) for the Transnistrian Settlement Process in the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding between the UN Women and OSCE, signed to ensure implementation of Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda and meaningful participation of women in peacebuilding processes. Scope of work
Under the overall guidance and direct supervision of the UN Women WILG Programme Analyst and Programme Officer of Women, Peace and Security, the selected national consultant will provide technical support to the Women Advisory Board, including capacity building on the linkage between conflict resolution and equal rights of men and women, analysis of topics under discussion during the settlement process from the gender equality perspective. The Consultant is expected to carry out the following tasks:
Requirements for experience
Education
Experience
Language Requirements
Working knowledge of one or more additional languages relevant for Moldova, including Bulgarian, Gagauzian, Romani, Ukrainian or sign language is an asset. Documents to be included
Interested candidates must submit via online submission system the following documents/ information to demonstrate their qualification:
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