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About UN Women
In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. In doing so, UN Member States took an historic step in accelerating the Organization’s goals on gender equality and the empowerment of women. The crea... read moretion of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system, which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment:
Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)
International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)
Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI)
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
The main roles of UN Women are:
To support inter-governmental bodies, such as the Commission on the Status of Women, in their formulation of policies, global standards and norms.
To help Member States to implement these standards, standing ready to provide suitable technical and financial support to those countries that request it, and to forge effective partnerships with civil society.
To lead and coordinate the UN system’s work on gender equality as well as promote accountability, including through regular monitoring of system-wide progress.
The objectives of the assessment will include:
To identify and map all existing services and resources related to health, education, gender-based violence, economic opportunities, finance, techn
The key objectives of the assessment will include:
To understand the gender dynamics within the mining industry in Nigeria, including the roles, responsibilities, and opportunities available to
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 wo
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 wo
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
Post Level: Intern
Starting Date (date when the selected candidate is expected to start): 01-Dec-2022
Duration of Initial Contract: 6 months
Expected Duration of Assignment: 6 months
Duties and
Duties and Responsibilities
Summary of Key Functions:
Provide technical support and capacity building to the country office team to improve Results Monitoring and Results Based Reporting:
Duties and Responsibilities
The consultant will:
Develop at least six (6) compelling human-interest angle scripts for video documentaries
With the scripts approved, document in video and ph
Background
The African Union defines gender equality as “the absence of discrimination based on a person’s sex (or gender) in opportunities, the allocation of resources or benefits, or
Background
In 2021, UN Women in collaboration with UNAIDS, UNESCO, NACA, the F/SMWA implemented a package of programmes for the Association of Women Living With HIV&AIDS under a project tagged
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 wo
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;
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Type of Contract: Service Contract
Post Level: SB-2
Languages Required: English
Duration of Initial Contract: 9 months with possibility of extension
Background
Additional Category: Gender Equality
Post Level: National Consultant
Type of Contract: Individual Contract
Duration of Initial Contract: 40 Working days
Advertised on behalf of : UN WOMEN
Backg
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 wo
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 wo
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 wo
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 wo
