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Cairo EGYPT
Individual Contract
05Mar24 (Midnight New York USA)
National Consultant
4 Months
14d 20h 54m
Arabic English
20 Working Days
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.
Womens economic empowerment is central to realizing womens rights and gender equality. Womens economic empowerment includes womens ability to participate equally in existing markets; their access to and control over productive resources access to decent work control over their own time lives and bodies; and increased voice agency and meaningful participation in economic decisionmaking at all levels.
In addition empowering women in the economy and closing gender gaps in the world of work are key to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals particularly Goal 5 to achieve gender equality and Goal 8 to promote full and productive employment and decent work for all; also Goal 1 on ending poverty Goal 2 on food security Goal 3 on ensuring health and Goal 10 on reducing inequalities.
The private sector is a key partner in efforts to advance gender equality and empower women. Research shows that womens economic empowerment contributes to economic growth innovation and increased performance of companies. More than 30 per cent of private sector leaders report increased profits from efforts to empower women in emerging markets (McKinsey 2010) and companies with more than onewoman board director generated additional annual return of 3.5 per cent (McKinsey 2007 Catalyst 2014). Hence ensuring the inclusion of womens talents skills and energiesfrom executive offices to the factory floor and the supply chainrequires intentional actions and deliberate policies.
Under the framework of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF)and in alignment with the objectives of the Economic Empowerment pillar of the National Strategy for Womens Empowerment (NSWE) and the objectives of Egypts Closing the Gender Gap Accelerator UN Women Egypt is working with the private sector through the Womens Empowerment Principles (WEPs).
Established by UN Women and UN Global Compact the WEPs are informed by international labor and human rights standards and grounded in the recognition that businesses have a stake in and a responsibility for gender equality and womens empowerment. The WEPs are a primary vehicle for corporate delivery on gender equality dimensions of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. By joining the WEPs community the CEO signals commitment to this agenda at the highest levels of the company and to work collaboratively in multistakeholder networks to foster business practices that empower women. These include equal pay for work of equal value inclusive supply chain practices and zero tolerance against sexual harassment in the workplace. For more information on the WEPs please read the WEPs brochure. To date more than 100 business leaders from Egypt have signed the CEO Statement of Support; therefore signaling their support to achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women and more specifically to the guidance offered by the WEPs.
This assignment supports two programmes:
Womens Economic Empowerment for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Egypt Rabeha:
UN Women and UNIDO are implementing this fiveyear program funded by Global Affairs Canada (GAC). The program aims at reaching 6300 direct beneficiaries. The Programme reflects an integrated approach combining both upstream interventions at the policy level and downstream measures directly working with women and businesses to realize each of the three outcomes:
Outcome 1100: Increased productivity and job opportunities generated by women entrepreneurs.
Outcome 1200: Increased employment of women by businesses.
Outcome 1300: Reduced genderspecific barriers to womens entrepreneurship and to women entering and remaining in the work force.
The Programme is implemented through partnerships with the National Council for Women (NCW) Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI) and the Micro Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA).
Womens Economic Empowerment in Egypt project:
UN Women Egypt and KOICA are implementing a threeyear project titled Womens Economic Empowerment in Egypt cofunded by UN Women and KOICA. The project aims to ensure that women in three Governorates in Egypt are economically empowered through access to capacity development decent employment opportunities and increased community support for gender equality through enhanced cultural perceptions to realize the two outcomes:
Objective of the Assignment:
Reporting to the Programme Specialist under the overall supervision of the Head of Programmes/Deputy Country Representative the consultant is expected to deliver this assignment that aims at creating a cohort of mentors that have the skills and knowledge required to design and implement gendersensitive mentorship programs in their companies. This will in turn support female employees in companies that are WEPs signatories in having an internal professional confidante at the workplace to discuss career advancement and future goals with and seeking their advice or reporting incidents to ensuring that there are equal opportunities for both women and men in the companys corporate culture and a concrete mentorship programme to guide and protect the female human resource within their place of work.
The consultant is expected to:
The consultant will be responsible for the following:
Deliverable 1: Interactive Training Content for TOT:
Deliverable 2: Training of Trainers:
Deliverable 3: Training Evaluation Report:
Methodologies:
Deliverable
Expected completion time (due day)
Deliverable 1: Interactive Training Content
11 Days
Deliverable 2: Conducting TOT
4 Days
Deliverable 3: Training Evaluation Report
5 Days
Total
20 Days
Consultants Workplace and Official Travel
This is a homebased consultancy there is no expected travel.
Core Values
Core Competencies
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Functional Competencies
Education and Certification
Experience
Language Requirements
Evaluation Criteria:
Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology: Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points in the technical evaluation would be considered for the financial evaluation.
Criteria Weight Technical: 100% (100 points)
Application:
Interested Individual Candidate must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:
The abovementioned documents MUST BE merged in a standalone file including all them since the online application submission does only permit to uploading one file per application.
You can merge your documents by using Online resources.
Incomplete submission can be a ground for disqualification. Make sure that you provide a valid email address for future communications.
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UN Women has a zerotolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women including sexual exploitation and abuse sexual harassment abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Womens policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)
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