UNICEF lance un appel à candidatures pour qu’un consultant individuel entreprenne un examen programmatique du genre pour le bureau de pays du Zimbabwe

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UNICEF has been operating in Zimbabwe since 1982. We are a team of passionate professionals committed to the protection and fulfillment of children’s rights.

The current UNICEF-Government of Zimbabwe Country Programme of Cooperation (2016-2020) aims to support Zimbabwe to sustain and build upon the gains achieved for children during the 2012-2015 Country Programme of Cooperation. The programme focuses on improving the quality of social services, increasing access to services, and helping to build national and sub-national capacities to provide low-cost, high-impact interventions for all children, especially the most vulnerable.

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UNICEF Zimbabwe is seeking to hire an innovative individual consultant to to undertake  a Gender Programmatic Review for the Zimbabwe Country Office.

Consultancy Terms of Reference  :

Background and Rationale :

Zimbabwe has a solid legal and policy framework for advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment. Gender Equality is enshrined in the Constitution of Zimbabwe (2013) as a Founding Value and Principle of the Constitution.  In addition, the Constitution in Section 17 obliges the State to promote gender balance in Zimbabwean society, through inter alia, ensuring equal representation of women and men in all institutions and agencies of government and at every level. The Constitution further lays the framework for gender equality by making provision right to equality and non-discrimination as a fundamental right. At an international level, Zimbabwe has ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and at regional level, the country also ratified the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (also known as the Maputo Protocol), as well as the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development.

Despite this positive legal framework, challenges remain with translating formal rights into real and tangible gains and benefits for women and children in Zimbabwe. For adolescent girls, problems include among other things, child marriages; where according to MICS (MICS, 2019) 1 in 3 (34%) of women age 20-24 were first married or in union before age 18; early pregnancies; lack of correct knowledge and resources to manage menstruation with dignity, gender based, physical and sexual violence and sexual exploitation. Adolescent girls also bear a disproportionate burden of domestic chores, including water carrying (where 79% of water collection done in Zimbabwe is by women and girls, MICS, 2019). HIV is another serious challenge faced by adolescent girls and young women.  The Incidence Patterns Modelling (NAC and UNAIDS, 2017) estimates the highest infections to be among adolescent girls and young women 15 – 24 years of age (24%) of all new HIV infections.

For boys and young men, traditional concepts of masculinity may result in harmful behaviors associated with violence and high risk sexual behavior. Frustrations arising from lack of opportunities is resulting in adolescent boys and young men engaging in risky social behaviors, including alcohol, drug and substance abuse. Because of the high visibility of sexual violence against adolescent girls, the gendered dynamics of the vulnerabilities and rights violations of boys may be overlooked, leading to lack of focus on the protection and promotion of the needs and rights of adolescent boys . For instance, while more girls than boys (32.5 and 8.9%) experience sexual violence prior to the age of 18, more boys than girls experience physical violence by a parent (60.9% boys and 47.3% girls) (NBSLEA). In addition, more boys than girls find themselves in conflict with the law.

In 2010 UNICEF adopted a Gender Policy to guide the organization’s efforts towards gender equality. This policy was informed by the realization that in order to achieve the results demanded by its global mandate, the organization needed to focus on responding to the gendered discriminations that lay at the root of many of the challenges that the organization was trying to address. In addition to the Policy, a Gender Action Plan was developed to guide the implementation of the Gender Policy (GAP 2014-2017). Following up on this is a new Gender Action Plan (GAP 2.0 2018-2021), developed concurrently with the UNICEF Global Strategic Plan. The GAP 2.0 integrates gender across all outcomes of the Strategic Plan. In addition, it identifies 5 targeted priorities for adolescent girls’ empowerment and well-being i.e. menstrual health and hygiene; child marriage and early unions; girls’ secondary education; adolescent girls’ health (pregnancy care, HIV, HPV prevention) and gender-based violence in emergencies. The GAP 2.0 requires that UNICEF work be grounded in high quality gender analysis that illuminates the nature and scale of gender inequalities affecting outcomes for children. It recognizes the Gender Programmatic Review as a tool that will facilitate this goal for the organization.

UNICEF Zimbabwe CO has integrated gender across the different sectors of work in the current Country Programme Document (CPD). This CPD is coming to an end and the Country Office has embarked on the process of developing a new Country Programme Document.  In order to inform this new CPD development, required to conduct a Gender Programmatic Review once every country programme cycle. This important process is broadly aimed at the identification of gender concerns in the CO programming context and the development of recommendations aimed at strengthening gender programming in the new CPD document to be developed in 2020. UNICEF Zimbabwe CO recognizes that better and stronger integration of gender is key to the achievement of UNICEF results for women and children.

The Country Office now seeks experienced consultant to lead the process of conducting the Gender Programmatic Review.

Overall Purpose :

UNICEF therefore seeks to enlist the services of an International/National  Individual Consultant to identify the gaps and opportunities in gender integration across all sectors of UNICEF work and to craft recommendations to improve gender programming in the new UNICEF CPD in alignment with GAP 2.0.

Specific objectives :

The consultant will be responsible for the following :

Working with the CO team and in consultation with different stakeholders, the consultant will :

• Analyze and assess the 13 GAP results against the country context and prioritize and recommend a subset of these results for inclusion in the next Country Programme Document, based on national relevance and priorities, CO’s on-going work (both development and humanitarian) and available financial and human resources ;
• Identify and analyze causes (causal analysis) of gender inequitable outcomes underlying the GAP priorities identified in the first objective ;
• Develop and select programmatic responses and interventions, outputs and indicators for tracking progress ;
• Conduct Gender capacity assessment of staff and resources needed to implement identified GAP priorities ;
• Document findings of this process and recommendations in a Gender Programmatic Review Report for integration into key country programme documents (CPD; CPMP; PSNs etc).

Description of expected deliverables and payment schedule :

Required qualifications, expertise, technical background and experience of the Consultant :

• Advanced (Masters) degree in Gender, Law, Social Sciences, Development studies, Political Sciences, Public Health, Statistics or related fields ;
• The consultant should have at least 10 years of field experience in gender and development programming and strategy development. Specifically the consultant should possess the following competencies ;
• Demonstrable experience and expertise in gender equality with special focus on strategy development, programme development, monitoring of gender results and budgeting for gender equality programmes ;
• Proven professional experience in integrating gender into any of the following areas of UNICEF work; Adolescents programming, Health and Nutrition; HIV and AIDS; Child Protection; Education and WASH ;
• At least 8 years of strong technical skills in gender, gender responsive theories of change and ability to support countries especially on gender assessments or reviews in the UN system ;
• Knowledge of gender analysis tools and their application in strategy development ;
• Knowledge of disability rights and programming ;
• Excellent communication skills both oral and writing ;
• Ability to work in a stressful environment and to deliver high quality work ;
• Knowledge of Zimbabwe’s development sector in particular, UNICEF and Government of Zimbabwe working environment and systems is a great asset ;
• Demonstrable expertise (at least 5 years) in research including data collection, data analysis and reporting ;
• Proven experience of rights-based approaches to development

For more information refer to attached terms of reference (TOR)  Gender Programmatic Review ToRs..pdf

Other Consultancy Costs and Payment Modalities :

Competitive market rates will apply.

If interested and available to undertake the consultancy, please submit your application online and attach the required documents including the technical and an all-inclusive financial proposal (detailing professional fees, DSA, airfare etc where necessary).

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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles 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.

Remarks :

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process ;
• Those who had already applied do not need to re-apply.