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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. Through the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) in Bangkok and a number of country and multi-country offices as well as programme presences across the region, UN Women builds on a long history of support to governments, civil society, and other actors, including the UN, to promote gender equality and empower all women and girls. UN Women stands behind women’s equal participation in all aspects of life, focusing on five priority areas: addressing gender in governance and leadership; enhancing women’s economic empowerment; ending violence against women and girls; and promoting women’s participation in peace and security and humanitarian action. The programme “Enhancing Access to Justice for Women in Asia and the Pacific: Bridging the gap between formal and informal systems through women’s empowerment” is a five-year initiative that commenced implementation in 2018, supported by the Government of Sweden. The overall goal of the project is to enhance access to justice for women in formal and informal systems in Asia and the Pacific, bridging the gap between these systems through women’s empowerment and reduction of gender biases. In realizing this goal, the programme partners – UN Women, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), and OHCHR – focus on achieving the following outputs: (1) Domestic laws adopted and court decisions are consistent with international human rights law and standards, including CEDAW; (2) Gender discriminatory attitudes and stereotyped behaviors towards women by formal and informal justice providers are addressed; and (3) Grassroots women’s organizations and community-based justice providers (formal and informal) work towards the elimination of discrimination against women, access to justice and adequate protection for women and girls seeking justice. Women with disabilities face additional and significant barriers to accessing justice due to discrimination on the basis of both their gender and disability. Women with disabilities are disproportionately excluded from legal protection and are more likely to have their credibility questioned owing to harmful gender norms and disability stereotypes. Such barriers not only limit the ability of women with disabilities to use the justice system but also limit their ability to contribute to the administration of justice to society as a whole. A number of international human rights treaties, including the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), affirm and underpin the right of women with disabilities to access justice. |
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Role and Responsibility Under the supervision of the Regional Access to Justice Specialist, the International Consultant will be responsible for providing expert technical advice to the Women’s Access to Justice programme with the overall goal of enhancing access to justice for women with disabilities with focus on intellectual and learning disabilities. The consultant will specifically support the following tasks:
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Competencies
Knowledge and experience:
Corporate Competencies:
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Required Skills and Experience
Contract period and work location
The consultant will be home-based with travel throughout the Asia Pacific region, as assigned. For travel on mission, travel costs and Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) will be provided by UN Women. Travel Authorization will be granted to the consultant prior to the travel date. Evaluation
Applications will be evaluated based on the cumulative analysis.
A two-stage procedure is utilised in evaluating the applications, with evaluation of the technical application being completed prior to any price proposal being compared. Only the price proposal of the candidates who passed the minimum technical score of 70% of the obtainable score of 100 points in the technical qualification evaluation will be evaluated. Technical qualification evaluation criteria: The total number of points allocated for the technical qualification component is 100. The technical qualification of the individual is evaluated based on following technical qualification evaluation criteria:
Only the candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% of total points will be considered as technically qualified candidates who may be contacted for validation interview. Financial/Price Proposal evaluation:
Submission of application
Interest candidates are encouraged to submit electronic application to [email protected] with cc to [email protected] , not later than 20 November 2021, 23:59 Bangkok time. Submission package includes:
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