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UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
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.
UN Women acknowledges that the economic empowerment of women including those facing intersecting forms of discrimination is a direct path towards gender equality, poverty alleviation and inclusive economic growth. Nonetheless, most women in Zimbabwe continue to be on the margins of economic development efforts with limited income security, few decent work opportunities and less economic autonomy. The situation is aggravated by the dwindling financing for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in many countries including Zimbabwe. It is against this backdrop that UN Women in Zimbabwe, through its Women Economic Empowerment initiatives, is collaborating with multiple stakeholders including the private sector, Government of Zimbabwe, development partners and other stakeholders to empower women to meaningfully contribute to, and benefit from, economic opportunities in Zimbabwe.
UN Women further acknowledges that data gaps make it difficult for women-owned enterprises to tap into economic opportunities available to them and for relevant public and private sector stakeholders to actively unlock more opportunities for optimum utilization by women-owned enterprises. The gaps exist despite increasing calls for gender statistics, sex-disaggregated data, and knowledge to be produced, analyzed and utilized to inform policymaking, advocacy and accountability for delivering gender equality and women's empowerment results. In some cases, information is available in administrative records which are seldom processed further and disseminated for utilization.
Insights from the Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MWACSMED) as well as stakeholder consultations on the Broad-Based Women’s Economic Empowerment Framework (2024-2030) point to the need for effectively mapping key economic opportunities for women-owned enterprises in different provinces and raising women’s awareness on how best these can be accessed and utilized.
It is against this background that UN Women seeks to engage a consultant to map out WEE opportunities in Manicaland and Masvingo provinces. With support and guidance from the Deputy Country Representative, the M and E Analyst as well as programme and operations teams, the consultant will report to the Women Economic Empowerment Focal Point who will be the point of contact on the contract and payment issues.
Duties and Responsibilities
Background/Context:
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.
UN Women acknowledges that the economic empowerment of women including those facing intersecting forms of discrimination is a direct path towards gender equality, poverty alleviation and inclusive economic growth. Nonetheless, most women in Zimbabwe continue to be on the margins of economic development efforts with limited income security, few decent work opportunities and less economic autonomy. The situation is aggravated by the dwindling financing for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in many countries including Zimbabwe. It is against this backdrop that UN Women in Zimbabwe, through its Women Economic Empowerment initiatives, is collaborating with multiple stakeholders including the private sector, Government of Zimbabwe, development partners and other stakeholders to empower women to meaningfully contribute to, and benefit from, economic opportunities in Zimbabwe.
UN Women further acknowledges that data gaps make it difficult for women-owned enterprises to tap into economic opportunities available to them and for relevant public and private sector stakeholders to actively unlock more opportunities for optimum utilization by women-owned enterprises. The gaps exist despite increasing calls for gender statistics, sex-disaggregated data, and knowledge to be produced, analyzed and utilized to inform policymaking, advocacy and accountability for delivering gender equality and women's empowerment results. In some cases, information is available in administrative records which are seldom processed further and disseminated for utilization.
Insights from the Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MWACSMED) as well as stakeholder consultations on the Broad-Based Women’s Economic Empowerment Framework (2024-2030) point to the need for effectively mapping key economic opportunities for women-owned enterprises in different provinces and raising women’s awareness on how best these can be accessed and utilized.
It is against this background that UN Women seeks to engage a consultant to map out WEE opportunities in Manicaland and Masvingo provinces. With support and guidance from the Deputy Country Representative, the M and E Analyst as well as programme and operations teams, the consultant will report to the Women Economic Empowerment Focal Point who will be the point of contact on the contract and payment issues.
Description of Responsibilities/ Scope of Work:
The Consultant will be required to conduct an assessment of Women Economic Empowerment opportunities in Manicaland and Masvingo provinces.
This exercise will entail:
Inception Meeting
This activity will focus on presentation of the inception report, proposed tools, sampling note, research methods and roadmap (the study protocol).
Analysis of findings:
This activity entails performing analysis of findings using approved business and economic analysis tools, statistical software and gender analysis framework.
Formulation, of Report:
At this stage the Consultant will focus on the development/writing a report on the mapped women economic empowerment opportunities based on the approved data set and in line with the editorial guidelines for UN Women.
Reviews and Validation Meeting:
This stage will include multiple reviews by stakeholders and will culminate into the final validation exercise for the study report. The validation meeting will be attended by all key stakeholders.
NB* UN Women will organise the conferencing facilities and invite stakeholders for this process.
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