National Consultant for Elimination of Violence Against Women and Migration

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. Placing women's rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments to gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action worldwide. It provides solid and coherent leadership supporting Member States' priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

Women are increasingly migrating for work within the ASEAN region, and today close to half of all migrant workers in the region are women. While women migrant workers are disproportionately represented in the domestic work and care sectors, women migrant workers are also found in large numbers in other sectors in ASEAN countries, including construction, agriculture, manufacturing, services, and entertainment. However, women have fewer options than men for regular migration and are often forced into lower-paid informal sector work with few funneled labour protections. Due to gender inequalities and discrimination, women are particularly vulnerable to violence and trafficking, and services for survivors of violence often do not meet their needs.

Women migrant workers make up 70 percent of the total Indonesian migrant workers. The majority of them work in informal sectors, such as domestic and care work, which are often overlooked and covered by social protection. As the COVID-19 hit globally, many migrant workers have been impacted badly. Some migrant workers delay their departures and are stranded in quarantine facilities. Those who are working experience labor exploitation, being laid off, and/or forced to return home. Approximately 180,000 migrant workers returned as an immediate result of the pandemic. While mass-scale repatriation may translate into socioeconomic issues for returned migrant workers, little is understood about the predicament.

UN Women is currently implementing two major programs on ending violence against women migrant workers, the Safe and Fair and Migration Multi-Partner Trust Fund Program (Migration MPTF). Safe and Fair (SAF) is part of the multi-year EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls. Officially launched on 20 September 2017, the Spotlight Initiative brings focused attention to the issue of violence against women and girls, moving it into the spotlight and placing it at the centre of efforts to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Migration MPTF (2022-2023), on the other hand, is a joint programme that focuses on enhancing migration governance in Indonesia by supporting the Government of Indonesia’s capacities in evidence-based migration management, with the appropriate gender responsiveness, at the national and sub-national levels as well as to support improved cooperation at the global level. Building on UN Women's good practices of implementing SAF program activities, UN Women will continue to focus on the prevention and response of violence against women migrant workers throughout all migration cycles and ensure the gender responsiveness of the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration in Indonesia.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall guidance of the UN Women Head of Program and direct supervision of the National Program Officer for the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW), the consultant shall undertake the following key tasks:

Provision of Technical Inputs to Programme Implementation

Provide technical inputs to the implementation of the UN Women's EVAW programme, particularly on the outputs relevant to prevention and response to violence against women migrant workers in the Biennial Work Plan (BWP) 2022-2023.
Provide support to programme implementation in drafting the work plan, concept notes, presentations, knowledge, and/or communication products on EVAW and migration.
Provide support to monitor the implementation of projects under the EVAW programme, including support for data collection and regular monitoring reports.
Provide technical inputs in the preparation of donor and UN Women reports.

Provision of support for Partnership Development and Management

Support UN Women to establish, develop and manage partnerships with Government, NGOs, and UN Agencies.
Facilitate capacity building through training, workshops, and other methodology to ensure implementing partners achieve intended outputs in line with BWP.
Facilitate effective coordination and network with other UN agencies, key government institutions, Civil Society Organizations, trade unions, migrant worker communities, and other partners/stakeholders.

Expected Deliverables

No

Deliverables

Estimated number of working days

Target dates

(starting date 27 June 2022)

Payment Percentage

1.

Submission of report on all activities in supporting the SAF and Migration MPTF Program during June-August 2022 in line with request and feedback from UN Women

30 working days

28 August 2022

5%

2.

Submission of report on all activities in supporting the SAF and Migration MPTF Program during September-October 2022 in line with request and feedback from UN Women

30 working days

28 October 2022

10%

3.

Submission of report on all activities in supporting the SAF and Migration MPTF Program during November-December 2022 in line with request and feedback from UN Women

30 working days

28 December 2022

15%

4.

Submission of report on all activities in supporting the SAF and Migration MPTF Program during January-February 2023 in line with request and feedback from UN Women

30 working days

28 February 2022

10%

5.

Submission of report on all activities in supporting the SAF and Migration MPTF Program during March-April 2023 in line with request and feedback from UN Women

30 working days

28 April 2023

20%

6.

Submission of report on all activities in supporting the SAF and Migration MPTF Program during May-June 2023 in line with request and feedback from UN Women

30 working days

28 June 2023

10%

7.

Submission of report on all activities in supporting the SAF and Migration MPTF Program during July-August 2023 in line with request and feedback from UN Women

30 working days

28 August 2023

10%

8.

Submission of report on all activities in supporting the SAF and Migration MPTF Program during September-October 2023 in line with request and feedback from UN Women

30 working days

28 October 2023

20%

Competencies

Core Values

• Respect for Diversity

• Integrity

• Professionalism

Core Competencies

• Adherence to UN Women standards and rules;

• Accountability

• Creative Problem Solving

• Effective Communication

• Inclusive Collaboration

• Stakeholder Engagement

• Leading by Example

Required Skills and Experience

Master’s degree in gender, psychosocial, social work, development studies, or other social science-related fields.
A minimum of five (5) years of working experience advocating women migrant workers’ rights and violence against women and/or gender and women migrant worker issues and trafficking.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and experience working with government agencies, CSOs, trade unions, placement companies, and migrant worker communities.
Excellent gender analytical skills and knowledge of the broader issues related to UN Women’s mandate on the elimination of violence against women, human rights, and gender issues.
Previous experience working with UN Women is an asset
Excellent written and spoken English and Bahasa Indonesia

Evaluation of Applications

Applications will be evaluated based on a cumulative analysis, as follows.

Technical Qualification (100 points) weight; [80%]
Financial Proposal (100 points) weight; [20%]