National Consultant - for Ending Violence against Women, and Normative

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.

The UN Women Cambodia Country Office (CCO) Strategic Note (SN) 2019-2023 focuses on three key priorities to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE). The first priority is to strengthen government capacity and accountability to integrate international norms and commitments (CEDAW, SDGs, Beijing PfA, Sendai) into national legislative and regulatory frameworks, including supporting dialogue and CSO engagement in accountability for GEWE commitments. The second area of focus is Ending Violence Against Women (EVAW) where CCO’s focus includes creating an enabling environment to prevent, respond to and prosecute all forms of GBV as well as ensuring that marginalised women who experience violence, including women migrant workers, access services and protections. Thirdly, CCO works to enhance gender responsiveness in climate change action and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). A focus on empowerment, women’s leadership, challenging negative gender norms and leaving no one behind runs through the programme.

UN Women’s EVAW Programme in Cambodia is aligned with UN Joint Global Programme (JP)—the Essential Services Package for Women and Girls Subject to Violence (ESP). The strategy for Phase IV (2023-2025) of the Cambodia Joint Programme (JP) is to support government through women machinery to incorporate lessons learnt as well as recommendations of the final evaluation of the 3rd National Action Plan to Prevent Violence against Women (NAPVAW) into the next NAPVAW. Additionally, the strategy is to institutionalize and implement Minimum Service Standards (MSS) in cooperation with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs. The approach is to build on current progress to fill gaps resulting in national MSS more aligned with good practices and applying survivor centred approaches. A key element of the approach is technical support and guidance to ensure alignment with international good practices and frameworks, for both government and CSOs providing services and response to survivors of VAW, including CEDAW Concluding Observations on the sixth periodic report of Cambodia. The Essential Package of Services developed under the JP will continue to guide the development and implementation of improved essential services. In addition, UN Women in Cambodia is also implementing its regional RESPECT Framework which aims to support national and sub-national level policy and programming to prevent violence against women and girls.

UN Women Programme Office (UN Women PO) in Cambodia continues to support the CNCW to monitor the implementation of CEDAW and its Concluding Observations (CoB) through a COB Action Plan, including formulation of high-quality evidence-based reports from the state on the implementation of CEDAW to the CEDAW Committee in accordance with CEDAW article including through a meaningful participatory process involving civil society organizations (CSOs). The 7th periodic report of Cambodia on the implementation of CEDAW to the CEDAW is due November 2023.

UN Women in Cambodia is seeking the services of a national consultant with EVAW and Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment expertise to support the lead in coordination and technical provision support in implementing the EVAW programme and normative work.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Consultant will work under the supervision of the Country Programme Coordinator and will work in close collaboration with UN Women Cambodia programme leads am, primarily the EVAW team, and the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, as well as Cambodia National Council for Women (CNCW) to undertake the tasks outlined below:

1. Provide technical assistance to UN Women on implementation of EVAW programme

Provide technical support and inputs in implementing a Letter of Agreement with the national women’s machinery including the development of workplan and concept note.
Coordinate and provide technical support on the consultations with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and relevant stakeholders on the formulation of the new NAPVAW.
Coordinate and provide technical support on the capacity development of the an improved VAW administrative data system to the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and key stakeholders
Coordinate and provide technical support on the implementation of the Handbook on Gender Responses Police Services for Women and Girls Subject to Violence
Coordinate and provide technical support to organize an in-country workshop on Making Progress in Prevention Possible Framework
Develop progress report and revisit the implementation plan for the EVAW programme.

2. Facilitate the process of technical assistance to Cambodia National Council for Women (CNCW) in supporting development of 7th Periodic report of CEDAW

Lead in developing timeline for a completion of 7th Periodic report of CEDAW, including support CNCW to identify key actions for formulation of 7th Periodic report;
Work closely with international consultant and programme team to follow up with CNCW’s secretariat of the progress of development of 7th Periodic report of CEDAW and provide comment and input to speed up the process.
Work with international consultant and programme team to provide input to CNCW’s secretariat for conducting validating workshop with CSOs;
Maintain communication with CNCW’s secretariat and international consultant to facilitate the process of finalization of the action plan, including provision of translation when it needs.
Expected deliverables and timelines

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Tasks and Deliverables

Target Dates

1

Task: Develop a workplan and an inception report for the assignment? in consultation with UN Women programme team and key stakeholders

1st Deliverable:

Submission of the consultant workplan and inception report

3 August 2023

2

Task:

Provide technical support and inputs in implementing a Letter of Agreement with the women government machinery including the development of workplan and concept note.
Lead in developing timeline for a completion of 7th Periodic report of CEDAW, including support CNCW to identify key actions for formulation of 7th Periodic report.
Work closely with MOWA and programme team to develop six-month progress and annual reports of EVAW programme implementation.

2nd Deliverable:

2.a: Submission of a draft concept note outlines outputs, indicators and key activities for LOA with MoWA

2.b: Submission of timeline for a completion of 7th periodic report of CEDAW, including key tasks/actions
2.c: Submission of six-month progress and annual reports of the EVAW programme implementation

30 August 2023

18 August 2023

4 January 2024

3

Task 3.a: Provide technical expertise to UN Women programme team to develop the action plan/operational plan for the new NAPVAW formulation

Coordinate field visits (in cooperation with MoWA) to agreed-upon provinces to collect inputs for development of the NAPVAW
Provide technical inputs to the NAPVAW formulation.

Task 3.b: Work closely with international consultant and programme team to follow up with CNCW’s secretariat of the progress of development of 7th Periodic report of CEDAW and provide comment and input to speed up the process.

Task 3.c: Work closely with MOWA and programme team to develop a six-month progress report of the EVAW programme implementation

3rd Deliverable:

3.a: Submission of input to the operational plan for development of the new NAPVAW
3.b: Submission of progress update related to development of 7th periodic report of CEDAW, including actions have been done
3.c: Submission of the six-month progress report of the EVAW programme implementation

20 September 2023

14 November 2023

4 July 2024

4

Task: Coordinate consultative workshops for input to the NAPVAW at the national level

Lead in taking note for national consultative workshop and technical translation for the NAPVAW
Proofread Khmer translation of English version of the draft of the new NAPVAW

Task: Work closely with international consultant and programme team to follow up with CNCW’s secretariat of the progress of development of 7th Periodic report of CEDAW and provide comment and input to speed up the process.

4th Deliverable:

4.a: submission of national consultative workshop summary reports including the result, reflection/observation as well as observation for the next steps
4.b: Submission of the final proofread of Khmer version of the new NAPVAW to be in line with English version.
4.c: Submission of progress update related to development of 7th periodic report of CEDAW, including actions have been done

12 February2024

27 June 2024

12 February 2024

5

Task 5.a: Coordinate and provide technical support to organize validation workshop on the new NAPVAW

Coordinate meetings with MOWA and relevant stakeholders on the process to validate and gather inputs to the draft NAPVAW
Coordinate with MOWA and relevant stakeholders for validation workshop for inputs to the final draft of the new NAPVAW
Lead in taking notes for the validation workshop/meeting

Task 5.b: Work with international consultant and programme team to provide input to CNCW’s secretariat for conducting validating workshop with CSOs

5th Deliverable:

5.a: Submission of the summary report of the validation workshop including the result and reflection/observation on the inputs provided to the final draft of the new NAPVAW
5.b: Submission of validation workshop report, including outline of key discussion and inputs in written suggested from CSOs

28 March 2024

26 April 2024

6

Task 6.a: Coordinate and provide technical support on capacity development for the improved VAW administrative data system to the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and key stakeholders

Facilitate the planning for the training on VAW administrative data with MOWA-Legal Protection Department with the support of the international consultant
Consolidate and finalise the training package on VAW administrative data with technical support from the international consultant

Task 6.b:

Work closely with international consultant and programme team to follow up with CNCW’s secretariat of the progress of development of 7th Periodic report of CEDAW and provide comment and input to speed up the process.
Maintain communication with CNCW’s secretariat and international consultant to facilitate the process of finalization of the action plan, including provision of translation when it needs.

6th Deliverable:

6.a: Submission of the package of training materials to support MOWA for the training on VAW administrative data
6.b: Submission of activity report, including task completed related to 7th periodic report of CEDAW and suggestion for the process

18 January 2024

28 June 2024

7

Task 7: Coordinate and provide technical support on the implementation of the Handbook on Gender Responses Police Services for Women and Girls Subject to Violence

Facilitate the planning for the training on Gender Responsive Police Services for women and girls subject to violence with the support of the international consultant.
Consolidate and finalise the training package on the Gender Responsive Police Services with technical support from the international consultant.

7th Deliverable: Submission of the package of training materials to support MOWA for the training on Gender Responsive Police Services

28 February 2024

8

Task 8: Coordinate and provide technical support to organize an in-country workshop on Making Progress in Prevention Possible Framework

8th Deliverable: Submission of summary reports including results and observation/reflection the training and recommendation for the next step

24 November 2023

9

Task 9: Develop progress reports and revisit the implementation plan for the EVAW programme

Document key lessons learned and good practice for the EVAW programme implementation including recommendation for next steps
Work with MOWA and programme team to develop six-month progress and annual reports of the programme implementation including results/achievements

9th Deliverable:

9.a: submission of a documentation of lessons learned, good practice and recommendation of the EVAW programme implementation
9.b: submission of six-month progress and annual reports of the EVAW programme implementation

28 August 2024

20 December 2024

3. Supervision

Under the direct supervision of the Country Programme Coordinator, the consultant will work in close collaboration with UN Women Cambodia programme team, primarily the EVAW team, and the Ministry of Women’s Affairs.

Competencies

Core Values:

Respect for Diversity
Integrity
Professionalism

Core Competencies:

Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
Accountability
Creative Problem Solving
Effective Communication
Inclusive Collaboration
Stakeholder Engagement
Leading by Example

Functional Competencies: (below are examples to be adjusted to each assignment)

Excellent analytical skills
Strong knowledge of UN Women processes and systems
Strong networking skills
Strong inter-personal skills, communicate effectively with staff at all levels of the organization and government counterpart;
Ability to work in a highly pressured environment

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree in gender, or social sciences, development studies, public policy, or other related disciplines.
A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

Minimum 2 years professional experience in addressing gender, policy, and development and in EVAW programme planning and implementation, monitoring, evaluation, reporting and resource mobilization, preferably from the UN System or an international organization.
Proven experience in developing the package of training materials and facilitating trainings/workshops on EVAW/GBV with relevant stakeholders including government at the national and sub-national levels.
Proven good knowledge of Cambodia and international good practices in policy and legislative frameworks and institutional mechanisms concerning GBV and ending violence against women.
Proven good knowledge of international standards on human rights, women’s rights, and related instrument such as CEDAW, relevant CEDAW General Recommendations, SCR 1325 etc., international norms and standards on access to justice for survivors of gender-based violence.
Experience in liaising and coordinating with a myriad of stakeholders and partners, including government, civil society, international organizations and grassroots organizations.

Language Requirements:

Fluent in English and Khmer, with proven report writing experience.