English-French translation support to UNITAR'S Youth and Women's Empowerment team

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On 09 December 2015, the Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security, thereby recognizing the importance of the positive contributions which young people are making for the maintenance and promotion of international peace and security. Furthermore, it affirmed the important role that youth need to assume in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and called for the engagement of youth as partners and leaders in the process of building lasting peace.

Furthermore, the topic of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) is a cross-cutting priority across the programming of the Division for Peace, following a growing commitment to leaving no one behind in its efforts to build sustainable and inclusive peace in conflict and post-conflict environments. The development of the Division’s main activities in relation to GEWE is driven by the understanding that peace implies the establishment, in a broad-based and deep-rooted fashion, of the attitudes, institutions and structures which create and sustain peaceful societies in the long run, and which prevent the occurrence of and/or relapse into all forms of violence.

As made clear in the ground-breaking UN Security Council Resolution 1325, as well as by subsequent resolutions constituting the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda, positive peace cannot be achieved without the substantial and meaningful involvement and participation of all members of society, including its most vulnerable members and those most affected by the consequences of armed conflict. UNSCR 1325 also recognizes the critical role that women play in peacebuilding efforts and affirms that peace and security efforts are more sustainable when women are equal partners in the prevention of violent conflict, the delivery of relief and recovery efforts and in the forging of lasting peace.

Reacting to needs expressed from partnering training institutions as well as following international advisory, UNITAR’s Peacekeeping Training Programme Unit has therefore broadened its activities to specifically address capacity gaps related to the contribution of women as well as young people to the maintenance and promotion of international peace and security.

We are looking for two volunteers who will be willing to translate and proofread written outputs pertaining to youth and women empowerment from English to French. Weekly tasks are estimated to 1,250 words for translation and 8 pages for proofreading. Deadlines for respective tasks will be mutually agreed upon.

Previous experience in translation (English-French & French-English); Knowledge of the UN terminology and terminology related to Youth, Peace and Security, Women, Peace and Security, entrepreneurship, education, capacity building; Previous experience in translation for international organizations is desirable.