Gender and Land Consultant

Result of Service To advance on the achievement of the outcomes on inclusive, gender responsive and fit-for-purpose land tools and approaches

Work Location Home Based

Expected duration 9 Months

Duties and Responsibilities I. BACKGROUND The Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) was launched in 2006 as a proactive response to land challenges identified after a global needs assessment undertaken with partners and potential partners. Composed by more than 80 partners, the Network is dynamic, multisectoral alliance of international organisations committed to increasing access to land and tenure security for all with the long-term goal to poverty reduction and sustainable development.

Considering the remaining challenges on housing, land and property rights in all settings, the 2018-2030 GLTN strategy aims to support national and local governments and other key stakeholders to fulfil their obligation for inclusive development and meet their SDGs commitments and human rights obligations on land and tenure security. It does this by developing, testing and promoting pro-poor and gender-responsive land management and land tenure tools. It advocates the establishment of a continuum of land rights, rather than just focusing on formal land titling. Additionally, it aims to improve global and regional coordination on land by catalysing and promoting a shared agenda and multi-faceted partnerships through the Network itself and by strengthening other key land actors and networks.

Guided by its Secretariat based in UN-Habitat in Nairobi, Kenya, GLTN has continued to develop into an influential global network including important actors in the global land sector sharing the same vision of a world in which everyone enjoys secure land rights. With the current situation impacted by rapidly changing climate, pandemic and health threats, escalating disaster risk, environmental degradation and deepening social and economic inequalities, promotion of tenure security and especially women’s access to land across global frameworks is crucial to reduce inequalities and improve food security. For example, women’s secure access to, control and ownership of productive resources, particularly land feature prominently in four Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): to end poverty (Goal 1), to achieve food security (Goal 2), gender equality and empowerment of women (Goal 5) and make cities and regions inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable (Goal 11). The New Urban Agenda (NUA) also highlights the need for tenure security for all and the need for sustainable use and management of land and natural resources. For example, Paragraph 35 commits to promoting, at the appropriate level of government, including subnational and local government, increased security of tenure for all, recognizing the plurality of tenure types, and to developing fit-for-purpose and age-, gender- and environment-responsive solutions within the continuum of land and property rights, with particular attention to security of land tenure for women as key to their empowerment, including through effective administrative systems.

GLTN Phase III and Gender Strategy To respond effectively to emerging needs, challenges and opportunities, the 2018-2030 GLTN Strategy is focusing on (i) consolidating the ongoing work on land tool development, testing and dissemination and (ii) promoting and facilitating the adoption at scale of land tools and practices for better tenure security through effective in-country partnerships. The implementation of this Phase III will move away from local tools demonstration to their institutionalisation and scaling up. Apart from this, the following strategic objectives were also identified: (i) accelerate reforms of the land sector by fostering global, regional and national discourse on responsible land governance, (ii) monitor land-related commitments and (iii) share and develop capacities, knowledge, research and resources on land tenure security. Despite all the existing international support and commitments, women continue to be denied equal rights to access, use, inherit, control, and own land. Women’s inability to access and control land reflects unjust and harmful development policies, land policies and land administration. Securing tenure for all, particularly for women, the poor and vulnerable groups is at the centre of the GLTN’s strategy. Since 2006, when the GLTN’s gender agenda was adopted, partners identified a set of methodologies and strategies for developing land tools that promote equal tenure security for both women and men.

The GLTN Gender Strategy (GGS) is a dedicated strategy for ensuring the gender responsiveness of the GLTN, one of its core values. It consolidates the GLTN partnership’s visions, initiatives and expectations around gender responsive land tools and more specifically, women’s land rights. The GGS is not merely about equity and equality among women and men but recognizing and responding to the unique realities of all women, irrespective of age, situation, race, religion or nationality. Though the primary objective of GLTN Gender Strategy is the empowerment of women, it has consciously adopted a framework where women and men champion gender equality in land rights. GLTN partners design gender-sensitive tools that are equally pro-poor, equitable, sustainable, affordable and scalable, and operate within the frameworks of good governance, subsidiarity and the continuum of land rights. GLTN tools have recognised women’s land rights contexts are complex and require socially sensitive perspectives. This gendering of land tools highlights the importance of both process and outcomes in building women-led partnerships, focusing on strengthening agency as well as capacity.

II. OBJECTIVES The overall objective of this contract is to advance on the achievement of the outcomes on inclusive, gender responsive and fit-for-purpose land tools and approaches institutionalized through the following tasks: - Stocktaking exercise on the implementation of GLTN's Gender Strategy and an action plan to improve implementation rate and measure progress - Reflecting on how to monitor the collective commitment on women’s land rights done during Generation Equality Forum (GEF) process, for example through the Stand for Her Land campaign engagement (organise a workshop to reflect on how to monitor the implementation of this collective commitment on land) - Critically review the practical guide on gender and youth responsiveness in country-level land intervention to ensure coherence with the GLTN's Gender Strategy.

III. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CONSULTANT This work is supposed to inform the GLTN Phase 4 reflection process. The GLTN Gender Strategy vision is located within the larger scope of GLTN’s vision, mission and goals. It seeks to lead the land sector in applying the new global gender and land commitments in country contexts, with clear, innovative and effective partnerships aimed at empowering women through strengthened land rights. Therefore, Under the direct supervision of the Programme Management Officer in the Land, Housing and Shelter Section, the consultant will carry out the following tasks. - Perform documentation reviews - Facilitate program interviews with relevant actors: GLTN secretariat, partners and country implementors - Consultation with cluster leads - Map all gender related projects and initiatives across GLTN and their contributions in implementing the GLTN's Gender Strategy as well as relevant SDGs - Provide substantive support to the development of the Global Campaign ‘Stand for Her Land” - Undertake a study on GLTN successes in gender mainstreaming to secure Women and girls land, housing and property rights

Qualifications/special skills A bachelor's degree in a relevant field related to land or urban studies, women’s rights or development, professional such as law, economics or in social sciences is required. At least 2 years of experience in a relevant field related to social inclusion issues and land and women’s rights.

Languages For this consultancy, fluency in oral and written English is required.

No Fee THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.