National Consultant-Mapping of Initiatives and Entities working on Women, Peace and Security in Ethiopia

Consultant Human Rights

Overview

Undertake mapping of initiatives on Women, Peace and Security in Ethiopia.

You have:

• Master’s degree and above in relevant social science.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in baseline assessment, mapping exercises or evaluations.
• Strong analytical and presentation skills.
• Fluency in English and Amharic is required.
• Knowledge of gender and conflict issues particularly Women, Peace and Security agenda is essential.
• In-depth knowledge of UNSCR 1325 and other related resolutions.
• Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methods.

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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. Since 2018, UN Women Ethiopia is implementing ‘Inclusive Governance and Conflict Management Support to Ethiopia’ project jointly with IOM and UNDP. Among the objectives, the project aims to facilitate the participation of women and youth peacebuilders in peacebuilding and conflict management efforts.

The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 (S/RES/1325) on women and peace and security on 31 October 2000. The Resolution reaffirms the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, peace negotiations, peacebuilding, peacekeeping, humanitarian responses and in post-conflict reconstruction. The resolution stresses the importance of their equal participation and full involvement in all efforts for the maintenance and promotion of peace and security. Resolution 1325 urges all actors to increase the participation of women and incorporate gender perspectives in all UN peace and security efforts. It also calls on all parties in conflict to take special measures to protect women and girls from gender-based violence, particularly rape and other forms of sexual abuse, in situations of armed conflict. The Resolution provides several important operational mandates, with implications for Member States and the entities of the UN system. UNSCR 1325 and following nine resolutions form the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda. This Agenda has transformative potential i.e. the potential to escape cycles of conflict, to create inclusive and more democratic peace-making and to move from gender inequality to gender justice.

The Women, Peace and Security agenda in Ethiopia: The Context

Ethiopia does not have a distinct policy on peace building in general and a separate National Action Plan to implement the UNSCR 1325, offering relevant framework for gender mainstreaming in the peace and security agenda. Furthermore, formal dialogue and discussions and action planning on the harmonization and alignment of the fundamental provisions of the UNSCR 1325 in Ethiopia’s major national policies and strategies have not yet taken place. This gap, despite all Ethiopia’s efforts on peace and security, leads to a non-systematically designed approach of the implementation of UNSCR 1325 with clear monitoring and evaluation indicators. While UNSCR 1325 was never referred to as a guiding framework or principle in the Ethiopian Foreign and National Security Strategy document, some aspects of it, especially, women’s role in the country’s culture of peace in the development process as well as early warning and response to conflict at all levels, are mainstreamed.

On 23 April 2019, Germany, the United Kingdom, and UN Women co-hosted a high level WPS commitment pledging side event. The commitments were meant to be time-bound between April 2019 and October 2020.Over half (35 of 65) speakers committed to creating, modifying, or strengthening the implementation of UNSCR 1325 National Action Plans (NAPs). Nine countries including Ethiopia confirmed that they will be developing their first ever NAPs.

Lack of a distinct NAP on UNSCR 1325 and its subsequent resolutions or clear integration strategies of the UNSCR 1325 in the Ethiopia’s existing security and Disaster Risk Management (DRM) policies and strategies has limited Ethiopia’s efforts and achievements in promoting gender equality and women empowerment in the national peace and security agenda. In light of this, the following key recommendations have been suggested in assessment conducted by UN Women on the implementation of UNSCR 1325 within Humanitarian setting in Ethiopia;

• Initiate national level harmonization and alignment process (Minister of Women, Youth and Children - MOWCY, Minister of Federal and Pastoralist Development Affairs - MoFPDA (now Ministry of Peace - MoP), and Minister of Foreign Affairs - MoFA) for the integration of UNSCR1325 elements in existing security and DRM policies through development of clear strategies.
• Engage with relevant national Ministries (MoWCY, MoP, -MoFA, Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Sector - DRM-FSS, and the Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs - ARRA) to develop clear accountability strategy and mechanisms.
• Strengthen gender mainstreaming in MoFPDA (now MoP) efforts in the implementation of peace culture and conflict prevention programmes.
• Strengthen the capacities of the IPs to integrate UNSCR 1325 in their planning and interventions in the humanitarian and refugee settings.

In the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region, the member states have adopted Regional Action Plan (RAP) in 2013 to implement UNSCR 1325 and UNSCR 1820 that set out an agenda to promote that member states would develop National action Plans (NAPs) 1235.

Recently Assessment Report by IGAD on the status and support to implementation of UNSCR 1325 and 1820 shows, in the IGAD Region while Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya and Djibouti has adopted NAPs Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan do not have a formally adopted NAPs.

Ethiopia has shown commitment to women, peace and security agenda through introducing several normative frameworks and institutional mechanisms. The establishment of MoP is a positive step to ensure the participation of women in all peace structures such as peace clubs in higher education and peace forums in conflict prone areas. Though this is the case, Ethiopia has not yet developed NAP or did not indicate to come up with national alternatives regarding the incorporation of pillars of UNSCR 1325 in existing programs and activities on peacebuilding, conflict prevention and post conflict reconstruction process. Findings of IGADs assessment shows that the IGAD region has made significant steps in strengthening the rollout of the Women Peace and Security/UNCSR 1325 and 1820 normative framework while few countries including Ethiopia is yet to adopt a NAP.

In light of the above background and to support Ethiopia’s efforts on developing a NAP to drive the implementation of UNSCR 1325 and to undertake informed interventions UN Women is planning to undertake mapping of initiatives and organizations working on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), this TOR is prepared to recruitment of consultant to map initiatives and entities working on women, peace and security in Ethiopia.

Duties and Responsibilities

The consultant is expected to carry out the following tasks:

• Prepare an inception report: The inception report should detail the consultant/s understanding of what the consultancy work is aiming to achieve and why; core tasks and proposed methods to carry out the tasks; proposed sources of data and data collection procedures together with data analysis techniques, proposed schedule of tasks, activities and deliverables. The inception report should indicate whether additional support is required to ensure the report is comprehensive together with costs. The consultant/s should present the inception report to UN Women for feedback.
• Undertake a mapping of WPS related commitments, initiatives, actors and partnerships.
• Develop a comprehensive report providing an analysis of findings of the mapping assessment, proposals of the policy and program level priorities and key recommendations.
• Present the report during a validation workshop/ in a forum that will be organized to solicit inputs and feedback from relevant stakeholders.
• Incorporate the feedback and submit the final report to UN Women.

The consultant is expected to deliver the following outputs:

1. An inception report
2. A comprehensive report outlining WPS related legal and policy commitments, past and current initiatives being undertaken by the Government of Ethiopia and other actors/organizations on WPS, analysis of gaps, opportunities and recommendations to accelerate the implementation of the WPS agenda in Ethiopia
3. Power point presentation and presentation delivered on the inception and validation workshop

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

Required Skills and Experience

Education

• Master’s degree and above in Peace and Security Studies, Gender Studies, Political Science, Law, Sociology and other relevant social science.
• Knowledge of gender and conflict issues particularly women peace and security agenda are very essential.

Experience and skills

• The consultant should have a minimum 7 years of experience in baseline assessment, mapping exercises or evaluations on the areas of peace and security
• The ideal consultant should have a strong organizational ability, excellent analytical and presentation skill and strong command of written and oral communication in English and Amharic.
• The consultant should have knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methods.
• The consultant should have in depth knowledge of UNSCR 1325 and other resolutions related to women peace and security and knowledge on Women’s Rights UN Resolutions.
• The consultant should have in depth knowledge of the initiatives and national, international organizations and CSO’s and donors in Ethiopia who have worked in the past and presently working on women peace and security.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English and Amharic is required
• Working knowledge of another official UN language is an asset.
• Please note that applications without a completed and signed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.
• UN Women Personal History form (P-11) can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment

UNWOMEN 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

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