Research and data analysis on women’s management and socio-economic rights in family businesses (Ukraine)

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The gender team at UNDP is looking for online volunteers to support in the review and generation of existing legal and policy evidence which can inform policy on women as defacto co-managers in family businesses. The online volunteers will: 1) Generate evidence to contribute to female co-management policy (framework) considerations of family businesses ranging from small-scale fisheries to small shops, farms and industries and draft legal recognitions. 2) Identify some of demonstratable impacts of co-management laws/regulations that have been implemented including the benefits, assistance, relief, and grants and social protection measures gained to target groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

• COVID-19 Response

• Other communications related experience

  Gender inequalities are one of the major causes of poverty worldwide. Around 70 percent of the world’s poor are women, of which the majority are rural women from developing countries. Women manage only about one quarter of all businesses of the world and are half less likely to initiate an entrepreneur venture than men. Labor force participation of women in the world is 47 percent, 25 percentage points lower than men. Ukraine is one of the countries where Constitution affords equality of men and women to be ensured amongst others work by creating conditions that allow women to combine work and motherhood; legal protection, material and moral support of motherhood and childhood, granting paid leaves and other privileges to pregnant women and mothers inclusive. It also provides for equality of rights and duties for spouses in the marriage and family. The Constitution also guarantees the right to own, use and dispose of property as well as the results of one`s creative and intellectual activity as well as entrepreneurial activity, for as long as such activity is not prohibited by law.

• Volunteers: 5 needed

• 6-10 hours per week / 5 weeks

  Candidates need to be fluent in Ukrainian and English. Experience in qualitative data analysis and research. Familiarity and expertise with gender are considered an asset.

• Global

• English, Ukrainian