Technical specialist: Prevention and response to violence against women migrant workers
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UN Women 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. Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.
Assignment background: Safe and Fair: Realizing women migrant workers’ rights and opportunities in the ASEAN region
International, regional and national commitments have commonly been framed as “eliminating” or “ending” violence against women as the ultimate goal. In practice, however, the majority of investments have until recently, broadly focused on: improving data; expanding and refining national legislation and policy; and strengthening the delivery of quality coordinated, multi-sectoral services for those who have already experienced abuse.[1] These interventions are fundamental to a comprehensive approach, but alone, do not prevent violence or stop it from happening in the first place.[2] Dedicated prevention efforts, on the other hand, have often been equated with awareness-raising and/or campaigns, which have proven ineffective as stand-alone initiatives.[3],[4] Prevention of violence against women requires a suite of complementary and mutually reinforcing interventions that 1) address the root cause (i.e. inequality/power imbalances between men and women) and 2) mitigate the array of risk factors for perpetration and victimization that exist at the individual, interpersonal, community and institutional levels.[5],[6] In the context of violence against women migrant workers, prevention efforts also require understanding the factors that put women at greater risk at various stages of the migration cycle: pre-departure, transit, in country of destination and upon return/re-integration; as well as nuances in their experiences that result from other defining characteristics, such as migration status (i.e. “documented” or “undocumented”), language(s) spoken, nationality and/or ethnicity, sector of employment, etc.
Gender-based violence (GBV) and harassment against women migrant workers in South-East Asia have been well-documented, underpinning the need for large-scale comprehensive programmes, such as Safe and Fair: Realizing women migrant workers’ rights and opportunities in the ASEAN region (SAF). Similar to broader efforts in the field of ending violence against women, programmes focusing on women migrant workers have advanced the knowledge base, supported critical reforms of laws and policies around labour migration and violence and harassment (in both countries of origin and countries of destination) and have made great improvements in the delivery of multi-sectoral support services, including through innovative methods to circumvent the barriers posed by COVID-19. On the other hand, preventative actions that are more gender-transformative in nature and that tackle power inequalities and the discriminatory social norms that drive inequality between men and women and especially women migrant workers have been more limited, especially at scale.
Safe and Fair
The programme Safe and Fair: Realizing women migrant workers’ rights and opportunities in the ASEAN region (SAF) is implemented by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Safe and Fair is part of the multi-year EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls. Officially launched on 20 September 2017, the Spotlight Initiative brings focused attention to the issue of violence against women and girls, moving it into the spotlight and placing it at the centre of efforts to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Safe and Fair delivers technical assistance and support with the overall objective of making labour migration safe and fair for all women in the ASEAN region. Safe and Fair engages with ASEAN Member States’ government authorities; ASEAN institutions; workers’ organizations; employers and recruitment agencies; civil society organizations; community-based organizations; families and communities; research institutions and academia, media networks, youth, and the general public and supports programming across ten countries (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam).
Objective of the consultancy
Reporting to the Safe and Fair Ending Violence against Women Programme Specialist, the “Technical specialist: Prevention and response to violence against women migrant workers” will provide technical support to the programme partners in timely preventing and responding to violence against women migrant workers, including in response to and to recover from COVID-19.
Duties and Responsibilities
Scope of work
The “Technical specialist: Prevention and response to violence against women migrant workers ” will contribute to Safe and Fair Output 2.1, activity 2.1.3 “Provide technical inputs for UN Women Safe and Fair Programme countries on draft policy, strategies, accountability tools and legislation that prevents and respond to violence against women migrant workers”, Output 2.2, activity 2.2.3 ”Strengthening coordination of and access to quality services, informed by services data, for women migrant workers” and Output 2.3, activity 2.3.1 “Capacity building to women’s groups, CBOs and local government agencies to prevent violence and trafficking of women migrant workers, and increase access to quality services” through:
- the review of technical briefs and reports on the prevention and response to violence against women migrant workers
- the development of instruments and tools that strengthen quality remote VAW service provision for women migrant workers
- the facilitation of technical webinars on the provision of quality essential services through technology-based solutions during COVID-19 to timely address violence against women, including women migrant workers
- the development of a training toolkit and the facilitation of an online training on prevention of violence against women migrant workers, including during COVID-19
- the provision of technical inputs on draft policy, strategies, accountability tools and legislation that prevents and respond to violence against women migrant workers.
Deliverables
No.
Tasks and Deliverables
Target dates
Deliverable 1a:
Documented technical inputs to 5 short to medium (5-20 pages) and 2 long (40-60 pages) briefs, reports, technical documents on the prevention and/or response to violence against women migrant workers, task completed between February to June 2022
30 June 2022
Deliverable 1b:
Documented technical inputs to 3 short to medium (5-20 pages) and 1 long (40-60 pages) briefs, reports, technical documents on the prevention and/or response to violence against women migrant workers, task completed between July to November 2022
30 November 2022
2.
Deliverable 2a:
Introductory 10/15 minutes video on the framework, Concept note, draft agenda, guidance note and summary report for the facilitation of national FGDs or consultations with key stakeholders aimed at collecting inputs to the draft prevention framework across countries.
30 April 2022
Deliverable 2b:
Final prevention framework incorporating inputs from national stakeholders
30 May 2022
3.
Deliverable 3a:
Based on the prevention framework, finalized training tool on prevention of VAWMWs and CN, agenda and report of 4 online training sessions targeting CSOs, CBOs and other interested programme stakeholders (2 targeting countries of origin and 2 targeting countries of destination), including an implementation plan highlighting key initiatives to be undertaken in pilot countries.
15 July 2022
Deliverable 3b:
Finalized report on key initiatives undertaken in pilot countries highlighting the outcome of those, lessons learnt and ways forward.
20 December 2022
Duration of Assignment and Duty Station
The time required for the consultancy is from 10 February 2022 to 31 December 2022. The consultancy will be home-based.
Schedule of Payments
Each payment will be processed upon final submission and validation of the corresponding deliverable.
Competencies
Required qualification:
Functional Competencies
- Master’s Degree or equivalent in International Relations, Social Science, Gender Studies, Research or other related fields
- At least 10 years working experience in the field of EVAW programming across humanitarian and development contexts. Additional years of experience will be considered an asset
- Working experience in the development of instruments and tools for frontline service providers and referral systems is a requirement
- Strong technical expertise on VAW prevention, including during COVID-19
- Working experience on remote service provision and/or ICT solutions
- Experience on the development of policies/recommendations on VAW prevention and response during COVID-19
- Working experience on migration is an asset
- Previous professional experience with the United Nations or similar organizations in this or a related field would be considered an asset
- Fluency in English is required
Core Values
- Respect for Diversity
- Integrity
- Professionalism
Core Competencies
- Adherence to UN Women and ILO standards and rules;
- Accountability
- Creative Problem Solving
- Effective Communication
- Inclusive Collaboration
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Leading by Example
Required Skills and Experience
Evaluation
Applications will be evaluated based on the cumulative analysis.
- Technical Qualification (100 points) weight; [70%]
- Financial Proposal (100 points) weight; [30%]
A two-stage procedure is utilised in evaluating the applications, with evaluation of the technical application being completed prior to any price proposal being compared. Only the price proposal of the candidates who passed the minimum technical score of 70% of the obtainable score of 100 points in the technical qualification evaluation will be evaluated.
Technical qualification evaluation criteria:
The total number of points allocated for the technical qualification component is 100. The technical qualification of the individuals is evaluated based on following technical qualification evaluation criteria:
Technical Evaluation Criteria
Obtainable Score
A) Education
Master’s Degree or equivalent in International Relations, Social Science, Gender Studies, Research or other related fields
20%
B) Substantive experience and skills
- At least 7 years working experience in the field of EVAW programming across humanitarian and development contexts. Additional years of experience will be considered an asset
- Working experience in the development of instruments and tools for frontline service providers and referral systems is a requirement
- Working experience on remote service provision and/or prevention of violence is an asset
- Working experience on migration is an asset
Previous professional experience with the United Nations or similar organizations in this or a related field would be considered an asset
70%
C) Reporting writing, editing and language skills
Fluency in English is required
10%
Total Obtainable Score
100%
Financial/Price Proposal evaluation******:
- Only the financial proposal of candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% score in the technical evaluation will be considered and evaluated.
- The total number of points allocated for the financial component is 100.
- The maximum number of points will be allotted to the lowest price proposal that is opened/ evaluated and compared among those technical qualified candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% score in the technical evaluation. All other price proposals will receive points in inverse proportion to the lowest price.
- Financial proposal: the financial proposal shall specify a lump sum amount breaking down the professional fee for each deliverable and travel related cost (i.e. round-trip airfare from consultant original country to the field locations, and visa fees).
Submission of application
Please submit your application through the UNDP application system: https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_jobs.cfm?cur_categ_id=9
** Please note, you can only submit 1 file in the UNDP application system. If you submit your application through the UNDP application system, please create one file with all the required documents. Applicants with incomplete submission will not be considered. **
Submission package includes:
Curriculum vitae
- Financial proposal: the financial proposal shall specify deliverable fees breaking down into the professional fee per deliverable and travel-related cost (i.e. round-trip airfare from consultant original country to the field locations, and visa fees; only if relevant), in USD
- Relevant reports, research papers, or any form of documents (maximum 2) to prove the applicant’s technical knowledge on violence against women migrant workers prevention and response
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