CONSULTANT TERMS OF REFERENCE

Consultant to support UN Women Rwanda Country Office to develop its Strategic Note 2025-2029

Home based with some in- country travel

Gender Equality

Individual Contract

External

applicants):

Post Type and Level:

Languages Required:

International Consultant

English and any other UN official language.

24th June 2024

Starting Date:

Duration of Contract:

4 months

II. Consultancy Assignment

Background/Context

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. UN Women's mandate (GA resolution 64/289) is to lead, coordinate and promote accountability of the UN System to deliver on gender equality and women empowerment with the primary objective of enhancing country-level coherence, ensuring coordinated interventions, and securing positive impacts on the lives of women and girls, including those living in rural

areas.

It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States' priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors. UN Women commits itself to the Leaving No One Behind principle, by intentionally supporting targeted actions aimed at addressing obstacles that marginalized and vulnerable groups of women and girls face in exercising their rights.

The UN Women Strategic Note (SN) for Rwanda 2019-2023 was developed in 2018 and informed by rigorous participatory processes involving government institutions, representatives of women's organizations, the Civil Society Advisory Group, research institutions, donors, UN Sister Agencies and other development partners. Based on the extension of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) to December 2024, the Country office SN was also extended by one year to December 2024. The SN contributes to the national development priorities in Rwanda, including Rwanda's Vision 2020 and 2050, and the National Strategy for Transformation (NST1 2017-2024) whose subsequent plan is under development. The current SN is also aligned to the UNSDCF and its related Gender Mainstreaming Strategy, the UN Women Global Strategic Plan (2022-2025), the SDGs, the UN Women Africa Strategy, and the Africa Agenda 2063.

The country Strategic Note focuses on three main pillars in addition to the coordination of gender within the UN System. These are: 1) Women's leadership and participation, 2) Women's Economic Empowerment as well as 3) Ending violence against women and girls (EVAWG).

In order to develop an inclusive Strategic Note 2025-2029 that responds to the national priorities of the Country, the Office proposes to engage the services of an international consultant who will support the development of the Strategic Note by consulting relevant internal and external stakeholders.

Objective of the Assignment:

To support UN Women Rwanda Country office in developing its Strategic Note for 2025-2029 aligned to the new UNSDCF 2025-2029, the National strategy for transformation (NST 2: 2024-2029) and other relevant frameworks.

How to Apply.

https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=116385