UN Women: Gender profile for KP, FATA and Baluchistan
Grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, UN Women will work 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 will lead and coordinate United Nations System efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It will provide strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States' priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors. The United Nations General Assembly voted unanimously on 02nd July 2010 to create a new entity to accelerate progress in meeting the needs of women and girls worldwide. The establishment of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women - known as UN Women - on 1st January 2011, is a result of years of negotiations between UN Member States and advocacy by the global women's movement. UN Women's vision is one where men and women have equal opportunities and capacities, where women are empowered and where the principles of gender equality are firmly embedded in all efforts to advance development, peace and security. UN Women's fundamental objective is to enhance national capacity and ownership to enable national partners to formulate gender-responsive laws and policies and to scale up successful strategies to deliver on national commitments to gender equality. To meet this objective, UN Women will centre its work on 5 core principles:
UN Women Pakistan provides technical assistance and support to innovative approaches aimed at fostering women's empowerment and the gender equality agenda in Pakistan. UN Women is uniquely positioned to support initiatives of the government and non governmental organizations leading towards a full realization of gender equality and women's empowerment commitments in line with the national and international gender equality and human rights commitments such as, amongst others, the Constitution, National Action Plan for Women's Empowerment as well as the Beijing Platform for Action, CEDAW, Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals.
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Under the overall guidance of UN Women's Country Programme Director (CPD) and in close coordination with the programme team, the international consultant will be responsible for the following key functions:
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Application Process: Interested applicants may apply to this announcement, using the "UN Personal History Form - P 11" and the latest CV. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Note: In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment. All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment | |
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UNDP 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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