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Editor, Child and Adolescent-Friendy UNDRIP

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Background

In 2007 the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) was endorsed by the General Assembly as a universal blue print for the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples. The rights of indigenous children are given prominence in the Declaration, in ways that complement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). As an agency responsible for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, UNICEF is committed to making the rights of children known to all segments of society by appropriate and active means.

In order to make indigenous children and adolescents knowledgeable on issues important to them and to support their active participation in decision-making processes to secure their rights as rights holders, UNICEF is developing two versions of the UNDRIP – a child friendly version targeting 7-12 year olds, and an adolescent friendly version targeting 13-18 year olds. The publications are being written for a global child and adolescent audience, including both indigenous and non-indigenous children and adolescents. In an age appropriate way, the publications will create a context for introducing the UNDRIP. They will provide a brief overview of who indigenous peoples are, their situation from a global perspective, as well as background information on the indigenous peoples movement and the importance of the UNDRIP. The articles of the UNDRIP will be clustered and summarised to highlight their essence and will further outline ways of translating rights into reality by providing real life examples of indigenous children’s and adolescents’ actions to claim their rights and will furthermore make the audience aware of other available resources, such as the child- and adolescent- friendly CRC, among others.

Both publications are currently being prepared for pre-testing with indigenous and non-indigenous children and adolescents, after which they will then be finalized and need to be edited. The final publications will be approximately 20 pages each in length and will include a number of graphics in order to make them visually appealing to a child/adolescent audience.

Purpose of Assignment:

The assignment seeks to facilitate the editing of child- and adolescent-friendly versions of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

Deliverables

The consultant will be responsible for editing all aspects of the final version of both the child- and the adolescent-friendly versions of the UNDRIP. The end product of this consultancy will be the edited versions of both the child- and adolescent-friendly versions of the UNDRIP.

Duration: A period of six working days will be given for completion of deliverables (from 23rd to 30th January 2012).

Key skills, technical background, and experience required: Excellent writing and editing skills, with professional experience editing child and adolescent friendly publications. Familiarity with indigenous peoples’ issues, and previous experience with editing UNICEF publications desirable.

Application: Qualified candidates are requested to submit a cover letter, CV and P 11 form (which can be downloaded from our website at http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_53129.html) to pdconsultants@unicef.org with subject line “Editor, Child- and Adolescent-Friendly UNDRIP” by 20 October 2011. Please indicate your ability, and daily/monthly rate and availability to undertake the terms of reference above. Applications submitted without a daily rate will not be considered.