Technical Adviser vacancy-Zimbabwe
Closing date: Tuesday, 24 May 2016
Technical Adviser
Advertised on behalf of : UN Women
Location : Harare, ZIMBABWE
Application Deadline : 24-May-16 (Midnight New York, USA)
Type of Contract : Individual Contract
Post Level : National Consultant
Languages Required : English
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start) 01-Jun-2016
Expected Duration of Assignment : 3 Months
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 the 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.
In Zimbabwe UN Women supports implementation of the existing international commitments to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment in line with the national priorities. In this regard UN Women is providing capacity development support to the Zimbabwe Gender Commission.
The Zimbabwe Gender Commission (the Commission) is one of the five independent commissions established in terms of Section 245 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment Number 20 of 2013 (the Constitution) and the Gender Commission Act [Chapter 10:31].
The mandate and functions of the Commission are set out in Section 246 of the Constitution as follows
Monitor issues concerning gender equality to ensure gender equality as provided for in the Constitution;
To investigate possible violations of rights related to gender;
To receive and consider complaints from the public and to take such action in regard to the complaints as it considers appropriate;
To conduct research into issues relating to gender and social justice and to recommend changes to laws and practices which lead to discrimination based on gender;
To advise public and private institutions on steps to be taken to ensure gender equality;
To recommend affirmative action programmes to achieve gender equality;
To recommend prosecution for criminal violations of rights relating to gender
To secure appropriate redress where rights relating to gender have been violated; and
To do everything necessary to promote gender equality.