Intern - Ending Violence Against Women Across Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus in East and Southern Africa at - Nairobi, Kenya - UN Women

Description

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.

In doing so, UN Member States took an historic step in accelerating the Organization's goals on gender equality and the empowerment of women.

Summary

UN Women ESARO seeks to hire an intern to support the EVAW and Women, Peace and Security portfolios in these efforts, working under the direct supervision of the EVAW Policy Specialist/ WPS Policy Specialist and in collaboration with country offices and regional partners in East and Southern Africa.

Duties And Responsibilities

Support the EVAW/WPS Units to review/conduct research and analysis on regional policy frameworks related to EVAW and WPS to identify linkages and complementary aspects across the frameworks;
Support the Policy Specialists to develop integrated regional analysis on key regional trends, emerging issues, risks and opportunities in relation to EVAW/WPS;
Support the EVAW/WPS Units in conducting a mapping of promising practices for protecting diverse women human rights defenders from violence and threats of violence in East and Southern Africa;
Support the EVAW/WPS Units in developing a proposed approach to monitoring backlash against gender equality and women's rights advocates and changes in civic space in the region, drawing upon existing indices and monitoring tools, as well as early warning and response systems for enhanced visibility and data-based advocacy to advance gender equality in ESAR;
Support the EVAW/WPS Units to package and present the analysis and mapping conducted to stakeholders (internal UN Women personnel, regional State and non-state actors and development partners);

Support the EVAW/WPS Units in preparing advocacy messages and briefs related to the analysis, mapping and reviews conducted for sharing with diverse partners and amplifying during the WPS Open Days and the 16 Days Campaign in East and Southern Africa, including via preparing and consulting on advocacy messages, consolidating secondary data, drafting concept notes, coordinating meetings, preparing talking points, drafting text for articles, developing communication plans, etc.

Learning goals include:
Enhanced knowledge on gender equality, ending violence against women and girls and the women, peace and security agenda;
Enhanced knowledge on evidence-based approaches for EVAWG across the HDP Nexus;

Enhance knowledge on the analyzing and packaging data for advocacy and uptake by diverse stakeholders working on EVAW and WPS.

Requirements
Competencies

Core Values:
Respect for Diversity
Integrity
Professionalism


Core Competencies:
Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
Accountability
Creative Problem Solving
Effective Communication
Inclusive Collaboration
Stakeholder Engagement
Leading by Example


Functional Competencies:
Demonstrable knowledge of ending violence against women;
Demonstrable experience working on advocacy for gender equality in Africa, preferably in East and Southern Africa.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:
University studies in one of the following disciplines: gender studies, gender and development, international relations, peace studies, social work or or other relevant subjects is required related field;
Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher).
Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent);
Have graduated with a university degree in (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation;
Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertake the internship as part of this program.