UN Women-BiH: Supporting Technological Solutions for Preventing Violence Against Women

Deadline: 30 April 2018

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is seeking proposals for “Services related to Support to Technological Solutions for Preventing Violence Against Women” with an aim to bring together and promote the collaboration of tech community and key stakeholders in the area of ending violence against women (EVAW) in BiH and to raise awareness about violence against women and domestic violence and its impact on society among a broader population.

The purpose of this consultancy is to provide services related to follow-up, coordination and support to the development of two winning solutions (TraceBrace and Safety map) into viable products in form of mobile applications and/or any other shape, including application testing and promotion.

Majority of ideas came from youth age 16 – 30, with two the winning solutions, as follows:

TraceBrace, a prototype of a bracelet that allows the person wearing it to send his or her location to an emergency contact while in a crisis or threatening situation, and
“Sretna zona” (Happy Zone), a safety map of city zones that helps the user to make informed decisions about their movement based on the safety score of an area

Focus Areas

Support should be focused on, but not limited to:

Following up with the teams and making a needs assessment of their projects identifying their priorities and next steps
Defining a workplan for each of the teams outlining steps, timeframe, resources and responsible parties
Providing software and hardware support to the development of the winning teams’ ideas;
Providing space for the team work, including mentorship for software development and guidance in terms of business plan creation;
Supporting the teams in terms of existing resources, connections with similar initatives, investors, business accelerators/hubs, global competitions and networks
Providing advice on gender stereotypes, particularly the ones that might lead to gender-based violence among youth and violence against women and girls and consultations with similar solutions in the region;
Providing consultations and advice from service providers/professionals that work on ending violence against women.

Eligibility Criteria

General
- Specific knowledge of tech scene in Bosnia and Herzegovina, gender equality and in particular violence against women and domestic violence;
- At least 2 years of experience in developing technology solutions;
- At least 2 years of experience in start-up development with special focus on tech and mobile apps;
- Previous experience working with UN Agencies will be considered as an advantage;
- Track record of similar assignments (hackathons, trainings, business development workshops, tech community gatherings)
Team Leader
- Academic background and experience:
  - Advanced university degree in economics, ICT, journalism, human rights, language and literature, gender studies or similar field;
  - Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in project management or team coordination;
  - At least 2 years of mentrong teams for developing technical solutions;
  - Previous similar work experience working for international organizations and/or governmental programs concerning related field;
Team members
- Academic background and experience:
  - Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in event management, moderation and/or business development mentorship;
  - Specific experience in carrying out tasks similar to that described in the ToR
  - Experience with engagement of youth for tasks similar to the ones described in the ToR
  - Knowledge of the context in BiH and experience working in BiH
  - At least one team member should have experience in gender equality related work, preferably violence against women and girls;
  - At least one team member should demonstrate excellent oral/written communication skills in bothEnglish and local languages (B/H/S)