Deadline: 05-Jun-20
UN Women is inviting organizations to provide the expected results and required scope of work in the provision of technical assistance to national partners in the process of review of the current Gender Equality Strategy (2012-2020) and development of the new Gender Equality Strategy (2021-2030) and its National Action Plan 2021-2023.
The European Union (EU) and the United Nations have launched the Spotlight Initiative (SI), a multi-year programme aimed at addressing all forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG), and harmful practices (HP). The SI aims to support transformative change on the ground to end VAWG, in numerous countries globally, including the Kyrgyz Republic. The initiative comes with the highest level of commitment globally and will be governed by the UN Deputy Secretary General and the Vice President of the EU Commission. The SI in the Kyrgyz Republic will apply a comprehensive set of
The SI Programme provides support to legislative and policy reforms through a holistic review and harmonization of legal and policy frameworks on women’s rights that prioritizes understanding of the underlying root causes, risk factors and patterns of inequality within the complexity of policies and laws that that can results in violence. One of important policy documents guiding implementation of national commitments on gender equality is the National Strategy for Achieving Gender Equality in the Kyrgyz Republic. It was adopted in 2012 adopted by Government Decree No. 443 of 27 June 2012 by setting national gender policy priorities until 2020. The strategy was operationalized in five National Action Plan for Achieving Gender Equality (NAP on GE) in the Kyrgyz Republic, and the fifth NAP for the period 2018-2020 completes the timeframe of the National Gender Equality Strategy in 2020.
The GES outlines the following five pivotal areas for achieving gender equality:
- strong, effective institutional mechanisms;
- economic empowerment;
- an education system that promotes gender equality;
- access to justice for women; and
- gender-equitable political participation.
Funding Information
- The budget range for this proposal should be up to 70,000 USD for provision of services requested.
- Duration: The Project Cooperation Agreement will start on 20 June 2020 with duration until 15 December 2020.
Competencies
Technical/functional competencies required
- UN Women plans to engage Responsible Party/ies, civil society organizations (CSOs) that have gender equality and women’s rights set as one of the organization’s goals in Statute (women’s CSOs), that are legally registered in Kyrgyzstan and have specialized knowledge, expertise and track record of working on gender equality and women empowerment.
- Women’s CSOs and civil society organization/associations with proven experience in promoting GEWE issues in the context of sustainable development and peacebuilding
- Proven experience in organising and facilitation of national and local consultations by ensuring inclusive participation of all groups of society
- Proven expertise in conducting gender analysis in the areas of political, social and economic development, EVAWG, sustainable development, peacebuilding, gender responsive budgeting
- Good knowledge of needs of vulnerable and multi-discriminated groups of women and the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on women and men
- Proven experience in working with various stakeholders through innovative tools and approaches;
- Partnership quality will be a key consideration during the evaluation of the proposals. Applicants should demonstrate that their organisation and proposed partners have relevant expertise;
- Languages: Fluent Kyrgyz and Russian. Working level of English. Knowledge of Uzbek would be an asset.
Other competencies, which while not required, can be an asset for the performance of services
- Proven experience in management/implementation of projects related to women empowerment and/or gender equality;
- Experience working with international organizations or international projects.
For more information, visit https://www.unwomen.org/en/how-we-work/programme-implementation/2020/05/cfp-2020-03-evaluation-and-development-of-gender-equality-strategy