Location: Ethiopia
Organization: UN Women
Job Description
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.
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. UN Women Eastern & Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) maintains a large presence in Eastern and Southern Africa region, covering 13 countries with program presence in Somalia and Zambia. If the UN Statistics Divisions’ classification is used, the region has 28 countries.
In accordance with the UN Women Strategic Note, which is premised on the Africa Strategy, UN Women works to advance social, economic and political rights and the protection of women and girls from violence including harmful practices. The program also focusses on those from marginalized, excluded and under-represented groups, including rural women, women with disabilities, women living with or affected by HIV, women survivors of violence, women migrants, elderly women and others.
To date, most of the gender data and statistics work in the region have been under the umbrella of the global Making Every Woman and Girl Count (Women Count) programme. Phase I (2018-2021) of this project has just come to conclusion. The Women Count Africa regional project during Phase I and II has been crafted around three primary objectives:
a. Creating an enabling environment
b. Increasing data production
c. Improving data accessibility and use
During Phase II of Women Count the project will expand its support towards the strengthening of administrative data systems on the continent in particular data systems that support gender issues such as for example Gender Based Violence (GBV) and femicide. In addition to developing training materials for GBV prevalence surveys, UNODC and UN Women also developed a statistical framework to measure femicides. Globally, approximately 51,100 women and girls were killed by their intimate partners or other family members during 2023. Women and girls everywhere continue to be affected by this extreme form of gender-based violence and no region is excluded. With an estimated 21,700 victims of intimate partner/family member femicide in 2023, Africa is the region with the highest number of victims in aggregate terms.
To this end, UN Women Ethiopia country office under the leadership of the UN Women ESAR office is planning to hire a national consultant to test the joint UNODC – UN Women statistical framework to measure femicide in the two federal city administrations: Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa. This specific consultancy is aimed testing the femicide statistical framework as well as use the framework to generate some statistics for femicide in Ethiopia. The overall work will be done in close collaboration with the Ministry of Justice and the consultant will be supervised by the UN Women Ethiopia country office Ending Violence Against Women and Girls unit and Coordination Unit with the overall guidance of the Gender statistics specialist of the UN Women ESA-RO. The national consultant will also closely work with the international consultant that will provide technical guidance and expertise in testing the femicide statistical framework.
Description of Responsibilities/ Scope of Work
The primary objective of the assessment is to comprehensively understand the femicide data management system in the justice sectors, including the police, prosecution offices, and courts. This involves analyzing femicide instances for the years 2020 to 2023 and identify gaps. The exercise aims to improve the femicide data management system by identifying challenges, good practices, and areas for enhancement.
Additionally, the assessment will examine the policy and legal frameworks that define femicide, providing a clear understanding of how these cases are initiated and processed. It will assess the procedures for evidence gathering, the decision-making processes of prosecutors, and the rulings of the courts. By evaluating these aspects, the exercise aims to identify both the strengths and challenges within the current system.
More specific objectives are to:
1. Assess the data currently available on intentional homicide data disaggregated by age, sex and femicides.
2. Test and adapt the Statistical Framework for Measuring Femicide in the two federal city administrations.
3. To generate historical femicide statistics for the years 2020 to 2023 in the two-city administration.
4. Review existing policies and legal definitions of femicide to understand how cases are classified and managed.
5. Analyze the procedures for initiating femicide cases, including evidence collection and documentation.
6. Evaluate the decision-making processes of prosecutors and the rulings of courts to identify strengths and challenges in the judicial handling of femicide cases.
7. Identify any discrepancies or areas for improvement in the legal frameworks that govern femicide cases.
8. Highlight the challenges faced by different justice sectors in managing femicide data and cases.
9. Document good practices and successful strategies that can be adopted or scaled up to improve the overall femicide data management system.
The national consultant will work in close collaboration with the internation consultant and key stakeholders mainly the Ministry of Justice and the Ethiopian Statistics Service (ESS) and the Gender Statistics Technical Working Group.
Deliverables
1. Inception report and presentation in a workshop
2. One report summarizing the findings of the testing of the framework
3. Femicide statistical estimates for the period 2020-2023
4. Facilitate the organization of a multi-departmental workshop of users and producers of GBV Statistics on the findings of the study.
Competencies:
Core Values:
- Integrity;
- Professionalism;
- Respect for Diversity.
Core Competencies:
- Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
- Accountability;
- Creative Problem Solving;
- Effective Communication;
- Inclusive Collaboration;
- Stakeholder Engagement;
- Leading by Example.
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Functional Competencies:
• Strong knowledge of gender equality and women’s rights issues
• Excellent level of conceptual and analytical capacity
• Ability to work in a team
• Ability to write in a clear and concise manner and to communicate effectively
• Demonstrates use of initiative and ability to make appropriate linkages in work requirements
• Openness to change and ability to receive/integrate feedback
• Meets deadlines for delivery of products or services
• Able to work virtually, using communication technologies
• Strong interpersonal skills
Education and Certification:
• Master’s degree in law, sociology, criminology, development studies or related field.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree
• Formal certification in the criminal justice system is highly beneficial. Formal certification in statistics or demography will be an advantage.
Experience:
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in statistics, and data
• Experience in gender and or GBV related research and statistics will be an advantage
• Experience in working with the international agencies in the field of data and statistics will be an advantage.
• Experience and familiarity with the Ethiopian laws, to review and analyze and evaluate legal processes.
• Good understanding and experience on gender-based violence and gender-sensitive criminal justice system.
Languages:
• Fluency in English is required.
• All reports and PowerPoints must be completed and presented in English
Statements :
In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Diversity and inclusion:
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