Consultant – Technical Support for the Production of the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) Global Women’s Forum for Peace and Humanitarian Action (GWF)’s Outcome Document at UN Women

Duties And Responsibilities

Responsibilities

The consultant will be responsible for reviewing and consolidating data and information from key reports and declarations, including WPHF’s documents. Based on a gender inclusive analysis of these findings, the consultant will produce a compilation of relevant documents and a draft outline of the Global Women’s Forum Declaration, which will serve as a starting point to support the CSO participants in the preparatory phase and during the WPHF GWF 2023 to draft a declaration based on their urgent gaps, needs and priorities and should not exceed 10 pages in total (excluding annexes).

Key Deliverables

Key Deliverables And Tasks With Estimated Dedication Are

The consultancy is to commence by April 2023 and is expected to require up to 18 days of work over a period of three months.

• Inception meeting with WPHF Secretariat (L-HUB and Programme team) (2 hours)
• Desk review based on existing literature on women's CSOs’ leadership and contributions to PSHA and analysis of the advocacy needs, challenges, and gaps to advance the advocacy and support for increasing women's CSOs’ effective participation and influence in PSHA, including WPHF documents that will be provided by the WPHF (3 days)
• Draft outline of the GWF’s Declaration (main needs, challenges and gaps and structure and orientations for the future drafting of the Declaration) setting an advocacy for a better recognition and support of women's CSOs’ leadership and influence in PSHA and recommendations to engage WPHF CSO partners in the preparatory phase of the GWF (4 days)
• Discussion of the GWF’s Declaration outline with WPHF L-HUB and Programme team and finalization of the outline of the Forum’s Declaration following feedback from WPHF Programme team (2 days)
• Distribution of the literature review/analysis of CSOs’ gaps and needs among the CSO participants to foster the women’s CSOs’ engagement and ownership of the GWF’s literature review and Declaration’s outline (this could include liaising with specific CSOs and speakers to prepare for the GWF) (8 half days).
• Provide a short presentation of the literature review the first day of the GWF in plenary (including PowerPoint slides deck giving an overview of main women's CSOs’ needs, gaps and priorities to advance the advocacy and support for women's CSOs’ PSHA work at all levels) (0,5 day for preparation of the presentation)
• Support the CSO participants in the drafting of the GWF’s Declaration during the event, including recommendations and ideas of joint actions (draft roadmap) based on the women's CSOs’ challenges, needs, priorities and possible collaborations identified during the Forum (4 days).

Knowledge and Experience

• At least 7 years of demonstrable experience working on women, peace, and security.
• Strong knowledge of women’s CSOs role and leadership in peace and security, crisis response and humanitarian action.
• Strong understanding of the peace and security agenda and good knowledge of international declarations and documents relating to WPS and women's CSOs’ roles and trends in crisis response.
• Experience in working with civil society and feminist movements is required.
• Knowledge and/or experience working on at least two different geographic regions related to work on conflict-affected and/or post-conflict contexts.

Language Requirements

• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of Arabic and/or French and/or Spanish is an asset.