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. Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women also leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action.

In Viet Nam, UN Women contributes to the development objectives of Viet Nam’s Socio-Economic Development Plan and the National Strategy for Gender Equality. Its Country Strategy Note for 2016-2021 is aligned to the upcoming One Strategic Plan 2016-2021 and is focus on supporting Viet Nam’s fulfilment of Gender Equality commitments under CEDAW, and the promise of the 2030 Development Agenda to “leave no one behind”.

The key priorities of UN Women in the 2016-2021 period are, (i) to support transformation of government’s growth policies and related key sectoral policies such as rural development, labour and employment, Climate Change (CC), and disaster risk reduction and management (DRR/M) to progressively promote women’s economic security and resilience; (ii) deepen the implementation of CEDAW recommendations and the gender targets of SDGs that will ensure that gains in the elimination of discrimination and violence against women and girls are sustained and deepened.

The Programme Support project is to improve (1) the integration of GE issues into programme design, implementation and review; (2) the UN Women’s coordination work and joint UN activities. It also strengthen UN Women’s capacity to engage in broader policy and program fora in line with its approved Country Strategy Note and Annual Work Plans. 

Duties and Responsibilities                                                 

Results/Expected Output:

• UN Women programme and joint UN activities on gender equality and the empowerment of women supported
• Development of policy documents and research papers supported
• Gender policy dialogues and advocacy initiatives with national counterparts and development partners organized.
• Annual Report and Quarterly Progress Report submitted to regional office in a timely manner.
• A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed.

Required Skills and Experience          

Disclaimer  

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