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.
Gender equality is a core UN commitment, emphasized in the Secretary-General’s reform agenda (1997) and reaffirmed in global frameworks such as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDG 5), the Beijing Platform for Action, and the Women, Peace and Security agenda. In Somalia, the UN Country Team (UNCT) established the Gender Theme Group (GTG) to coordinate efforts to address structural gender inequalities that continue to limit development, peace, and recovery.
To strengthen these efforts, the UNCT endorsed the Somalia UN Gender Equality Strategy (2021–2025). The Strategy provides a framework to mainstream gender across UN programmes, enhance accountability for gender results, and build stronger partnerships with government, civil society, and development partners. It responds to Somalia’s current context, including women’s underrepresentation in decision-making, limited access to services and economic opportunities, and the gendered impacts of conflict and climate change.
Description of Responsibilities/ Scope of Work:
The consultant will be reporting to Un Women Country Programme Manager and will be supported by the planning and coordination analyst, and the Gender theme groups, the point of contact on the contract and payment issues will be country Programme manager
Deliverables Deliverable Expected completion time (due day) Payment Schedule (optional)
Develop an inception report outlining the approach and methodology for evaluating the UN Somalia Gender Equality Strategy.
By 30th of Nov
2025
10%Draft assessment report presenting preliminary findings, lessons learned, and recommendations from the review of the UN Somalia Gender Equality Strategy
By 12th of Dec 2025 30%Final assessment report and evaluation brief incorporating feedback from internal UN stakeholders and providing a comprehensive overview of successes, challenges, and recommendations.
By 23rd of Dec 2025 25%Development of the UN Somalia Gender Strategy (2026–2030) and Action Plan including draft Theory of Change, monitoring frameworks, and indicators
By 20th of Jan 2026 20%
Presentation of findings and draft strategy, including travel to Mogadishu for consultations with stakeholders and a validation workshop with the GTG, UNCT, and senior management to discuss key findings and features of the new strategy
By 27th of Jan 2026
15%Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel
This is a home-based consultancy. With field visit.
As part of this assignment, there will be a maximum of one trip to Mogadishu.
Compitencies
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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.
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