Background/Context
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.
In accordance with the UN Women Strategic Plan, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) works to advance social, economic, and political rights of women and girls, including the right to live free of all forms of violence. Ending violence against women is a priority area in UN Women’s strategic plan.
UN Women’s focus on Ending Violence Against Women
Violence against women (VAW) is one of the most widespread violations of human rights worldwide, globally affecting around one in three women in her lifetime. Regional evidence suggests that a similar rate applies in the Asia-Pacific region, with wide ranging differences in specific contexts and populations. VAW is a human rights violation resulting in immediate and long-term physical, sexual, economic, and mental health consequences for the survivors. The impacts of VAW goes beyond survivors affecting families, communities, and countries. However, research suggests that VAW is preventable. Elimination of VAW requires a holistic approach focusing on both response to and prevention of VAW at different levels from individual, community, institution, societal and governmental levels.
The work of Ending Violence against Women (EVAW) Section within UN Women’s ROAP maintains a comprehensive approach to ending violence against women. This includes gender transformative approaches to building environments and institutions that do not accept violence, that support gender equality, and that hold perpetrators of violence accountable. The approaches of the EVAW section focus on evidence and practice-based knowledge production and dissemination, informing legislation and policies, prevention and social norms change, ensuring quality essential services for survivors, creating safe public spaces in different settings and supporting women’s rights organisations and movements to end violence against women.
The incumbent will work in close coordination with the UN Women EVAW team in ROAP, UN Women personnel at country, regional and global levels, as well as with the Asia-Pacific UNiTE working group. They will be responsible for liaising with internal and external clients to ensure the effective coordination, implementation and communications of EVAW and UNITE programming and campaign actions in the region; providing technical support to facilitate the monitoring, documentation and reporting on results and lessons learned at national and regional level; developing advocacy strategies, communications materials and strategic partnerships; maintaining and building relationships with partners to mobilize resources for EVAW; and organizing high-level functions and events to mobilize political will and resources to end VAW. Partners this role will liaise with include thematic units and country presence offices within UN Women, UN agencies, civil society networks and organisations, ASEAN, advocacy organizations, and private sector.
As part of this work, the Regional Coordination and Communications Specialist on EVAW will support the regional EVAW portfolio, including the Protection of the Rights of Women and Children in Labour Migration (PROTECT) Project, funded by the European Union, and the UN Joint Programme on Gender-based Violence Prevention in Southeast Asia, funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Description of Responsibilities:
1.Guide coordination with UN and national partners and other stakeholders
2. Coordinate the monitoring and reporting on the regional EVAW Portfolio
3.Lead and facilitate communication and knowledge management on the regional EVAW portfolio
4.The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
Key Deliverables Tasks and deliverables Target dates
Monthly Status Report provided. This report to include updates on progress in the following areas of work:
Consultant’s Workplace
The consultancy will be supervised by the EVAW Regional Programme Manager and expected to be full-time, office-based in UN Women’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, Thailand.
Payments for this consultancy will be based on the achievement of each assignment and certification that each has been satisfactorily completed. As part of the official duty of this consultancy, the consultant may be expected to travel, which will be processed by UN Women, following the duty travel policy
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How to apply
Interested candidates are encouraged to submit an electronic application no later than 5 September 2025
Submission of application
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