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.
In Indonesia, UN Women works with the government, civil society organizations (CSOs), academia, the media, and the public and private sectors to address national priorities of gender equality and women’s empowerment. Placing the advancement of women’s rights at the centre of our work, UN Women Indonesia focuses on (1) Ending violence against women (2) Promoting women’s human rights (3) Women’s economic empowerment (4) Women contributing to and have greater influence in building sustainable peace.
As the specialized UN Agency on gender equality and the empowerment of women, UN Women in Indonesia is also working alongside other UN Agencies to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming are translated into UN works and programmes to achieve Sustainable Development Goals across the country. UN Women programmes in Indonesia are guided by the Strategic Note 2021-2024, which is aligned with UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) signed between the Minister of National Planning and the UN system in the country. In addition to programmatic interventions, UN Women has a triple mandate of normative support, UN coordination, and operational activities.
Project Background
Indonesia is renowned for its vulnerability to natural disasters and climate change impact according to its location between the Indian and Pacific Oceans as well as in “The Ring of Fire” with over 500 volcanos. The National Disaster Management Board (Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana – BNPB) reported the occurrence of such events was about 3.239 disasters caused by natural hazards from January to December 2023. Regarding the country context, Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim nation, the largest archipelagic country with more than 18.000 islands which geographically comprises of a rich socio-cultural diversity by having 300 ethnic groups across the islands and Southeast Asia’s largest economy. This diversity of socioeconomic settings has also caused Indonesia to have a high risk of conflict due to social and economic tension alongside the risk of natural disasters.
UN Women is committed to empowering women and girls to contribute and have greater influence in building sustainable peace and resilience and benefit equally from the prevention of natural disasters, conflict, and humanitarian action. Globally, including in Indonesia, the impact of conflict, climate change, and natural disasters has disproportionately affected women and girls. It is paramount to uphold gender-responsive resilience to ensure that women and girls have an agency to withstand crises emanated by politics, economy, socio-culture, and natural disasters. Funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), UN Women Indonesia developed a three-year programme, “Empowered Women for Sustainable Peace: Addressing the Peace-Humanitarian Nex.us to Enhance Community Resilience in Indonesia”, with the full implementation period from 2024 to 2026.
The project aims to strengthen community resilience and reduce vulnerabilities in emergency and conflict-affected areas by addressing the humanitarian-development-peace nexus in the context of Indonesia. It will contribute to the goal, that women and girls are able to withstand adverse impacts of conflict and natural hazard and able to contribute to a peaceful and just society.
The project is implemented in 26 villages in the provinces of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB – Bima District and Bima City), East Nusa Tenggara (NTT – Timor Tengah Selatan and Kupang District) and Central Sulawesi (Sigi District). These are the provinces where the dimension of crisis (social-economic including conflict and radicalism and natural and climate-induced disasters) are prominent, providing the ground for justification of humanitarian development and peace nexus intervention. The project aims to develop scalable interventions that can contribute to the implementation of key policies in Indonesia that are relevant to the prevention of violent extremism, disaster risk reduction and resilience-building, and the protection and empowerment of women and children. In the context of policy advocacy, the project will support seven ministries/agencies: the Coordinating Ministry of Human Development and Culture (KEMENKO PMK), the Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection (KPPPA), the Ministry of Social Affairs (KEMENSOS), the Ministry of Villages, Disadvantages Regions and Transmigrations (KEMENDES), the Ministry of Home Affairs (KEMENDAGRI), National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB), and the National Agency of Counter Terrorism (BNPT), to strengthen national policy on disaster management, prevention of social conflict, prevention on violence extremism.
The project is based on the theory of change (TOC) that: If (i) National and/or local governments have increased capacity to produce and use risk-informed, gender sensitive analysis of root causes and structural drivers of conflicts and positive factors for resilience; (ii) Women are able to influence and gain benefits from local policies, plans, and mechanisms that build resilience; (iii) Communities are able to identify and implement gender-responsive solutions/interventions/mechanisms to promote social cohesion, conflict prevention and resilience; and (iv) Multi-stakeholder platform is established to promote capacity-sharing and knowledge to enhance collaboration between humanitarian, development and peace actors at the national/local levels, focusing on women’s leadership and participation in conflict prevention, emergency response and humanitarian action. Then, Indonesia will be able to strengthen community resilience and reduce vulnerabilities of conflicts and emergencies, in order to reduce the loss of lives and livelihoods, particularly among women and children of vulnerable groups, because policy/programme interventions will be more inclusive and gender-responsive and communities will benefit from women’s participation and leadership in enhancing social cohesion and sustainable peace.
In partnership with governments, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders, the project pursues four main outcomes:
Objectives
As the project enters its 3rd year, UN Women plans to conduct a Mid-Term Review (MTR) to strengthen accountability, dive informed decision-making, and capture key lessons for advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus. This review will assess progress, identify challenges, and refine strategies to maximize impact across UN Women’s mandated areas of work, ensuring that interventions remain effective, responsive, and aligned with global best practices.
The design the conceptual framework and methodology of the MTR should consider the scopes, including:
The MTR will adopt a participatory and inclusive approach, engaging diverse stakeholders—including government partners, responsible and implementing partners, women-led community organizations, and beneficiaries—throughout the evaluation process. This ensures that multiple perspectives are reflected in the findings and recommendations, promoting local ownership and learning for future programming. Additionally, the entire evaluation will be undertaken as per United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) guidelines and taking into account a human rights-based and gender empowerment approach. The evaluation expert and all her/his direct collaborators will follow UN Women’s Evaluation Handbook. This is a practical handbook to help those initiating, managing, and/or using gender-responsive evaluations by providing direction, advice, and tools for every step in the evaluation process: planning, preparation, conduct, reporting, evaluation use and follow-up.
Reporting directly to the WPS Project Coordination Analyst KOICA, who will be the point of contact on the contract and payment issues, the Consultant is responsible for conducting the Mid-Term Review.
Description of Responsibilities/ Scope of Work
Working closely with the Monitoring and Reporting Analyst, the national consultant will be responsible for the following:
Deliverables Deliverables Expected completion time (due day)
Deliverable 1
Submission and Presentation of inception report of the MTR
The inception report should capture relevant information including background, and proposed methods for data collection and analysis. The inception report should also include a mid-term review matrix, guiding questions, methodology, list of stakeholders to be engaged, and proposed schedule of tasks, activities, and deliverables. The inception report should be approved by UN Women.
16 June 2025Deliverable 2
Submission of the draft of MTR report and conduct presentation of preliminary findings to UN Women team and other relevant stakeholders, including Responsible Parties’ project managers.
The consultant will share preliminary findings and recommendations at the end of the field visits/data collection phase.
The report should be structured as follows:
Deliverable 3
Submission of a Final MTR Report.
Revise the draft report in line with feedback provided by UN Women and partners. The report should be structured as follows:
Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel
This is a home-based consultancy. The consultant will be based in Jakarta, Indonesia, with possible official travel within the country/outside of Jakarta to projects’ site.
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