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 government, civil society organizations (CSOs), academia, the media, 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 and aligning with UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2021-2025, UN Women Indonesia focuses on (1) Inclusive human development through ending violence and discrimination against women and build women’s leadership to build sustainable peace, (2) Advance value-added and transformative economy by supporting women’s economic empowerment, (3) Gender-responsive approach to building climate resilience and disaster risk reduction, and (4) Using innovation and data to leverage gender-responsive governance.
One of the key areas of concern is the economic empowerment of women. In Indonesia, UN Women programmes ultimately contribute to the achievement of gender equality through enabling women’s labour force participation, entrepreneurship, economic empowerment, and thus their full and equal participation in society. This Consultancy position will lead the facilitation for Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Corporate Action Lab Indonesia.
In 2010, UN Women and the UN Global Compact launched the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) which set of 7 principles that provide companies a roadmap to become more gender-responsive throughout their value chain. The WEPs is the only framework that encompasses gender equality at all organizational levels, beginning with leadership and providing guidance for the workplace, marketplace and community, underpinned by a strong emphasis on accountability and transparent reporting of progress. With continued support from The Government of Australia’s Department of Foreign and Trade (DFAT), the UN Women Asia-Pacific launch the Gender Action Lab (GAL), which aims to further advance business sector action to accelerate gender-responsive business policies especially in four priority countries, namely Indonesia, Philippines, and Malaysia and Cambodia.
The Consultant will support the implementation of the WEPs Corporate Action Lab for Indonesia. Using an action lab approach, WEPs Corporate Action Lab is a collaborative, hands-on method to tackle complex problems, fostering creativity and innovation through group discussions, prototyping, and action-oriented learning, ultimately leading to the creation of gender-responsive solutions for a cohort of business sector (8-15 companies) committed to gender equality. The focus of the Indonesia Lab this year is on creating family-friendly workplace policies and strengthening employee-supported care; therefore corporates participating in the Lab will pilot and implement various solutions around this topic.
Description of Responsibilities /Scope of Work
Under the overall supervision from the Programme Manager for Women’s Economic Empowerment, the Consultant will undertake the following tasks:
Compile and develop materials to guide the discussion and thought process throughout the Corporate Action Lab (herinafter referred as facilitation guide). The facilitation guide should at least include: Introduction to the UN Women Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Introduction to family-friendly workplace policies and employee-supported care Design thinking methodology (a human-centered problem-solving process that focuses on understanding user needs, generating creative solutions, and iteratively testing and refining them) to develop company action plans for the Corporate Action Lab – which will be adjusted to the key milestones of the Corporate Action Lab.*Note: The Consultant could compile materials from existing UN Women’s resources, WEPs resources, and any other relevant resources
2. Utilize the above materials to co-lead the facilitation of the key workshops of Corporate Action Labs (CAL), which includes capacity building on WEPs and family-friendly workplace policies and employee-supported care; and facilitation to develop company workplans and strategies to be piloted in the Corporate Action Labs
Workshop Title
Objectives
Timeline
Kick-off Workshop
(in-person)
- Introduction about CAL
- Capacity building session #1: family-friendly policies and employer-supported care
- Baseline study: Filling in the WEPs Gender Gap Analysis Toolkit and Pre-Survey
- Initial ideation process to develop company/group action plans
June 2025 (2 days)
Action Planning Workshop (in-person)
- Each group/company to present their action plans
- Peer review and feedback
- Capacity building #2 on creating family-friendly policies and providing employer-supported care
- Ideation process to solidify company/group action plans
- Agree on common indicators to be captured in the monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) at the end of the Lab
July 2025 (2 days)
Progress check-in #1 (online)
-Check-in and feedback session to monitor progress towards the company/group action plans
August 2025
(1 hour)
Workshop on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)
(in-person)
- Interim report from each group/company about their progress
- Peer review and feedback
- Ideation process to improve group/company action plans
- Capacity building session on MEL and gender reporting
- Revisiting common indicators to be captured in the MEL process
September 2025 (2 days)
Progress check-in #2 (online)
-Check-in and feedback session to monitor progress towards the company/group action plans
This vacancy is archived.