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Country : Guinea

Summary : International Consultant (e) for the realization of a study on the representation of women in the public administration (central, deconcentrated, decentralized) and in the private sector to advocate

Deadline : 28 Mar 2019

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 31515630

Document Ref. No. : 54040

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

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Tender Value : Refer Document

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Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)
Maison Commune Corniche Coleah Lansébounyi B.P. : 222 Conakry Guinée Tel: (+224) 664 244 049 Mamadou Saliou Diallo - Chargé des Communications Email: mamadou.saliou.diallo@undp.org
Guinea
Email :registry.gn@undp.org
URL :http://www.gn.undp.org/

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Since independence in 1958, Guinea has committed to making gender equality a priority through its constitution. The advancement of women is a priority recognized by the current government, and Guinean women expect greater representativeness at the decision-making level. This expectation strengthened further after the elected President, theProfessor Alpha Cond, solemnly pledged to dedicate his mandate to the cause of vulnerable groups, especially women and young people. Nearly seven years later, it is clear that its promises are not reflected in the Guinean public administration. Women, in particular, are poorly represented in the state apparatus., women make up almost 52% of the population, so it is legitimate that they claim morerepresentativeness than the 12% attributed to them in the current government of 33 members including 4 women. Overall, women represent less than one-third of public service employees (29.41%) - considerably less than the proportion ofwomen in the labor force, at 79.5%, but more than the proportion of women occupying seats in Parliament (21.9%). Overall, women's representation is highest in the health sector (58.5%) and lowest in the defense sector (19.3%). As we can see, Guinea is still far from the 30% of womena decision decided by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations in 1995.However, Guinea has subscribed to almost all the texts relating to the promotion of women in decision-making positions, in particular CEDAW Ratified in 1982 by the government. In 2014, the State of Guinea submitted its latest report on the implementation of this Convention.to the Committee responsible for its follow-up. In this report, the State addressed the issue of women's participation in public life and decision-making processes in terms of government priority. The 2010 Constitution enshrines the principle of equality and non-discrimination between men and women in his very first article and reiterates it again inArticle 8: "All human beings are...

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