NATIONAL CONSULTANT TO IDENTIFY TRADITIONAL PRACTICES THAT ARE IN LINE WITH INTERNATIONAL... Tender

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Country : Liberia

Summary : NATIONAL CONSULTANT TO IDENTIFY TRADITIONAL PRACTICES THAT ARE IN LINE WITH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND PRODUCE NATIONAL GUIDELINES

Deadline : 18 Jul 2019

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 34570629

Document Ref. No. : 57374

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)
Simpson Building Mamba Point P.O.Box 274 1000 Monrovia, 10 Liberia West Africa Tel: +231-886-52-14-25
Liberia

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NATIONAL CONSULTANT TO IDENTIFY TRADITIONAL PRACTICES THAT ARE IN LINE WITH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND PRODUCE NATIONAL GUIDELINES

Dear Sir/Madam:The European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) are embarking on a new multi-year programme, called the 'Spotlight Initiative (SI). SI is a global partnership to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls.Kindly submit your application to the following email address: tmoore@ohchr.org and mark"NATIONAL CONSULTANT TO IDENTIFY TRADITIONALPRACTICES THAT ARE IN LINE WITH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND PRODUCE NATIONAL GUIDELINES"Application Deadline is July 18 July 2019Type of vacancy: National ConsultantDuty Station: Monrovia, LiberiaLanguages: EnglishPosting: ExternalBureau: AfricaDuration of Assignment: 23 days II. Organisational ContextThe European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) are embarking on a new multi-year programme, called the 'Spotlight Initiative (SI). SI is a global partnership to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls.The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General and the European Union (EU) High Representative and Vice President (HRVP) was launched in September 2017. The SpotlightInitiative in Africa is going to be implemented in8 countries: Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Uganda and Zimbabwe. The focus for the African initiative is GBV, SRHR and Harmful Practices (HP). Six UN agencies namely, ILO, UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN Women are participating in the Spotlight Initiative.Liberia has an estimated population of4.8 million, roughly half of which is under the age of 18, with a median age of 18.7, but the country will not reap the benefits of this demographic dividend unless the situation of women and girls improves. With strong patriarchal social norms and entrenched, socially accepted violence against women and girls, Liberia currently ranks 177 out of 188 countries on the overall measures used to determine the gender inequality index. Rates of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), harmful practices (HPs), female genital mutilation (FGM), child marriage and teenage pregn...

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