Expected Duration of Assignment: 10 March 2013 – 20 October 2013 (20 working days)
Background
Over the past years, UN Women has provided support to national and local stakeholders in strengthening democratic governance and advancing women’s rights through initiatives aimed at mainstreaming gender in policy planning and budgeting. Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) has been identified as important tool for advancing gender equality in key national policy documents on social inclusion and gender equality in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Republic of Macedonia.
Responsibilities
- Conduct a survey on women beneficiaries of the subsidy scheme (10 direct and 10 indirect beneficiaries and 10 women who were rejected
or didn’t ever apply for the support, total of 30 respondents); the questionnaire will be provided by the international expert; the
beneficiary list will be provided by the MAFWM
- Conduct in-depth interviews with representatives of the MAFWM on the NPRD, IPARD and subsidy schemes
- Asses the capacity of organizations representing rural women on their ability to participate in the process of rural development and
budget programing
- In cooperation with the international expert develop recommendations on how to increase the gender responsiveness of NPRD, IPARD and
subsidy schemes
- Present the findings of the analysis to high-level officials of the MAFWM and at a roundtable organised by MAFWM and UN Women on the
occassion of International Day of Rural Women on the 17 October 2013.
Requirements
- Advanced degree in economics, international law, development studies, and/or gender studies and/or international relations, or similar.
Masters or PhD would be an advantage
- A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience
- Experience in GRB, gender mainsteaming, public policy, rural development or similar fields;
- Experience in carrying out filed research and analysis of public policies and programs for
- Strong analytical, writing and communication skills in Macedonian and English;
Deadline: 03 March 2013