Background
UN Women in partnership with Council of Europe has initiated a study on the availability and accessibility of support services for women and girls subjected to gender-based violence. The partnership is in line with the objectives of the Letters of intent the two organizations exchanged in February 2012 and in particular the first objective: Promote and support the signature, ratification and implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (CETS no.210) by the Council of Europe and UN Member States.
The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, also known as the Istanbul Convention, is the first legally binding instrument in Europe creating a comprehensive legal framework to prevent and combat violence against women (VAW) and domestic violence. It defines and criminalizes various forms of violence against women (including forced marriage, female genital mutilation, stalking, physical and psychological violence and sexual violence). As of 30 September 2014, 21 countries have signed and 15 countries have ratified the convention and it entered into force on August 1, 2014. Albania ratified the convention on 4 February 2013, Bosnia on 7 November 2013, Turkey on 14 March 2012 and Macedonia signed the convention on 8 July 2011 respectively.
Responsibilities
- To design initial country-level implementation plan for the study
- To translate and pilot research instrument - two questionnaires that have been already elaborated (including translation of all research
instruments into local languages)
- To take part in the meeting aimed at a) finalization of the study methodology and b) training of researchers on the methodology tool. The
meeting will take place in Tirana, Albania, 1st week of December 2014
- To finalize country-level implementation plan for the study on the basis of agreements reached in Tirana meeting
- To undertake data collection / fieldwork as per the elaborated country-level study implementation plan
Requirements
- University degree (Masters) in Social Sciences
- At least five years of experience as a social researcher at a national level
- Fluency in local languages and good knowledge of English
Deadline: 14 November 2014
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