Job Description
The Position:
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the UN Sexual and Reproductive Health Agency is working to actively make all spaces safe for women and girls, by combating gender-based violence wherever it occurs, including online. UNFPA is working with partners to address the rising trend of technology facilitated gender-based violence by raising awareness of the issue to empower survivors and to advocate for increased accountability and regulation to enhance safety and privacy online.
The moderator will work with guidance and direction from the UNFPA Communications Specialist
How you can make a difference:
UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.
In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.
UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.
Job Purpose:
UNFPA supported the Collaborative Centre for Gender and Development (CCGD) and the University of Nairobi Women Economic Empowerment (UON WEE Hub to conduct a rapid study on Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TF GBV) in Kenya, with a focus on tertiary institutions. The goal of the survey is to inform efforts at ending TF GBV in Kenya, and to create a strong foundation for evidence-based advocacy and action against Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in Kenya. The survey was concluded in January 2024 and the findings will be disseminated on 27 March, 2024.
UNFPA is seeking the services of an individual consultant to act as MC/ moderator. He/She will be tasked with keeping the event proceedings running smoothly, engaging the audience, and moderating discussions with a select panel of speakers. The moderator will work with guidance and direction from the UNFPA Communications Specialist.
