Gender Mainstreaming and Climate Change Trainer - International Consultant - Home Based

Background:

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

The UN Women Regional Office for Arab States (ROAS) exercises UN Women functions at a regional level and in support of UN Women’s engagement in 17 countries across the region. Drawing on UN Women’s triple mandate, ROAS promotes the realization of gender equality and the empowerment of women. The ROAS Strategic Note 2026-2028 includes a comprehensive and innovative monitoring and reporting framework to measure and report on transformational results at the regional level, including in those countries where UN Women is a regionally based entity. 

UN Women leads the UN System-Wide Gender Equality Acceleration Plan by coordinating strategy development, strengthening accountability through UN‑SWAP upgrades, supporting UN country teams, mobilizing resources, and countering backlash on women’s rights. It drives system-wide coherence, gender-responsive leadership, financing, normative advocacy, and partnership across the UN to accelerate SDG 5. Strengthening capacity of the UN system to mainstream gender equality and women’s empowerment in UN operations at country and regional level, including in the area of climate change and the environment, is critical to this effort. 

The consultant will report to the Regional Coordination Specialist 

Description of Responsibilities /Scope of Work:

• Online gender mainstreaming training: 

The consultant will prepare the agenda, materials, presentations etc., informed by the UN Women Gender Mainstreaming Guidance, and strategies and good practices of relevant agencies including UNEP, FAO and WFP regarding gender mainstreaming and climate change / the environment. In consultation with the Regional Coordination Specialist, the trainer will integrate illustrative case studies and linkages to the UN System-Wide Gender Equality Acceleration Platform. The training will be delivered via two workstreams for 18 participants each. Participants will be a mix of UN Women and other agencies’ personnel. Each workstream will include nine hours of contact time.

• Online reflection session:

The consultant will facilitate one online session (approximately one hour in duration) for training participants to reflect on what they have learnt in the training and how they will implement their new skills to advance gender mainstreaming in CA/UNSDCF development and / or implementation, as well as other key points arising.  

• Summary report:

The consultant will provide a brief report recording the participants, agenda, key discussion points and reflections for participants. The consultant will also include the materials of the training as an annex to the report. 

Consultant’s Workplace 

This is a home-based consultancy. Travel is not required.

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