Gender Fellow at the REGIONAL OFFICE FOR CENTRAL AFRICA OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (Exclusively reserved for candidates from the following countries: Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao-Tome and Principe, Chad, Rwanda, DRC, RCA) at United Nations Development Program (UNDP): (Deadline 4 July 2021)

The Center is the Regional Office for Central Africa of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) with a mandate to promote and protect human rights and democracy in 10 Central African countries. (Burundi, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe and Chad). In strategic and operational terms, the Center focuses on 6 priority countries, in this case those which have no OHCHR presence (Burundi, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Congo, Sao Tome and Principe), the opposite of countries where there is either a country office (Chad), a human rights advisor within the country team of the United Nations system (Rwanda) or a human rights component within a peacekeeping mission (CAR and DRC). The role of the Center in priority countries is to ensure the effectiveness of human rights and democracy through capacity building, advocacy, lobbying, dialogue, prevention of human rights violations. , monitoring of the human rights situation, technical assistance and advisory services provided to all human rights actors, including governments, parliaments, United Nations country teams, national institutions rights, civil society organizations and the media.

The Center offers two-month development scholarships renewable for a maximum of six months, intended for graduate students, young practitioners and human rights defenders with a diploma in a field related to the activities of the Center, in particular human rights ; genre ; the democracy ; documentation, communication / advocacy; and administration / finance. This call for applications concerns the gender component.

• Contribute to the collection and analysis of information on human rights and women’s rights in the countries covered by the Center;
• Contribute to the preparation and implementation of the activities of the Center with a view to ensuring the integration of the specific issue related to women’s and gender rights;
• Provide practical support in the organization of the Centre’s conferences, workshops or seminars relating to gender and women’s rights;
• Support the search for training tools and techniques on the integration of the gender approach;
• Provide support in the preparation of meetings with the Centre’s partners working in the field of gender and women’s rights;
• Carry out in-depth research and analysis on the
  human rights and women’s rights situation in Central Africa;
• Support research on the status of ratifications and implementation of conventions, protocols and other texts relating to human and gender rights;
• Support the implementation of the recommendations of the CNUDHD-AC conferences, workshops or seminars relating to women’s rights and gender;
• Support the participation of the CNUDHD-AC in the various activities organized by other structures;
• Participate and ensure, as appropriate, the mainstreaming of the gender dimension in monitoring and reporting activities on the human rights situation in the countries covered; analyze trends and issues of women’s rights and make proposals for action to face emerging challenges;
• Carry out any task allowing the proper functioning of the Center, at the request of the Regional Representative or the Head of the Equality in Non-Discrimination Unit.

1. Ability to organize, prioritize tasks
2. Adaptability
3. Autonomy
4. Sense of responsibility / reliability
5. Team work
6. Knowledge of and respect for the rules
7. Ability to update knowledge
8. Sense of customer relationship
9. Capacity for initiative / creativity
10. Ability to work under pressure and manage stress
11. Ability to work in a multicultural environment