Type: Individual Consultant - IC
Duty Station: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Closing Date: 20 August 2023, mid night Sri Lanka time (GMT + 5:30).
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Purpose of consultancy:
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is the leading UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA works in partnership with governments, civil society, and other key stakeholders to promote reproductive health, gender equality, and the rights and well-being of young people.
As part of UNFPA’s 2030 People Strategy, and in line with the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action, UNFPA has recognized the importance of fostering diversity and inclusivity and has been engaging in various interventions. In its commitment to leaving no one behind and reaching the furthest behind, UNFPA works toward a world where persons with disabilities, the LGBTQIA+ community and other marginalised communities are afforded the same rights as others, for example, access to sexual and reproductive health services and gender-based violence support services. UNFPA works to ensure persons with disabilities are leading efforts to make the world more inclusive and are championing equal rights and a life free from violence.
UNFPA is hiring a consultant to conduct a gap analysis, identify needs and approaches and draft an inclusion strategy to support the implementation of the 10th country programme of the Sri Lanka country office in line with UNFPA’s global disability inclusion strategy and key approaches to inclusion and other Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) frameworks. Through this Inclusion Strategy, UNFPA intends to put persons with disabilities, the LGBTQIA+ community and other marginalised communities at the very centre of UNFPA’s programming while ensuring availability and accessibility of sexual and reproductive health and rights for all.
Scope of work: (Description of services, activities, or outputs)
The consultant will
- Review the country programme document, stakeholder consultation reports and other relevant documents and assess gaps, achievements and existing practices, programming and mechanisms along with recommendations from stakeholders (This could be in the form of a baseline or a background assessment of the current mechanisms).
- Conduct focus group discussions, stakeholder meetings and consultations for data collection.
- Work closely with the relevant organizations such as the Ministry of Health, National Secretariat for Persons with Disabilities, DOJF, SOGIE organisations and other relevant UN agencies, government and non government agencies as required for consultations and data collection.
- Produce and present inclusion strategy for the country office in line with the UNFPA global disability inclusion strategy, UNFPAs key approaches to inclusion and other relevant documents.
- Produce a summary report/policy brief and present the findings,recommendations and the strategy to stakeholders.
