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JOB DESCRIPTION: 

To provide expert support in the areas of ethnic minority and gender equality to OxYGen in its main strategic focus under the WIP 2.0 Project in relation to gender equality, women rights and women empowerment in Armenia through strengthening the role of civil society. The assignment will focus on the topic of "Ethnic minorities: Recognizing, Empowering, and Including Ethnic Minority Women" (Promoting Equality and Inclusion, addressing challenges).

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

- Facilitate at least 2 policy dialogue events (offline formats in different communities) on “Ethnic minorities: Recognizing, Empowering, and Including Ethnic Minority Women (Promoting Equality and Inclusion, addressing challenges) with the focus on women’s representation from ethnic minorities in socio-cultural and political fields, women’s involvement in local government, identification of gaps in the legislation and their impact on gender equality, language inaccessibility, the role of CSOs in the process of empowering women, etc. The policy dialogues will host local women and ethnic minority organizations, activists, Women Taskforce members, representatives of marginalized women groups, Local Self Governments (LSGs) and key decision-makers from national and local levels, and experts to collect the evidence on the local challenges and amplify the local solutions.
The dialogue events will be held during the period 01 February 2024 - 31 March 2024.
After the dialogue events prepare 1 bilingual communique;
- Develop 1 policy brief on policies and practices based on the dialogue events highlighting the problems and analyzing the gaps in the field from the perspective of gender equality. The policy brief should also contain comments analyzing existing issues, recommendations and challenges.
The policy brief will be bilingual and delivered after policy dialogue events by April 15, 2024.
- Facilitate 1 national-level and 1 local level advocacy meetings on “Ethnic minorities: Recognizing, Empowering, and Including Ethnic Minority Women (Promoting Equality and Inclusion, addressing challenges), to present the collected recommendations, gaps, challenges, and collect further recommendations during the meeting.
The 2 meetings will be held by May 10, 2024
After the meetings (1 national-level and 1 local level advocacy meetings) prepare 2 bilingual communiques
with finetuned recommendations and implementation roadmap.
- Provide other technical advice to the Programme Manager and Project team in identifying stakeholders and in drafting Project documents as necessary.

Deliverables
- 1 communique/ minutes on Policy dialogue events (in Armenian and English);
- 2 communiques for national and local level advocacy meetings (in Armenian and English);
- 1 policy brief (in Armenian and English);
- Materials used during the events.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

- Familiarity with the specific challenges and dynamics related to ethnic or national minorities in Armenia or similar contexts;
- Demonstrated experience in conducting policy analysis, advocacy, and research on ethnic-minority and gender-related issues, with the ability to analyze policy issues and provide evidence-based recommendations;
- In-depth knowledge of gender equality principles and practices, including a strong understanding of gender-based discrimination and inequalities;
- Sensitivity to cultural and diversity issues, particularly as they relate to ethnic or national minority groups;
- Expertise in facilitating policy dialogues, meetings, and workshops.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES: 

Applications (including CV, narrative and financial offers with detailed budget of the Assignment) can be submitted by email to: ****@**********.** by CC to: ********@**********.** by 17:00, January 31, 2024.
Subject line: Ethnic Minority and Gender Expertise

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