The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (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. UN Women provides support to Member States’ efforts and priorities in meeting their gender equality goals and for building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.
UN Women operationalizes this through Flagship Programming Initiatives (FPIs) developed to achieve transformative results for gender equality and women empowerment. One such FPI is the Leadership, Empowerment, Access & Protection (LEAP) Program implemented in Yumbe & Adjumani districts in West Nile region to address the influx of South Sudanese refugees into Uganda.
The Programme was developed in line with national development priorities and goals such as the National Vision 2040 & the National Development Plan II 2016-2020 both of which integrate the Settlement Transformation Agenda (STA), recognizing the burden on refugee-hosting districts, and identifies them a priority for development interventions. Refugee hosting communities are often worse off than the national average.
The LEAP Programme was implemented in conformity with human rights standards and international best practice, including International Humanitarian Law and the UN General Assembly Resolutions 46/182 and 58/114; CEDAW which calls for the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women; the UNSCR 1325 and all subsequent Women, Peace and Security resolutions, which call upon all parties to respect the civilian and humanitarian character of refugee camps and settlements, taking into consideration the particular needs of women and girls.
This programme initiative contributed to Uganda’s progress towards the SDGs, including on gender equality, peace and justice, education, decent work and economic growth and reduced inequalities. The Programme is aligned to UNDAF 2016-2020 priorities, including the following Outcomes: 1.1 on Governance, 1.2 on Gender equality and human rights, 1.4) on Peace, Security and Resilience, 2.3) on Social Protection, 2.4) on GBV and Violence Against Children (VAC), and 3.2 on Sustainable and inclusive economic development; and consistent with the UN Women Uganda Country Strategic Note (2017-2020) with its outcomes on Women Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action which all aim to enhance protection of refugee women and girls from all forms of violence as well as ensuring that all components of gender equality and women’s empowerment in the 5-year country programme are applied to and maintained throughout the humanitarian response cycle.
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Application Procedure
Interested individuals should submit their online applications not later than 15th September 2020.
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