Un Women

**I. Organizational Context**

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 Country Programme in Brazil is implemented in line with the national development priorities, as well as in the framework of the international commitments to gender equality and empowerment of women, as well as the UN frameworks and instruments on Human Rights, of which Brazil is signatory, such as the CEDAW, CERD, Beijing Platform for Action, Durban Action Plan, Agenda 2030, as well as the UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security. It is aligned with the United
Nations Sustainable Development Partnerships Framework. The UN Women Country Office in Brazil focuses on three key areas:
1) Women lead, participate in, and benefit equally from governance systems.
2) Women have income security, decent work, and economic autonomy.
3) All women and girls live a life free from all forms of violence.

Thirty years after its adoption, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action remains a transformative framework for achieving gender equality, the empowerment of all women and girls, and the full enjoyment of their human rights. While there have been important advances in some areas, persistent structural barriers prevent the full achievement of gender equality. Women and girls who experience multiple forms of discrimination, including based on age, class, disability, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation
gender identity or migration status have made the least progress.

In Brazil, women and girls, especially those facing multiple forms of discrimination, remain largely excluded from decision-making, public and political life and do not fully benefit from gender-transformative governance due to structural inequalities and compounded gender, race, ethnicity, age, and ableism discrimination and harmful social norms. These patterns materialize as (i) discriminatory laws, policies, and practices, coupled with ineffective and insufficient policy responses often based on stereotypes;
(ii) inconsistent law enforcement and insufficient funding allocated to the realization of women’s and girls’ rights. The UN Women Brazil Country Office collaborates with the government and with civil society organizations to provide high-quality integrated policy, normative and capacity-building support, promote democratic spaces for the engagement of diverse women’s groups and foster civil society participation in decision-making. Key interventions include (i) capacity building of civil society and state actors
on gender, race and ethnicity-responsive governance; (ii) convening spaces in new areas of incidence - such as environmentalpolicies, renewed strategies and decision-making processes; (iii) social mobilization and evidence-based advocacy and decisionmaking to address historical and structural inequalities (iv) facilitation of inter-parliamentary platforms on women’s human rights, leadership, elimination of political violence against women in politics (VAWP).

**II. Scope of Work**

**1. Contribute technically to the development of programme strategies in the area of Gender-Responsive Governance, Women’s Leadership and Participation**
- Provide technical inputs to the design and formulation of programme/ project proposals and initiatives related to responsive Gender-Responsive Governance, Women’s Leadership and Participation

**2. Provide technical support for the implementation and management of the Gender-Responsive Governance, Women’s Leadership and Participation programme**
- Provide inputs to the annual workplan and budget as required;
- Coordinate and monitor the implementation of programme activities;
- Coordinate the call/request for proposals, including the organization of technical review committees, and capacity assessment of partners;
- Review and coordinate the submission of implementing partner financial and narrative reports;
- Train partners on Results-Based Management

**3. Provide technical assistance and capacity development support to project/programme partners**
- Provide technical support to and technically oversee the implementation of programme activities with partners;
- Identify opportunities for capacity building of partners and coordinate and facilitate technical/ programming support and training to partners as needed.

**4. Provide technical inputs to the monitoring and reporting of the programme/project**
- Monitor progress on programme activity, results and indicators;
- Monitor the implementation of proposals by responsible partners;
- Provide inputs to quarterly reports, donor reports and other reports on outputs, results outputs and outcomes.

**5. Provide technical inputs to the management of peopl