National Consultant Conducting Capacity- Building Needs Assessment​/Home Based

Background/Context

UN Women (UNW), 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. Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, the UN Women leads and coordinates the United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world.

It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

• Palestinians have greater access to economic opportunities that are inclusive, resilient, and sustainable, including decent employment and livelihoods opportunities in an empowered private sector.
• Palestinians, including the most vulnerable, have equal access to sustainable, inclusive, gender‑responsive and quality social services, social protection, and affordable utilities.
• Palestinian governance institutions, processes, and mechanisms at all levels are more democratic, rights‑based, inclusive, and accountable.

The entity’s three‑year Strategic Note supports the efforts to achieve measurable results in the country in terms of four UN Women global Strategic Plan impacts (2022‑2025): SP Impact
1. Governance and participation in public life; SP Impact
2. Women’s Economic Empowerment; SP Impact
3. Ending Violence Against Women and Girls; SP Impact
4. Women peace and security, Humanitarian & Disaster Risk Reduction.

UN Women’s triple mandate, along with its global network and deep policy and programming expertise, continues to endow the Entity with a unique capacity to support Member States to strengthen global norms and standards for gender equality and women’s empowerment, promote coordination and coherence across the UN system, and undertake operational activities to support Member States in translating global norms and standards into legislation, policies and strategies at country level.

In line with the Palestinian Government’s commitment to achieve gender equality and combat violence against women (VAW), UN Women, in partnership with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MoWA), the Ministry of Social Development (MoSD), the Ministry of Health (MoH), and civil society organizations (CSOs) in the West Bank and Gaza, is working on the programme “Strengthening the Protection and Leadership of the Furthest Left‑Behind Women and Girls Survivors of Violence (Shaml): A Pathway to Peace and Security.”

The programme aims to empower the most marginalized groups of Palestinian women, including women with disabilities, women sex workers and women users of drugs, through targeted, high‑impact technical support to reinforce protection and reintegration systems.

The main objective of this assignment is to develop a comprehensive capacity‑building needs assessment and an evidence‑based capacity‑building plan for selected governmental partners in the West Bank and non‑governmental service providers in the West Bank and Gaza, to strengthen their technical capacity to effectively respond to, manage, and refer cases of violence against women from these three groups.

• To conduct a capacity‑building needs assessment for selected governmental partners in the West Bank and non‑governmental service providers in Gaza and the West Bank, including dedicated chapters on both the social and health sectors, with a clear analytical distinction between governmental and non‑governmental service providers, as well as between Gaza and the West Bank.
• To identify the capacity‑building needs and priorities based on the findings of the capacity assessment.
• To develop a comprehensive blended capacity‑building plan for service providers across both sectors and geographic areas, incorporating both joint and sector‑specific components to ensure coordinated, context‑responsive, and effective capacity strengthening.

• Develop…