UN Women: Cash and Voucher Specialist, Home-Based, National Consultant, Retainer Afghan Nationals

JOB DESCRIPTION

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. Afghanistan is one of the world’s most complex emergencies, and the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.

Afghan people are grappling with the impact of chronic, poverty, climate change, economic decline,and natural disasters. Afghan women and girls face unique and amplified vulnerabilities particularly the series of restrictions and bans that restrict their access to education, health, workplaces and public spaces. In this context, it remains urgent that Afghan women and girls are provided targeted support and that they can continue to shape the development of their country, and that their gains are protected.

UN Women remains fully committed to supporting Afghan women and girls and to putting them at the center of the global response to the poly-crises crisis in Afghanistan.

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. Afghanistan is one of the world’s most complex emergencies, and the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.

Afghan people are grappling with the impact of chronic, poverty, climate change, economic decline,and natural disasters. Afghan women and girls face unique and amplified vulnerabilities particularly the series of restrictions and bans that restrict their access to education, health, workplaces and public spaces. In this context, it remains urgent that Afghan women and girls are provided targeted support and that they can continue to shape the development of their country, and that their gains are protected.

UN Women remains fully committed to supporting Afghan women and girls and to putting them at the center of the global response to the poly-crises crisis in Afghanistan. UN Women has been in Afghanistan for two decades. UN Women’s programming approach is informed by analysis of the political, economic and humanitarian situation, risks to and capacities of partner organizations, and needs of Afghan women and girls.

UN Women Afghanistan currently has five key programme priorities: (1) Integrated Programming and Localization, (2) Women’s movement building through core grant making;
3) Policy and Research;
4) Economic Resilience and Private Sector and
5) Coordination, Access and Humanitarian Response. UN Women Afghanistan operates through its main office in Kabul and five sub-offices located in the provinces of Balkh, Bamyan, Herat, Kandahar and Nangarhar. In Afghanistan, community preference clearly favours flexible assistance modalities. According to community feedback, 28 per cent of respondents preferred a combination of cash and in‑kind assistance, and 27 per cent preferred cash alone, reflecting the strong demand for assistance that allows households to prioritize food, rent, healthcare, transport, and debt repayment.

In a context of severe restrictions on women, cash assistance also offers a degree of privacy, discretion and flexibility that is often lost in in‑kind assistance. UN Women in Afghanistan is seeking up to 2 national consultants on retainer to provide needs based technical and operational support to the agency’s Cash and Voucher assistance (CVA) to ensure it is of high…