Purpose of consultancy:
The purpose of the International Consultancy on Disability Inclusion is to support UNFPA APRO in strengthening disability inclusive SRHR and GBV programming at regional and country level in development and humanitarian situations.

Scope of work:
UNFPA works to strengthen disability inclusion, as part of our core commitment to ensuring sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all. In this regard, APRO works to ensure that women, adolescents, young people and marginalized groups, including persons with disabilities, exercise bodily autonomy by making decisions regarding their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and live a life free from violence and discrimination.

This consultancy aims to address existing gaps in ensuring women’s and girls’ access to comprehensive SRHR services, by providing guidance to enhance sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls with disabilities in countries of the region.

The consultant will support APRO to uphold the dignity of women and girls through developing programmes and strategies that address the unique needs and challenges faced by this population, both in development and humanitarian contexts.

The consultant will work under the supervision of APRO Regional Programme Specialist (Disability) and in close collaboration with APRO GBV, SRHR and the Humanitarian Advisors.

The consultant will be expected to work on the following:

• Review and evaluate strategies and approaches that promote disability inclusion in SRHR programmes in the APRO region.
• Assess the barriers and challenges faced by women and girls with disabilities in accessing SRHR services.
• Conduct a comprehensive review of existing programmes and strategies related to sexual and reproductive health for women and girls with disabilities in countries of the Asia Pacific region.
• Provide technical support to Country Offices on development of inclusive development and humanitarian programmes to address the identified gaps.
• Provide technical support to the work on developing disability inclusive dignity kits and distribution strategies, including support to developing consultation methodologies and conducting national-level consultations with Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPD) and women and girls with disabilities (WGWD).
• Document and share effective practices for disability inclusion across the APRO region.
• Support the development of SRHR training material and tools for frontline health workers to adopt disability inclusion approaches.
• Support the finalization of a regional guidance note on disability inclusion in violence against women and girls policies and programmes, including a mapping of existing practices in 10 countries.
• Review relevant UNFPA APRO and country offices reports to ensure disability inclusion and the alignment with international guidelines.
• Support disability inclusion in secondary analysis of violence against women prevalence data and kNOwVAWdata knowledge products

Deliverables:
The consultant is expected to deliver the following:

• A comprehensive review report summarizing strategies and programmes for SRHR programmes for PWDs , including findings and assessment of barriers and challenges.
• Conduct of webinars for country offices
• Documentation of good/promising practices and lessons learned.
• Finalized regional guidance note on disability inclusion in violence against women and girls policies and programmes
• Technical review of the disability inclusive dignity kit consultation methodology and guidance
• Comments and inputs on relevant UNFPA APRO, COs and kNOwVAWdata reports and products (as requested and agreed)
• Regular progress reports detailing activities undertaken and outcomes achieved.

Duration and working schedule:
The total duration of the consultancy will be 30 working days between May– 31 December 2024. The selected consultant will develop an agreed monthly work plan in consultation with the UNFPA APRO team.

Place where services are to be delivered:
Home-based

Delivery dates and how work will be delivered:
The consultancy is expected to be completed before the end of the contract with specific milestones and deliverables outlined in the contract.

Monitoring and progress control:
A work plan/delivery monitoring schedules will be determined by APRO and the Consultant at the very outset of the consultancy. A tracking sheet will be used to note progress against the TOR deliverables and deadlines.

Expected travel:
None

Qualifications and Experience:

Education:

Master’s degree with specialization in areas such as clinical psychology, clinical social work, and Public Health

Knowledge and Experience:

• At least ten years of specialized experience in programming to support disability inclusion.
• Demonstrated knowledge of global and regional guidelines on disability inclusion, sexual reproductive health and rights and gender-based violence.
• Experience in programming to promote gender equality and address gender based violence in line with the unique needs of women and girls with disabilities.
• Experience in developing and implementing action research to measure the effectiveness of disability inclusion interventions.

Languages:

Proficiency in English and in other official languages or the UN required/desirable.

Required Competencies:

• Ability to work within a team structure or in isolation, flexible, and can cope with stressful workloads and working with limited resources;
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work within different cultural environments Inputs / services to be provided by UNFPA or implementing partner (e.g support services, office space, equipment), if applicable:

UNFPA Work Environment:

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA’s workforce – click here to learn more.

Disclaimer:

Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements.

UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts.