Programme Specialist, FGM; Gender & Human Rights Branch, Nairobi, Kenya, P-3

  • Level: P-3
  • Contract Type: Fixed Term Appointment
  • Closing date: 16 May 2024 05:00 PM (America/New_York)
  • Duty station: Nairobi, Kenya

Job Purpose:
Support and lead evidence-based interventions for collective engagement of youth movements and visibility of youth coalitions and networks engaged in the efforts towards the elimination of female genital mutilation. The incumbent will report to the Coordinator of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme to Eliminate FGM.

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Consultancy- To provide technical support in secondary data analysis, synthesis and use into programmatic interventions for the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation, GHRB, Technical Division 

  • Level: Consultant
  • Contract Type: Consultancy
  • Closing date: 29 Feb 2024 05:00 PM (America/New_York)
  • Duty station: Remote

Publication

Technical Note: Developing Anti-FGM Laws Aligned with Human Rights

Number of pages: 32

Publication date: 31 Dec 2023

Author: UNFPA, UNICEF

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