Job Description
Background:
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 East and Southern Africa regions are confronted with rapidly evolving and interconnected peace and security challenges, including political instability, violent extremism, climate-induced disasters, competition over natural resources, growing economic disparities, and large-scale displacement. Longstanding conflict dynamics and entrenched mistrust continue to fuel recurrent crises across national borders, heightening humanitarian needs and straining already fragile social and political systems. The region hosts more than 27 million internally displaced persons, refugees, and asylum seekers, with over 85...