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 joint programme, Empowering Women for Sustainable Peace in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), is being implemented by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) Philippines and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). It is funded by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) under the guidance of the UN Resident Coordinator Office (UNRCO) and the Bangsamoro Planning and Development Authority (BPDA). The JP covers the period from 1 April 2022 to 30 September 2025, with an inception phase of six months (1 April 2022 to 30 September 2022) and is being implemented in close coordination with BARMM ministries, offices, and agencies, as well as with civil society organizations (CSOs) in the BARMM. The JP will be implemented primarily within BARMM and in Bangsamoro communities adjacent to the region.
The JP fundamentally aims to prevent insecurity and violence by harnessing the potentials of both women and men and by addressing structural gender inequality and discriminatory gender norms that are barriers to sustainable peace. While it will focus on empowering women to participate and lead in peacebuilding, conflict prevention and conflict resolution, it also aims to enhance the ownership and responsibility of the BARMM government in promoting gender equality and meaningful inclusion of women in peace and security processes. Finally, the JP will bring the complementary strengths of UN Women and UNDP in advancing the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in all aspects of peacebuilding and governance.
The JP also aligns with the priorities and interventions currently being implemented under the Normalization Programme as well as with the newly approved UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (SDCF) 2024-2028 in the Philippines strategic priority outcome 1. The Programme is also anchored on the Bangsamoro Regional Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (RAP-WPS) 2020-2022, and now on its successor plan – the Bangsamoro RAP-WPS 2023-2028.
The JP (April 2022- September 2025) was designed based on the fundamental objective to prevent insecurity and violence by harnessing the potentials of both women and men and addressing structural gender inequality and discriminatory gender norms that are the barriers to sustainable peace. While it will focus on empowering women to participate and lead in peacebuilding, conflict prevention and resolution, it also aims to enhance ownership and responsibility of the BARMM governments in promoting gender equality and inclusion in peace and security processes. In doing so, it will bring complementary strengths of UN Women and UNDP to advance the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda into all aspects of peacebuilding and governance. The primary
beneficiaries of the joint programme include women and girls in BARMM, particularly those who are vulnerable to violence, conflict and crisis in the region. The immediate beneficiaries include Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), Bangsamoro Women Commission (BWC), BARMM Ministries and Agencies, local government units (duty bearers) and gender and peacebuilding advocates, civil society women’s organizations and associations at regional and local levels (rights holders).
The ultimate outcome of the programme is ‘Through inclusive and accountable governance, decent employment generation and essential services of health, education, security, justice, protection and recovery systems reach the most vulnerable in Mindanao, resulting in socially cohesive and resilient communities.’
As per the agreement between UN Women – UNDP and Global Affairs Canada, UN Women and UNDP will conduct a midterm review by an external consultant in Q2-Q3 of 2024 to capture progress across the regional and local levels and to identify gaps and recommendations to accelerate progress and recommendations for enhancement, where required. The mid-term review will focus on the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence and timeliness of programme implementation. Findings and recommendations of the mid-term review will inform implementation during the final half of the programme.
Project Information | ||
Project/outcome title | Empowering Women for Sustainable Peace in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) | |
UNSEPF | Through inclusive and accountable governance, decent employment generation and essential services of health, education, security, justice, protection, and recovery systems reach the most vulnerable in Mindanao, resulting in socially cohesive and resilient communities. | |
Date project document signed | 28 March 2022 | |
Project dates | Start | Planned end |
April 2022 | September 2025 | |
Project budget | CAD 3,000,000 | |
Funding source | Global Affairs Canada | |
Implementing party | UN Women and UNDP |
Thus, UN Women Philippine Programme Office with UNDP Philippines is seeking to recruit a National Consultant (NC) to conduct the data gathering processes of the mid-term review (MTR) of the Joint Programme, “Empowering Women for Sustainable Peace in the BARMM”. The consultant will conduct field visits and interviews among communities, Government Agencies and Stakeholders to BARMM, in the Philippines.
The consultant will be reporting to UN Women Philippines WPS Team Lead, and will be supported by M&E Analyst, who will be the point of contact on the contract and payment issues.
All the deliverables, including annexes, notes and reports should be submitted in writing in English and Filipino. Upon receipt of the deliverables and before the payment of the first instalment, the deliverables and related reports and documents will be reviewed and approved by JP team (UN Women and UNDP). The period of review is one week after receipt.
All data collected by the consultant must be submitted to the supervisor in Word, PowerPoint or Excel formats and is the property of JP team. Proper storage of data is essential for ensuring confidentiality and should be in line with the UN Women’s Policy on data management and security. Final reports will follow the United Nations Editorial Manual, which can be found here.
The National Consultant will perform the following tasks for this engagement:
Review and finalize data collection tools and identify potential respondents among project stakeholders
Conduct data collection and consolidation
Facilitate preliminary analysis and reporting on data collected
Outline of deliverables relating to the tasks indicated above:
Deliverable | Target Completion Dates |
Finalized data collection tools translated into Filipino | 20 May 2024 |
Share draft report which includes data translated into English and preliminary analysis. | 15 July 2024 |
The final report which includes data translated into English and analysis. The national consultant will clean and collate the data collected, translate the data into English and share it with the international consultant in a format that can allow for consolidated analysis with data collected from other countries and at the regional level. The report should also include a preliminary analysis of the data collected with dashboard. | 1 October 2024 |
Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel
The National Consultant is expected to be home-based, preferably within or near the project area coverage as this engagement is expected to have travels in projects areas in BARMM, Mindanao, Philippines. The travel, if necessary, will be arranged by the WPS Unit following UN Women Travel Policy.
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Interested candidates are also invited to submit their electronic application to hr.bangkok@unwomen.org with cc to mariafe.mejia@unwomen.org not later than 10 May 2024, 17:00 Manila, PHL time. The submission package includes: