Mission and objectives

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. Placing women's rights at the centre of all its efforts, the UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States' priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

Context

National Action Plans for the implementation of UNSCR 1325 are national-level strategy documents that outline a government’s approach and course of action for localizing action on the Women, Peace and Security Agenda. These documents outline objectives and activities that countries take, both on a domestic and international level, to secure the human rights of women and girls in conflict settings; prevent armed conflict and violence, including against women and girls; and ensure the meaningful participation of women in peace and security. By conducting this assignment, the Online Volunteer participates in creating advocacy products by using pre-existing data and analyses to design compelling knowledge products. The final products will be used to communicate on the Europe and Central Asia context regarding the Women, Peace and Security agenda based on global, regional, and national datasets.

Task Description

We are seeking Online Volunteers to support us by translating position papers and concept notes on Women, Peace and Security in Central Asia from English to Russian. To this end the Online Volunteers are asked: - To translate the document, which is about 10 Pages long into Russian. - Ensure the translation is concise, in line with our communications guidelines, and fits the audience The selected Online Volunteers will be provided with the document in the original language and will receive guidance on the target audience and our communications guidelines as well as other guidance as needed. The Online Volunteers will have the opportunity to build connections with the WPS specialist at UN Women Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia and learn about the ways in which the translated product contributes to the WPS activities of UN Women in Central Asia.

Competencies and values

Living conditions and remarks