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In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. In doing so, UN Member States took an historic step in accelerating the Organization’s goals on gender equality and the empowerment of women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bri...

Responsibilities or duties

Support the Policy Specialist to review/conduct economic empowerment related research from a gender economics perspective

Support the Policy Specialist in programme management and implementation

Support the Policy Specialist in various communications tasks such as writing position papers, talking points, website articles, developing social media posts, etc.

Support the Policy Specialist on administrative tasks as required

Learning goals include:

• Enhanced knowledge on gender equality and women’s economic empowerment
• Enhanced knowledge on gender and economics in development in Africa
• Enhance knowledge on the programmatic and operational aspects of working at UN Women

Competencies :

Core Values:

• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
• Inclusive Collaboration;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example.

Functional Competencies:

• Demonstrable knowledge of feminist/gender economics;
• Demonstrable Knowledge of development issues in Africa, preferably in East and Southern Africa;

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Education:

Applicants to the Internship Programme must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements:

• Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher) in feminist/gender economics or any related field ;
• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in feminist/gender economics or any related field;
• Be enrolled in a mandatory national service programme of which the internship may form a part;
• Have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within two-years of graduation.

Language:

Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English are required;

Working knowledge of another UN language is an advantage.

Any other provided details (e.g., benefits, work environment, team info, or additional notes).

Renumeration:

Interns who are not in receipt of financial support from other sources such as universities or other institutions will receive a stipend from UN Women to partially subsidize their basic living costs for the duration of the internship.

• Support the Policy Specialist to review/conduct economic empowerment related research from a gender economics perspective
• Support the Policy Specialist in programme management and implementation
• Support the Policy Specialist in various communications tasks such as writing position papers, talking points, website articles, developing social media posts, etc.
• Support the Policy Specialist on administrative tasks as required

• Demonstrable knowledge of feminist/gender economics;
• Demonstrable Knowledge of development issues in Africa, preferably in East and Southern Africa;
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English

• Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher) in feminist/gender economics or any related field ;
• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in feminist/gender economics or any related field;
• Be enrolled in a mandatory national service programme of which the internship may form a part;
• Have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within two-years of graduation.
• Working knowledge of another UN language is an advantage.