TERMS OF REFERENCE 

 I.       
Background Building on over fifteen years of
experience in the area of women, peace, and security (WPS), including conflict
prevention and resolution, peacebuilding, security sector reform and access to
justice, UN Women is working to ensure a gender sensitive and gender responsive
approach to understanding and preventing violent extremism (PVE). UN Women’s
approach to preventing radicalization and violent extremism is firmly based on
the empowerment of women to build resilient, cohesive and peaceful communities
– with particular attention to those that are most marginalized and in
particularly vulnerable situations.  UN Women aims to increase
resilience in communities at risk of violent extremism through practical
gender-responsive approaches to prevent and counter violent extremism, support
networking of key actors and mutual learning in Muslim-majority Asian countries
about the role women can uniquely play in preventing violent extremism. Women
(as mothers, wives, sisters and daughters in family settings, and as
individuals who perform different activities and hold different professions)
play a key role in shaping the values of community members. They are therefore
uniquely positioned to promote positive perspectives and resilience over
negativity and exclusion, making both men and women less susceptible to
extremist mindsets. If properly trained and supported, women can be the first
to discern changes in behavior that may provide early signals of the potential
of violent extremism among members of the community and provide personal
support that may be the most effective means of prevention. UN Women works through
strategic approaches: economic
empowerment and financial inclusion, capacity building, promotion of women’s leadership, generation of
evidence and knowledge exchange, and strategic partnerships. UN Women seeks to bring to this working
knowledge gained through the development and adoption of the Government of
Indonesia’s National Action Plan for the Protection and Empowerment of Women and Children during Social
Conflicts (2014-2019) (NAP-WPS), Presidential Decree No. 18 Year 2014. The action plan consists of a
multi-stakeholder approach to foster the protection and response to violence
against women and children in conflict areas and the participation of women in
social conflicts.  In this context, UN Women Indonesia
seeks to hire a consultant to provide technical assistance by contributing
gender analysis and guidance to Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) initiatives,
including through aligning them with work on women, peace and security and the
NAP-WPS.  II.     
Situational context Indonesia is a Muslim majority country. The world’s largest population of
Muslims live in the archipelago of Indonesia, 85% of 260 million people
respectively. Indonesia suffers from acts of homegrown militant Islamic
organizations and attacks by groups with linkages to the ISIL movement are on a
sharp increase. There is evidence of ISIL increasing its efforts to target the
region for recruitment of foreign terrorist fighters, with a recent survey
suggesting that “competition between militant elements vying to lead the Southeast
Asian pro-ISIL movement will likely encourage increased jihadist attacks in the
short term, threatening urban areas and Western interests in the region.”
This situation is compounded by the fact that Indonesian foreign fighters have
reached a critical mass in ISIL presence.  The overthrow of the authoritarian New Order regime in 1998 triggered the
resurfacing of several hardliners groups that support the idea of an Islamic
state, and embrace radicalism to advance their religious beliefs.
Facilitated by elements in the military to mount a counter challenge against
the pro-democracy activists, some of these groups grew bolder and had
since tried to occupy a bigger space in society. Violent raids and
discriminatory actions against members of minority faiths led to
intimidation against moderate and progressive Muslim groups. Exploiting
the freedom of expression guaranteed by democracy, these groups grew bolder and
savvier in preaching their dogmas to the masses. Local elections contributed to
the dynamics even further when politicians exploit sectarian issues for their
short-term political goals. The geopolitical context also contributed to
increasing radicalization with, for example, the return of Indonesian
militant jihadists from the conflict in Syria. This situation
had similarly happened after the conflict in Afghanistan in the early 2000s
that resulted in a series of bombings that rocked Indonesia. According to Institute of Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) report,
entitled “Mothers to Bombers: The Evolution of Indonesian Women Extremists”
published on January 2017, women’s roles have moved beyond marriage,
motherhood, and network building—the traditional domains of the wives of violent
Indonesian extremists—to encompass an active military role.  III.   
Duties and Responsibilities Under the supervision and
guidance of the Programme Specialist on Women, Peace, and Security, the
consultant will undertake the following tasks:  

• Provide
  ongoing technical expertise and support on the gender-sensitive development
  of C/PVE policy and law, including through preparation of analytic
  documents and participation in expert meetings;

• Conduct
  of workshops on gender and C/PVE for government and civil society actors;

• Develop
  a toolkit on gender-sensitive approaches to C/PVE in Indonesia.

  IV.  
Expected Deliverables  

 V.    
Competencies  Essential knowledge and
experience: §  Excellent
grasp of substantive women, peace and security and preventing violent extremism
issues from a policy point of view. 
§  Demonstrable
experience in providing technical gender analysis expertise to policy
development processes in Indonesia. §  Experience
in supporting the development or implementation of the NAP-WPS in Indonesia.§  Experience
in conducting workshops and training. Specific experience related to women,
peace, and security in Indonesia is a distinct advantage. 
§  Excellent
writing skills. Experience in writing analytic papers to a publishable quality
is an asset. 
  Corporate Competencies: 
§  Demonstrates
integrity by modeling the United Nations’ values and ethical standards;§  Promotes
the vision, mission, and strategic goals of the UN and UN Women;

• Displays
  cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and
  adaptability; 


§  Ability
and willingness to work as part of a team to meet tight deadlines and produce
high-quality work.  VI.  
Contract period and work location  The consultant will be based in Jakarta,
Indonesia and work home-based and at the UN Women Indonesia Office or partner offices as
required. The consultant might be requested to travel on a mission for
which travel costs and Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) will be provided.
Travel Authorization will be granted to the consultant prior to the travel
date.  VII. Required
qualification  §  Master’s
degree in conflict or development related disciplines, gender issues,
economics, public policy, law, international relations or other social science
fields. 
§  Minimum
7 years of relevant work experience with a demonstrable ability to undertake
analytical reviews, deliver presentations and training, and provide technical expertise in the areas of
women, peace, and security and preventing violent extremism in Indonesia. 
§  Experience in contributing technical
expertise to policy development processes in Indonesia is required §  Excellent
command of written English and Bahasa Indonesia. Other UN languages an asset. 
 VIII. Evaluation Applications will be
evaluated based on the cumulative analysis. §  Technical Qualification (100 points)
weight; [70%] §  Financial Proposal (100 points)
weight; [30%] A two-stage procedure is utilised in evaluating the applications, with
evaluation of the technical application being completed prior to any price
proposal being compared. Only the price proposal of the candidates who passed
the minimum technical score of 70% of the obtainable score of 100 points in the
technical qualification evaluation will be evaluated. Technical qualification
evaluation criteria:The total number of points allocated for the technical qualification
component is 100. The technical qualification of the individual is evaluated
based on following technical qualification evaluation criteria:  

 Only the candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% of total points
will be considered as technically-qualified candidates who may be contacted for
validation interview. Financial/Price Proposal evaluation: §  Only the financial proposal of
candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% score in the technical evaluation
will be considered and evaluated. §  The total number of points allocated
for the price component is 100. §  The maximum number of points will be
allotted to the lowest price proposal that is opened/ evaluated and compared
among those qualified technical candidates who have attained a minimum of 70%
score in the technical evaluation. All other price proposals will receive
points in inverse proportion to the lowest price. IX.   
Submission of application  Interest candidates are
encouraged to submit an electronic application to hr.bangkok@unwomen.org, not later than 3^rd
August 2017, COB. Submission package includes: §  Updated

CV§  Personal
History Form(P11)§  Writing
sample§ 
Financial
proposal. X.      Payments
Payments for this consultancy
will be based on the achievement of each deliverable and certification that
each has been satisfactorily completed.