Requires a Cover Letter?: 
yes
Application Submissions Guideline: 

Please put "manual developer" in the email's subject, cover letter should be attached, as well as the CV and timeline.

Contact Person Name: 
Sara AbuGhazal
Contact Person Position: 
Regional coordinator
Contact Person Email: 
Description: 

 
Background and Summary:
The idea of the coalition started taking shape after several organizations, activists and women human rights defenders (WHRDs) met in Cairo during June 17 - 20, 2013, based on an invitation by Nazra for Feminist Studies. The meeting resulted in the formation of a Steering Committee that was formed from WHRDs who volunteered from different countries, and they took the responsibility to work on formulating the suggestions and ideas that were raised in June 2013. They also completed the basic and necessary steps needed to build a strong base for the coalition of WHRDs in the MENA region. Two meeting for the Steering Committee were conducted during the periods June 2 - 5, 2014 in Amman, Jordan, and August 6 - 8,2014 in Beirut, Lebanon, respectively. They worked on drafting the code of conduct, internal regulations, objectives of the coalition and membership criteria. The 2 referred to meetings also included the design of an internal system for the transition period until the beginning of 2015, where the first general assembly for the coalition was conducted in February 2015 with the presence of 14 WHRDs from different countries in the region, where the internal regulations were confirmed, a strategic plan was drafted and the first elections for the coalition's Executive Committee were conducted, in addition to appointing consultants for the different sub-regions and handing the coordination of the coalition to SAWT AL NISWA collective.
 Coalition Objectives:
The General Assembly confirmed and certified a general objective for the coalition, which is the building of sub-regional coalitions that are coherent, effective and work as the basis or a group of local groups, and provides support for WHRDs to raise the issues they work on in a safe and effective environment via strengthening protection and enabling mechanisms for WHRDs, disseminating the concept of WHRDs and raising awareness about the role they play, in addition to disseminating the culture of respect and support for WHRDs.
About the Activity :
 Activity 2. is supported through the Norwegians peoples aid through SIDA, under the project" Empowering WHRDs in MENA region" and implemented by the WHRD MENA coalition. It’s main objective is to launch a global campaign on the protection of the WHRDs in the region, and present WHRDs with detailed content and clear steps to engage with and use International mechanism the protects WHRDs, HRDs and Human rights in the region.
WHRD MENA would like to hire a consultant to develop a manual on existing international mechanism that WHRDs in MENA can engage with to seek more protection and highlight violations.
Therefore, we are calling all those interested and have the experience to come forth and apply.
Taking into consideration the following:
1-    Applicants must submit a timeline.
2-    Applicants must have experience in working in the field of HR, and particular on international and regional HR mechanisms.
3-    Applicants should be based in Beirut.
4-    Selected consultant will also take part in other WHRD MENA activities
5-    Selected consultant will also work on other tasks relevant to the manual but intersects with our online campaign.
6-    Selected consultants must be excellent in English and Arabic, and will follow up closely on the translation of the content.
7- Selected consultants will abide by NPA's code of Conduct, WHRD MENA internal regulations, and Anti corruption Policy. 
 
ONLY SELECTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED FOR INTERVIEW.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Last modified: 
25 Jul, 2016
Intervention Sector(s):
N/A
Application Deadline:
Sunday, 15 May 2016
Contract Type:
Consultancy
Period of Employment:
2 months
Salary
per deliverables.
Salary Range:
Education Degree:
Masters Degree
Education Degree Details:
Masters Degree in international law or relevant field
Experience Requirements:
Arabic Language:
Excellent
English Language:
Fluent
French Language:
randomness