UNDP supports the people of Somalia to achieve the following
outcomes: peace building and conflict management, people-centred governance and
law, economic recovery and environmental protection, and protecting and
empowering women. It carries out its work through two main programmes -
Governance, Rule of Law and Security and Poverty Reduction and Environment, and
incorporates issues of Human Development and Economics, Peace building,
HIV/AIDS and Gender across all of its work.
The Gender Programme is currently seeking an intern who is interested in
gaining experience and providing
support to this work. The Intern shall report to the Gender Specialist*UNDP Somalia is an out posted office operating from Nairobi, Kenya. Thus the internship will be based in Nairobi.
Duties and Responsibilities
* Research and compile a list of documentation informing on women economic and property rights, and access to finance and justice pertaining to Somalia.
* Identify good practices, lessons learnt, country strategies and policies enabling or constraining women economic and property rights and access to finance and justice.
* Research on issues facing Women in Somalia, as well as mapping and studying various organisations' work targeting women in Somalia.
* Based on UNDP Somalia’s project portfolio, the intern will prepare stories of success and challenges aimed in the field of gender at various audiences inside and outside Somalia
* Based on the research done and a specific need identified in cooperation with the Gender Specialist, the intern will prepare a final report following corporate standards and UNDP's mandate, that will reflect relevant baselines and recommendations for further action pertaining to gender equality within UNDP-Somalia mandate.
* Take part in - and contribute to – the Gender Team's everyday work.
Apply for internship here.
