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. UN Women programming in Zimbabwe aims to create an enabling environment for gender equality and women’s empowerment by supporting the Government of Zimbabwe to fulfil its obligations in the national Constitution and global gender equality frameworks, and by building the capacity of women to claim their rights.
The Ministry of Energy and Power Development in partnership with UN Women recognizes the importance of promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women in the energy sector. The Ministry together with UN Women, UNDP, UNESCO, UNCDF, Old Mutual and other key stakeholders in the public and private sector is catalyzing gender responsive investments in Renewable Energy for the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals in Zimbabwe. UN Women’s role in the programme includes promoting meaningful inclusion and participation of women in the Renewable Energy (RE) value chain; gender responsive RE training; gender responsive financing for the RE sector as well as generation and/or utilization of gender disaggregated data by key stakeholders. In line with the above efforts, and as part of its contribution to the Joint Renewable Energy Fund, the Country Office in partnership with the Ministry of Energy and Power Development and Participating UN Organizations would like to engage a consultant to assist with the development of a comprehensive national strategy for women in energy.
Expected Results:
- A National Strategy for Women in Energy and Gender Equality
Objective
- To develop a national strategy that helps to increase women’s participation, retention and advancement in the energy sector.
Duties and Responsibilities
Description of Responsibilities/ Scope of Work/Deliverables
| Deliverables | No of days/duration | % Allocation |
| Inception report
A work plan and inception report detailed as follows:
Submit the inception report and have a debriefing meeting with the Ministry of Energy and Power Development and other key stakeholders to discuss the inception report and achieve a common understanding of the work, strategy components and the deliverables
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5 | 5% |
| Consultative Meetings
Conduct Provincial Consultations across 10 provinces of Zimbabwe applying both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection including but not limited to surveys, focus group discussions and interviews. The consultant is expected to submit a comprehensive research report with findings and data from all the engagements
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30 | 40% |
| Strategy Development
This entails drafting of the National Strategy for Women in Energy prepared and submitted to stakeholders/technical working group for review. Presentation of the draft National Strategy for Women in Energy to Ministry of Energy and Power Development and other key stakeholders for comments and inputs.
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10 | 40% |
| Validation
Prepare a revised National Strategy for Women in Energy sector. Submit and present a revised National Strategy for Women in Energy to the Ministry of Energy and Power Development and other key stakeholders for a validation exercise.
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3 | 10% |
| Final report
Submit the final version of the National Strategy for Women in Energy with inputs and feedback from the MoEPD, and other key stakeholders from the validation meetings.
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