It is with this background that UN Women Liberia intends to conduct a comprehensive legislative analysis of laws from a gender perspective in Liberia with the aim to assess the gender compliance of existing laws and policies, identify possible discriminatory provisions and provide evidence for future advocacy and capacity development of relevant stakeholders. In this context, UN Women is seeking for a national lead Consultant to conduct a National Comprehensive Assessment of Discriminatory National Laws in Liberia. The Lead Consultant will be supported by a second National Consultant (to be hired by UN Women).
In collaboration with the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, the Liberia Law Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Justice among others, under the guidance of the Deputy Representative, UN Women Liberia and direct supervision of the Programme Specialist, Governance and Participation Unit, (jointly with a second National Consultant to be hired by UN Women), the national lead consultant will be responsible for:
Scope of work
The legal mapping will consist of a selective analysis of legal frameworks from a gender perspective, beginning from the social, cultural, economic, and political context, highlighting the current situation in Liberia. The undertaking of the assessment will also be guided by the United Nations Checklist of Eliminating Laws That Discriminate Against Women And Girls: A UN System wide tool for accelerating progress on SDG 5 (May 2021). In light of this, the scope of the assessment will focus on, but not limited to, the following areas of laws:
The analysis will be guided by international Standards such as CEDAW, concluding observations from treaty bodies and Universal Periodic Review mechanism, etc. In addition, sources such as Universal Human Rights Index, United Nations Gender Quota Portal, UNFPA Database on SDG indicator 5.6.2, FAO’s Gender and Land Rights Database, FAO data set on countries with equal rights to land, and EPIC (Equal Pay International Coalition) Equal Pay Legal Database shall be used during the process.
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