Under the global project on Gender-Biased Sex Selection (GBSS), UNFPA contributes to strengthening evidence-based national policies and programmes in addressing son preference, low value of girls and gender inequalities resulting in gender-biased sex selection in countries, engaging with regional and national partners for both conceptual development of interventions as well as their implementation. Through this project, UNFPA works to strengthen the existing knowledge base on sex ratio imbalance through demographic, socio-cultural, operational and policy research at the national level, while building the multi-stakeholder and multi-sectoral capacity for advocacy, development, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes to address sex selection/son preference in Bangladesh.
UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high-impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results.
The Programme Officer- Gender will be based in the UNFPA Bangladesh Country Office (CO) in Dhaka, from where s/he shall undertake frequent field missions to UNFPA-supported districts as necessary. S/he shall closely work with UNFPA's other units (Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Population, Planning and Research, and Adolescent and Youth). S/he shall report to the Chief- Gender, UNFPA.
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Application deadline: 07 September 2022 (5PM Dhaka Time)
Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
