Humanitarian Specialist

Updated: March 06, 2024 07:46 PM GMT

Full-time Job in Kabul

UN Women

Kabul, Afghanistan

Background
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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.

For a seventh consecutive year, Afghanistan remains among the deadliest places in the world to be a civilian and faces an emerging level of human rights violation.

The ongoing conflict has caused several issues including, an imbalance in people’s access to and control over resources, decision-making and political participation at different scales that exacerbate existing disparities and vulnerabilities, predominantly among women and marginalized groups of people. Considering the present multidimensional emergency as a result of conflict, COVID-19, rapid escalation of violence, severe poverty, food insecurity, and climate... More Detail