Consultant To Develop Guidelines For Integrating Gender-Transformative Care Economy Objectives Into African Development Bank Operations

Organizational Context

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. Globally, women undertake a disproportionate share of unpaid care and domestic work, providing three-quarters of all unpaid care hours. These responsibilities significantly impact women’s participation in the labor market due to unpaid care responsibilities. Women who do enter the paid workforce often face additional barriers such as the gender pay gap due to reduced wages, and limited leadership opportunities due to caregiving responsibilities. Yet, care work is essential to societies and economies to support the well-being of individuals and com

Job Purpose

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. Globally, women undertake a disproportionate share of unpaid care and domestic work, providing three-quarters of all unpaid care hours. These responsibilities significantly impact women’s participation in the labor market due to unpaid care responsibilities. Women who do enter the paid workforce often face additional barriers such as the gender pay gap due to reduced wages, and limited leadership opportunities due to caregiving responsibilities. Yet, care work is essential to societies and economies to support the well-being of individuals and communities. It is estimated that the global monetary value of women’s unpaid care work is $10.8 trillion annually, three times the size of the world’s tech industry. In sub-Saharan Africa women spend 3.4 times more time on unpaid care work than men, limiting their access to education, decent employment, and participation in public life. If unpaid care work were assigned a monetary value, it would constitute 7.2% of GDP in Ethiopia, 7.9% in Tanzania, and 8.8% in South Africa. Despite its critical importance, care work remains unrecognized and undervalued, entrenched in patriarchal norms that consider it a woman's duty. Growing global and regional evidence demonstrates that investments in care systems and care-supportive infrastructure can generate multiple development benefits, including increased labour force participation, improved productivity, enhanced human capital outcomes, job creat

Responsibilities

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. Globally, women undertake a disproportionate share of unpaid care and domestic work, providing three-quarters of all unpaid care hours. These responsibilities significantly impact women’s participation in the labor market due to unpaid care responsibilities. Women who do enter the paid workforce often face additional barriers such as the gender pay gap due to reduced wages, and limited leadership opportunities due to caregiving responsibilities. Yet, care work is essential to societies and economies to support the well-being of individuals and communities. It is estimated that the global monetary value of women’s unpaid care work is $10.8 trillion annually, three times the size of the world’s tech industry. In sub-Saharan Africa women spend 3.4 times more time on unpaid care work than men, limiting their access to education, decent employment, and participation in public life. If unpaid care work were assigned a monetary value, it would constitute 7.2% of GDP in Ethiopia, 7.9% in Tanzania, and 8.8% in South Africa. Despite its critical importance, care work remains unrecognized and undervalued, entrenched in patriarchal norms that consider it a woman's duty. Growing global and regional evidence demonstrates that investments in care systems and care-supportive infrastructure can generate multiple development benefits, including increased labour force participation, improved productivity, enhanced human capital outcomes, job creation, and greater resilience of households and communities. Recognizing these links, governments, development finance institutions, and multilateral development banks are increasingly integrating care considerations into development policies, strategies, and investment portfolios. This agenda is particularly critical in transition countries and fragile contexts, where conflict, displacement, clima

Work Experience

- Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in gender equality, women’s economic empowerment, care economy policy, labour markets, social protection, infrastructure, or inclusive development. - Proven experience developing operational guidelines, toolkits, policy guidance, or sector guidance for policymakers, development finance institutions, multilateral organizations, or governments. - Demonstrated experience applying the care economy agenda, including unpaid care work, paid care work, the 5R framework, care-responsive infrastructure, social protection, and decent work for care workers. - Experience translating research and policy analysis into practical tools for project design, implementation, monitoring, and results reporting. - Experience conducting consultations, interviews, validation workshops, and stakeholder engagement with government, multilateral, civil society, and technical partners. - Experience working in sub-Saharan Africa, with knowledge of frag

Skills

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