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Engage & Act
The mandatory requirements for the position are
Education:
Minimum Bachelor's degree or advanced university degree in Gender, Sociology, law or related field and experience in the field of women’s rights, Dalit & CDWD Women Rights will be considered in the application process.
Experience:

  • Knowledge of women’s rights and gender issues. Dalit and CDWD women and girls’ issues in their specific country.
  •  Participate and organise capacity building, mutual learning and general advocacy activities.
  • Contribute to the development and implementation of the GFoD regional and global engagement  strategies.
  •  Author statements, reports, critical interventions and articles or contribute to specific ideas and concept notes on the concerns of CDWD as per the requirements of HLPF and other UN and human rights instruments, mechanisms or initiatives.   
  • Communicate regularly with the GFoD Secretariat and undertake national, regional and  global tasks assigned as per required.  

Requirements and qualifications
In order of preference, characteristics and qualifications are listed below. 
lease note that given our preference for candidates from respective communities, applicants are not required to have English as a working language. 
Anchored and rooted in Communities Discriminated by Work and Descent : Persons from CDWD are highly encouraged to apply to this position. Women, youth and other underrepresented and marginalised groups from CDWD will be preferred for this position.   
Experience: Candidates must be social or community leaders within their own community with considerable experience in field level engagements and familiar with the processes at the national, regional and international levels. It is highly desirable that candidates are established human rights defenders in their country/region/community and are experts in one particular field area related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For example, (Access to water and sanitation – SDG 6, decent work – SDG 8, Inequalities – SDG10 etc.). Please mention in your application which SDGs you are most interested in/have worked on.
Commitment: Candidates who have shown ongoing commitment and leadership to the cause of CDWD are encouraged to apply.
Academic qualifications: Academic qualifications such as University qualifications, publications of books, articles or other journalistic work will be considered in the application process.
Please submit your applications to RE2024@globalforumcdwd.global which shall include your Curriculum Vitae and one page cover letter referencing the relevant experience mentioned in Requirements and Qualifications. The last date for the application is 29.02.2024. English as a working language is preferred, but Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian and Arabic are also accepted and will be considered for the roles. Please mention all your working languages in your application.
Successful candidates will be appointed for a period of 12 months with a 3-month probation period.
Due to the high volume of expected applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Candidates from the CDWD community and Non Binary folks are encouraged to apply.