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Consultant – Gender and Domestic Work Sector is needed at UN Women
JOB TITLE: Consultant to Conduct a Study on Gender and the Domestic Work Sector in Nigeria
LOCATION: Abuja, Nigeria
Type of Contract: Individual Contract
Post Level: National Consultant
Languages Required: English
Duration of Initial Contract: 30 working days (within a 60 day period)
Background
Domestic workers comprise a significant part of the global workforce in informal employment and are among the most vulnerable groups of workers. Currently, there are at least 67 million domestic workers worldwide[1], not including child domestic workers and this number is increasing steadily in developed and developing countries.
Even though a substantial number of men work in the sector – often as gardeners, drivers or butlers – it remains a highly feminized sector: 80 per cent of all domestic workers are women.[2] Their work may include tasks such as cleaning the house, cooking, washing and ironing clothes, taking care of children, or elderly or sick members of a family, gardening, guarding the house, driving for the family, and even taking care of household pets.[3]
Domestic work comes with its own peculiarities and workers in this sector are often faced with challenges that are often multidimensional, gendered and cut across several aspects, including remuneration, working time , conditions of work, social protection, child labour, forced labour, discrimination, freedom of association, collective bargaining, access to justice amongst others.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- Advanced degree in Economics, law, labour and industrial Rlations Study, Public Policy, Gender Studies, Sociology, or other relevant disciplines.
Experience:
- A minimum of 10 years of work experience in field of law, economics, political economics, public policy and gender studies with demonstrated experience in domestic work sector and labour policy analysis.
- Proven experience in carrying out research and analytical work in public policy, on labour standards, gender, labour laws, political economy and trends.
- Strong knowledge of international labour standards on conditions of work, child labour, equality and labour migration is required.
Languages:
- Excellent command of spoken and written English.
Consultancy Requirements:
- Deliverable based (does not require daily reporting to the office)
Domestic work comes with its own peculiarities and workers in this sector are often faced with challenges that are often multidimensional, gendered and cut across several aspects, including remuneration, working time , conditions of work, social protection, child labour, forced labour, discrimination, freedom of association, collective bargaining, access to justice amongst others.
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Job Features
Job Category | Consulting / Business Strategy/ Planning |
Deadline | 22nd May, 2020. |