| Overview : Across the world, women are poorly represented in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education and in the ICT sector - in technical roles, decision-making positions and in digital entrepreneurship. The Global Gender Gap Report (GGGR) 2017 notes that industries historically most affected by occupational gender imbalance include among others, the technology sector. The Report further notes that such industries are losing out and that the technology sector, is already experiencing significant talent bottlenecks. There is also the leaky pipeline issue -where the number of women in STEM falls continuously from secondary school to university level and to the ICT sector so that even when women do participate in the tech sector, evidence shows that their attrition rate is high. Research shows that the median proportion of females employed in the telecommunications and other ICT-related industries in Africa is about 30%. In Africa, only 9% of start-ups had women leaders, according to a 2016 study by Venture Capital for Africa. Further studies indicate that women generally have less access to financing and training on how to start a business than men. Most global venture capital investments go into the ICT and related sectors but here the evidence is that first, there are very few female venture capitalists, and second, women-run companies receive a dismal proportion of venture capital. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) requires the services of International individual consultant to perform the work described in the corresponding TORs. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) requires the services of International individual consultant to perform the work described in the corresponding TORs. Interested and Qualified vendors should submit through the online eTendering system: https://etendering.partneragencies.org (search for Event ID ETH0186-International Consultant) as per the deadline indicated in the system itself. Detailed user guide on how to register in the system and submit the proposal are attached to this notice. Procurement Reference No.: ETH0186 (eTenderin Instruction to Bidders is attached).; Kindly ensure that supporting documents required are in the .pdf format, and free from any virus or corrupted files and Quotations. NOTE! The File name should contain only Latin characters (No Cyrillic or other alphabets). You are kindly requested to indicate whether you intended to submit a Proposal by clicking on “Accept Invitation” button no later than 01 November 2018. If that is not the case, UNDP would appreciate your indicating the reason, for our records. If you have not registered in the system before, you can register now by logging in using username: event.guest password: why2change The step by step instructions for registration of bidders and quotation submission through the UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system is available in the “Instructions Manual for the Bidders”, attached. Should you require any training on the UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system or face with any difficulties when registering your company or submitting your quotation, please send an email: info.procurementet@undp.org cc: mehari.goitom@undp.org Please note that ATLAS has following minimum requirements for password: Minimum length of 8 characters. At least on capital letter. At least one number. New bidder registering for first time, system will not accept any password that does not meet the above requirements and thus registration cannot be completed. | 
