Expertise 1. Women in peace and security

• Gender in migration and prevention of violent extremism
• Mediation, conflict resolution and recovery
• Women’s participation in decision making in peace architecture and security organs
• Transitional justice
• Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV)

Expertise 2. Women in Democratic Governance

• Constitution-making processes
• Engendering electoral processes (electoral law, women’s presence as decision makers in Electoral Management Bodies, or EMB, women’s candidacy, women’s presence in political parties, women’s registration, violence against women in election)
• Justice, transitional justice, and women’s human rights
• Corruption, nepotism, and African Peer Review Mechanism

Expertise 3. Economic Empowerment

• Gender, gender budgeting, the macro economy and unpaid care economy
• Gender and economic policy, modelling, and statistics
• Access to finance, social protection, and productive resources (land, capital, credit, input in agriculture, technology, and technical skills and training)
• Access to employment, labor market and trade
• Gender and the private sector management
• Expanding women’s leadership roles in private sector and value chains

Expertise 4. Environment and Climate Change

• Disaster risk reduction
• Clean/renewable energy (solar, wind, hydro, and new technology)
• Gender in green and blue economy and access to natural resources (land, oceans, and mining)
• Women and girls’ education and orientation to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)

Expertise 5. Structural, Cultural and Social Barriers to Gender Equality

• Masculinity and patriarchy
• Working experience with communities and traditional and religious leaders on the issue of gender and customary norms (female genital mutilation, or FGM, and child marriage)

Expertise 6. Cross-cutting areas

• Gender mainstreaming and policy research, analysis, design, and strategy formulation
• Working experience in gender responsive legal framework (reforms – domestication of international – regional commitments/adoption)
• Gender policy and projects monitoring and evaluation
• Gender equality advocacy and training tools development
• Design and facilitation of capacity development initiatives for gender mainstreaming
• Design and development of materials for communicating gender equality results (knowledge management and communications)
• Management of a development project with an objective of advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment (capacity-building and mentorship)

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