| Overview : To apply, kindly read the procurement notice, attach the following documents and submit through the following email: ic.jo@undp.org - CV with at least three references;
- Technical proposal (to showcase requested experience and competencies); and
- Financial proposal as in the attached template.
no later than 13 Sptember 2020 with subject " Trainer and Mentor for Women Economic Empowerment through Retail and Micro Entrepreneurship in Karak programme". Any request for clarification must be sent in writing, or by standard electronic communication to e-mail: ramzi.maaytah@undp.org Mr. Maaytah will respond in writing or by standard electronic mail and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all consultants. According to ILO estimates, female labour force participation in Jordan stood at 14% in 2016, which is low even compared to Middle East and North Africa (MENA) average of 22%, and the unemployment rate for young women (aged 15-24) was 56%, nearly double the rate of young men (29%). Researches point to numerous gendered constraints to labour market engagement, including barriers to pre-school
childcare and domestic help, the absence of public transport, and a low minimum wage. In addition, the education of girls and women is not well-suited to the demands of Jordanian private sector.
Moreover, many Syrian refugees in Jordan are from rural Dara’a, a conservative region where traditional gender norms expect women to be primarily home-based, and such conservative norms appear to hold in the refugee community more widely. While these norms have not disappeared in displacement, owing to economic stresses, increasing number of Syrian women have taken on new economic roles.
This necessity has required women to transgress traditional gender norms, going beyond the private domain to seek both aid services as well as engage in (informal) work to support their families. In a focus group study conducted by Overseas Development Institute (ODI), most of the participants indicated that either they had their own income generation projects, which they run from home (e.g. knitting, selling
clothes, beauty supply) or worked as volunteers in civil society organizations. The majority expressed a preference to work from home, as this allows them to remain close to their families and overcome gendered harassment and discrimination, and unsuitable work environment.
Asilah, an initiative by UNDP Jordan in partnership with Unilever, supports and empowers women in remote and underprivileged areas through training, capacity building and a seed fund that will ultimately help them establish micro-joint ventures and partnerships. It is hoped that this programme will increase women economic participation in the retail distribution sector and empower them to become direct-to-consumer sales distributors via their home-based businesses (HBB). This project will also be executed in collaboration with MADL (Modern Arab Distribution Ltd) – Unilever’s distribution partner in Jordan and will utilize the income generation to refugees and rural women. Creating livelihoods for vulnerable Jordanians and Syrian refugees and connecting them to retail sector is significant to improve their access to long-term self-reliance.
UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. All individuals including persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with strictest confidence and equally. Technical and financial proposals along with CV & 3 references should be submitted, and without such will not be considered). (Only Short Listed Candidates will be contacted) UNDP is an employer committed to gender equity and to providing equal opportunities to both males and females. | 
