CONSULTANCY: Mainstreaming Violence Against Women and Girls Data Collection & Analysis into Jamaica Crime Observatory Integrated Crime & Violence Information System Country: Jamaica Post Level: National/International Consultancy Type of Consultancy: Individual Consultancy Deadline: 21 December 2020 Expected start date: January 2021 Period of assignment/services: 22 working days over a three-month period Background: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development places gender equality at its core to achieve the SDGs, with the elimination of violence against women and girls as a crucial component. In September 2017, the EU and the UN launched an ambitious partnership to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls worldwide called the Spotlight Initiative (SI). The Spotlight Initiative aims at mobilizing the commitment of political leaders to end violence against women and girls and thereby contribute to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Spotlight Initiative will deploy targeted, large-scale investments in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Pacific and the Caribbean, aimed at achieving significant improvements in the lives of women and girls. Jamaica is one of the countries in the Caribbean to benefit from this transformative initiative. The Spotlight Initiative’s Country Programme Document (CPD) aligns with the National Strategic Action Plan on the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls (NSAP-GBV). Based on local GBV data, four parishes - (Clarendon, Westmoreland, St. Thomas and Kingston and St. Andrew) will be targeted under the Spotlight Initiative. This consultancy falls under Pillar 5 – Strengthening Data Availability & Capacities which seeks to enhance the capacity of institutions to produce quality, disaggregated globally comparable data for analysis and to inform laws, policies & programmes. | 
