UN Women - Programme Analyst, Inclusive, Intersectional Youth Engagement, P2, New York, USA, Temporary Appointment

Key Functions And Accountabilities

• Provide partnership support to UN Women’s intergovernmental engagement
• Support partner engagement in the monitoring and analysis of intergovernmental processes relevant to gender equality, human rights, and non-discrimination (CSW, HLPF, UN Human Rights Mechanisms, regional mechanisms, etc.) identifying opportunities to advance inclusive participation, contributing to gender-responsive outcomes while addressing discriminatory social norms.
• Draft analytical and advocacy materials, including gender analyses, engagement notes, statements, talking points, and position papers, including support in identifying and bridging gaps in civil society-led evidence and input.
• Support the integration of marginalized youth, including LGBTIQ+ issues, and intersectional non-discrimination perspectives into intergovernmental discussions and normative frameworks.
• Coordinate with UN Women country and regional offices to ensure alignment between field-level experiences and intergovernmental advocacy.
• Support the facilitation of participation of youth-led CSOs in human rights treaty body review processes, including shadow reports.
• Contribute to information exchange and collaboration between New York- and Geneva-based experts, UN Women Regional and Country Offices, and HQ divisions.
• Advance youth and civil society engagement in decision-making spaces
• Support initiatives that promote participation and leadership of young women, girls, and gender-diverse youth in intergovernmental forums.
• Design and implement initiatives and capacity-building opportunities for youth and feminist organizations, including those representing LGBTIQ+ communities and other marginalized groups, to advance LNOB principles and social norms transformation.
• Contribute to the coordination between Geneva-based human rights advocacy and global youth engagement platforms, such as CSW Youth Forums or regional feminist youth networks, and encourage youth-led CSOs to participate and provide input to the review of Member States by human rights treaty bodies, especially CEDAW, CRC and the Universal Periodic Review.
• Support implementation of the Push Forward Strategy and GEAP priorities
• Contribute to operationalizing the Push Forward Strategy’s focus on protection, participation, and resourcing of feminist movements, especially young women, girls, and gender-diverse WHRDs.
• Promote strengthened accountability, inclusive governance, and system-wide coherence on gender equality and human rights.
• Support activities, especially with youth and CSO partners, related to UN Women’s forthcoming Action Plan on LGBTIQ+ equality and rights, in line with priorities identified in coordination with the Human Rights and Non-discrimination Section.
• Compile and document impactful practices and lessons learned from youth- and LGBTIQ+-inclusive engagement with civil society to inform UN system-wide initiatives, capturing social norms components (behavior-change, normative shifts, enabling environments).
• Provide support to knowledge management, coordination, and reporting
• Contribute to knowledge generation and awareness raising on human rights, youth, and non-discrimination, including the development of briefs, case studies, and advocacy tools.
• Maintain updated databases of key partners, resolutions, and intergovernmental outcomes relevant to UN Women’s strategic results.
• Support internal coordination, monitoring, and reporting on activities, results, and contributions to the Strategic Plan indicators.