• Country: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A 
• Organization: UNV
• Gender: Both
• Deadline: 2024-01-23

Details
Mission and objectives
Morobe Development Foundation Inc. is a leading Internationally recognised NGO based in Lae Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea who has the vision to help young people reach their full potential by utilizing their hidden talents in community development initiatives so they can realize their potential and become a role model in the community.

MDF was established to address a broader and more diverse range of objectives and work through the use of dance, music and drama, MDF’s primary aim is to ensure that women participate equally in decision making in any project undertaken, including projects related to Ending Violence against Women, and promoting Human Rights with a aim to support the Government and UN their Development Goals.

MDF, in collaboration with Online Volunteers engaged through the UNV’s Unified Volunteer Platform (UVP), has also undertaken various scientific research studies related to the environment – forest cover loss, land use land cover change, the influence of various parameters on surface waters, and coastal shoreline turtle habitat loss. These projects included the participation of various experts and researchers from diverse fields across various countries across the globe – ranging from marine biology, biodiversity conservation, PNG community management, remote sensing, and land use policy among various others.

MDF is managed by a management committee, which is made up of the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman, Secretary, the Treasurer, the Project Coordinator, Community Development Officer, and a male and female member of the foundation, and ensures that women participate equally in decision making.

We at MDF assert that we have the required skill sets, knowledge, established international network, and the necessary foundational work to undertake projects successfully.

Context
MDF has undertaken several projects to help assist ending violence against women and causes of gender based violence. To further the impact of these projects for communities, MDF will be applying for UN Trust Fund’s 27th Grant Cycle. https://untf.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/untfevaw_2023_call_for_proposals_final.pdf

This workstream is critical to MDF’s commitment on women empowerment as well as for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Some projects conducted by MDF for ending gender based violence include:
1. Women not Witches campaign with support from Oxfam International and Canada Fund
2. GBV Drama Awareness with support from UN Women
3. Women Empowerment Training with support from Hilden Charitable Fund
5. GBV Script Development and Awareness with support from Mereuix Foundation
6. Project Back to Job with support from online volunteers engaged via UNV Online Volunteering service

MDF’s current focus on GBV is three fold:

1. Help the problems of gender based violence in Papua New Guinea
2. Project Back to Job for enabling acid attack survivors – 80% of victims worldwide are women
3. To target the priority needs identified in the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. MDF was included in the 2023 SDG Action Weekend as well as included in the SDG Action weekend event Women and Girls “Towards a Rights-centred Gender-Transformative Economy, Including a New International Financial Architecture”. The aim of the UN 2023 SDG Action Weekend gathering was to bring stakeholders together to enable turning the SDG midpoint year of 2023 into a tipping point to achieve the SDGs by 2030.

To that end, we are seeking the expertise support from Online Volunteers to assist in the development of proposal on Women Empowerment Projects that will be submitted to the UN Trust Fund call for proposal to end violence against women.

Task type
Research

Task description
Specifically, the Online Volunteers will be assigned with the following tasks:

Online Volunteer 1: Develop the all-up structure of the proposal document with the team, ensure the team makes progress towards completing the document.

Online Volunteers 2, 3, and 4: Work together to write the proposal for combating violence against women and girls and submit project concepts aimed at ending violence against marginalized women and girls.
Leverage information from:
a) MDF’s existing work and upcoming work
b) Research on any new project concept that further MDF’s objective
c) Include needed details in the proposal as given on https://untf.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/untfevaw_2023_call_for_proposals_final.pdf

Online Volunteer 5: Edit and review the document as it’s created and in the end.

Requirements
Required experience
Gender Based Violence Projects, Sustainable Development, Research, Grants Writing, Project Management, Work on Ending Violence Against Women, Finance, Influencing Skills, Business, Management, Administration

Languages
English, Level: Fluent, Required

Other information
Inclusivity statement
United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

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