Objective of the programme
WHO has led an initiative to scale-up of health care services for survivors of GBV in the Rohingya refugee response since 2018 with funding from the US State Department’s Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM).
Preventing and responding to gender-based violence (GBV) in refugee contexts and emergencies remains one of the key challenges for the humanitarian sector. Research suggests that approximately one in five refugee or displaced women experience sexual violence. Health services for survivors of GBV can be lifesaving and are a minimum standard of health care in humanitarian settings. However, access to this essential care is often limited. The Rohingya have been fleeing from Myanmar’s Rakhine State to adjacent districts in Bangladesh for decades. The latest influx began in August 2017 and has led to a fourfold increase in the Rohingya population in Bangladesh. It is estimated that close to one million Rohingya are now living in Bangladesh in camps located in two Upazila (Ukhia and Teknaf) of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
In 2023, the Health Sector is targeting approximately 1.4 million people out of which about 950,000 are refugees. Key sector priorities include strengthening the quality of health care services through regular monitoring, supportive supervision, and improved patient feedback mechanisms, increasing the availability and utilization of facility-based comprehensive reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH) services with an emphasis on increasing institutional deliveries and family planning uptake and improving emergency obstetric and referral services and immunization coverage.
WHO seeks a qualified individual consultant with expert knowledge of gender-based violence (GBV) response and prevention, as well as demonstrated professional experience in humanitarian response and preparedness, to implement activities to strengthen the integration of GBV interventions into WHO health emergencies response to the Rohingya refugee crisis in Cox Bazar, Bangladesh.
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
he consultant will be under the overall guidance of the Head of Sub Office and the direct supervision of the Public Health Response Officer in the WHO emergency sub-office Cox’s Bazar and work closely with the Rohingya Response Health Sector Coordinator, the WHO PRSM Coordinator in CXB, and HQ GBViE Technical Officer.
Priorities of the consultancy to support WHE work in Cox Bazar to address GBV include the following:
- Strengthening the capacity of the health workforce, in line with WHO tools and guidance
- Strengthening multi-sectoral engagement and coordination, under the auspices of the Health Sector
- Ensure integration of GBV response and prevention actions into WHE operational and strategic planning
Duration of contract: 11 Months
Contract type: External consultant
Duty Station:
Bangladesh-Cox's Bazaar
Link to apply:
- WHO Careers Website: Careers at WHO
- Vacancies (staff member access): https://careers.who.int/careersection/in/jobsearch.ftl
- Vacancies (external candidate access): https://careers.who.int/careersection/ex/jobsearch.ftl