Team lead - Mid-term Review of She Demines Programme, Home-based

## Team lead - Mid-term Review of She Demines Programme, Home-based - Organization:UN Women - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women - Office:UN Women in Home-based UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. UN Women work in Ukraine focuses on supporting the government and civil society in advancing gender equality and implementation of the national and international commitments on gender equality and women's human rights. UN Women Ukraine implements interventions on the following four thematic priorities: peace and security, humanitarian action, women's economic empowerment; governance and participation in public life. UN Women works closely with the UN Country Team in integration of women's rights and gender equality in all spheres of UN work. In 2025, the world commemorated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the landmark UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), and the Government of Ukraine prepared its third National Action Plan (NAP) 1325 covering the period 2026-2030. WPS agenda is integral for Ukrainian humanitarian mine-action issues and implementation of the National Mine-Action Strategy (2024-2033), especially as the country has entered the fifth year of the full-scale aggression by the Russian Federation, and Ukraine is considered to be the most mine-contaminated country in the world. While UN Women Country Office (CO) continues to support the implementation of the WPS agenda, UN Women is implementing “She Demines” program since February 2025 - funded by the Governments of Canada and Croatia to enhance gender-mainstreaming and women empowerment into the humanitarian mine-action and emergency response sectors, led by the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy and Agriculture in partnership with the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior Affairs with a specific focus on the State Emergency Services (SES), the State Border Guard Service (SBGS), the National Police (NPU) and State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection (SSSCIP). To do this, UN Women seeks an experienced International Consultant to undertake a mid-term review of the Program. As a result of aggression of Russia against Ukraine, it is estimated that 23% of Ukraine's territory (roughly ˜139 000 km2 [1] ) [2] is contaminated with landmines and unexploded explosive ordnance from Russia's full-scale [2] UNN, "War-contaminated areas in Ukraine decreased by 17,000 square kilometers over the year", https://unn.ua/en/news/war-contaminated-areas-in-ukraine-decreased-by-17000-square-kilometers-over-the-year invasion. Consequently, the scale of land contamination is outstripping the existing capacities of national mine action operators. The UN Women programme She Demines aims to bridge the labor gap in the humanitarian mine action and emergency service sectors by capacitating women and their organizations, state institutions, and focus on overcoming stereotypes and creating access to enabling employment opportunities by adjusting policies to facilitate and retain women within the national operators. At the same time, UN Women supports the Government of Ukraine in fulfilling its commitments to gender equality and women's empowerment. She Demines aims to strengthen women's meaningful participation in the WPS Agenda in line with the commitments in Ukraine's National Action Plan 1325 and National Mine Action Strategy of Ukraine (2024-2033), by stimulating more women into operational and leadership roles in the humanitarian mine action and shifting public perceptions about women's participation in traditionally male-dominated emergency response sector. Together with its partners, She Demines fosters conditions for women's professional and social development through various technical and capacity development trainings, data collection and evidence-based advocacy efforts. She Demines is a UN Women Ukraine CO programme combining two complementary-funded projects delivered under a unified delivery framework and a single results matrix (overall duration: 40 months, March 2025 — June 2028): 1. "Ukrainian Women at the Frontlines of Demining and Recovery" - an inclusive programme that mobilizes women, changes gender stereotypes, and creates employment opportunities in demining and emergency services, funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development of Canada (Global Affairs Canada) - Peace & Stabilization Operations Program (28 February 2025 - 31 March 2027) 2. "Promoting Women's Participation in Mine Action" - a transformative programme for women's participation and leadership in mine action and emergency response, funded by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia (27 June 2025 - 26 June 2028). Key beneficiaries:Approximate 3 000 women will receive gender-sensitive mental resilience and community support for integration into male-dominated sectors. At least 300 women from war-affected areas of Ukraine will be certified in humanitarian mine action. The broader societal benefit includes enhanced economic growth, national safety, and gender equality by engaging millions to reshape societal perceptions and break down gender barriers. Geographical scope:programme is implemented in Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Mykolaiv and Sumy oblasts by two responsible parties: NGO Girls; women's empowerment, leadership and mental resilience component; Ukrainian Deminers Association (UDA); technical training and certification component. Technical Partner: BBC Media Action (addressing the social norms and gender stereotypes component). Programme partners at national level are: - Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine (responsible for the implementation of the National Mine Action Strategy of Ukraine (2024 — 2033) - Ministry of Social Policy, Family and Unity of Ukraine (responsible for the National Action Plan 1325) - Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine - National Police of Ukraine - State Emergency Service of Ukraine - State Border Guard Service of Ukraine - State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine. Relevant Sustainable Development Goals: 5. Gender Equality 10. Reduced Inequalities 16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions Related National Strategies and Action Plans: - National Mine Action Strategy of Ukraine (2024 — 2033) - National Action Plan for the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security 2026 - 2030; - UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework between the Government of Ukraine and UN-Ukraine Development Cooperation Framework 2025-2029 — Priority II Inclusive economic growth and Priority IV Peace, justice and strong institutions; - State Strategy for Regional Development 2021 — 2027, and - State Strategy for Ensuring Equal Rights and Opportunities for Women and Men by 2030. UN Women is seeking to hire an international consultant to lead the team of experts in Monitoring and evaluation of Development programming on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment to undertake the mid-term review (MTR) of the She Demines programme in Ukraine, implemented by UN Women and partners, for an assignment period of October 15, 2026 to February 15, 2027. He/she will lead the team, supervise the national consultant(s), quality assurance and timeliness of the MTR. This MTR will involve generating evidence, analysis, consultants, and collecting feedback from the ultimate, primary, and secondary beneficiaries of the program. It will entail meaningful engagement of the stakeholders involved at national, regional, and local levels. This MTR will cover the programme implementation period fro