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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.

The overall purpose of trauma informed economic empowerment model is to design, develop, and build trauma sensitive, trauma specific and trauma informed model that is evidence based, survivor centered with effective business and entrepreneur approaches that can be applied in the context of rehabilitation and reintegration of survivors in development and humanitarian contexts. 

The specific objectives are:
•    Review evidence-based trauma-informed economic empowerment approaches at global, regional, country and local level that could be implemented for survivors of violence in development and humanitarian settings
•    Integrate trauma-focused research and practice-generated knowledge from survivors and professionals, private sectors highlighting effective trauma interventions and best practices 
•    Assess the current economic empowerment practices in selected shelters, IDP centers and in the community, identifying gaps, challenges, and areas for improvement in the economic empowerment programs.
•    Develop a trauma-informed framework for the overall economic empowerment, ensuring the model is tailored to the unique needs of survivors of VAWG that considers the existing community resources and cultural values with a focus on long-term recovery and resilience.
•    Design strategies for engaging survivors in productive income-generating activities, focusing on building survivor autonomy, economic independence, and social reintegration.
•    Recommend context-specific strategies for integrating trauma-informed economic empowerment practices into the rehabilitation and reintegration services for VAW/ CRSV survivors, ensuring long-term effectiveness and mental health recovery that includes practical monitoring tools.

Education and Certification:
•   Master's Degree in Economics, Sociology, Social work, Psychology and related Social Science fields 

•   Minimum seven years of experience on economic empowerment and development of economic empowerment model for women including survivors of Violence Against Women and Girls, Conflict related sexual violence (CRSV), Trauma related interventions
•    Background in business, entrepreneurship, or related fields.
•    Strong expertise in business development, financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and economic empowerment.
•    Familiarity with the Amhara, Oromia, Tigray and Afar regions, have an understanding of the specific challenges faced by survivors of violence in these areas.
•    The national consultant should bring a team member that have an extensive experience in designing trauma-informed programs, particularly for survivors of violence. The expert should have an experience of working with survivors and knowledge of mental health and psychosocial support needs. This will ensure the economic empowerment model is trauma sensitive and trauma informed.
•    A strong expertise in the area of service required
•    Fluency in English and Amharic is required.