UN Women: National Feminist Economist/Gender and Economics Policy Analyst, Yaoundé, Cameroun NPSA 8

Job Description Background: 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. Women in West and Central Africa represent the most deprived group of the population in spite of their paramount social and economic role. They have limited access to, and control over critical resources, as a result of social, cultural and economic norms. The new Women’s Economic Empowerment Strategy launched in 2024 articulates UN Women’s vision for enabling women’s economic agency, autonomy and well-being. Anchored in UN Women’s Strategic Plan 2022–2025 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, its objective is to provide a framework that galvanizes internal and external stakeholders to work together at the local, national and global level through transformative solutions that improve the lives of women and girls with no one left behind. It identifies three key priority areas, or Gender Equality Accelerators (GEAs), where UN Women can make the most progress: (i) women and the world of work, (ii) gender-responsive climate action and (iii) transforming care systems. In line with the new Women’s Economic Empowerment Strategy, UN Women’s Cameroon, with its Strategic Plan, addresses women’s economic empowerment as one of its key outcomes with work in three main areas: Rural women, Women’s entrepreneurship, Development and Climate Change, and Employment and migration. Rural women are key agents for achieving the transformational economic, environmental, and social changes required for sustainable development. But social norms, unpaid care work, limited access to inputs, credit, health care, social protection, and education are among the many challenges they face, which are further aggravated by the global food and economic crises and climate change. Empowering them is key not only to the well-being of individuals, families, and rural communities, but also to overall economic productivity, given women’s large presence in the agricultural workforce worldwide. Sustainable development requires action on three fronts: social, economic and environmental. Women are central to progress in each area, as reaffirmed by the RIO + 20 Agreement, which makes commitments to ensuring women’s equal rights and opportunities. This requires the alleviation of discriminatory barriers in diverse areas, among them agriculture, energy, health, education, employment and disaster risk reduction. Climate change disproportionately impacts the poorest and the most vulnerable, especially women in rural areas. They spend more time collecting essential resources like wood and water due to deforestation and land degradation. Additionally, frequent droughts and heat waves exacerbate food insecurity. moreover, rural women lack access to opportunities for transitioning to a green economy and accessing green finance. Women’s participation in the labor force remains unequal. Many women operate in informal employment with . underpaid, poorly protected jobs without decent work and social protection benefits. UN Women support women’s entrepreneurship and advises national and local governments institutions in developing gender responsive economic policies and supports the capacity building of multiple actors to advocate for, formulate, and implement gender responsive economic policies. UN Women Cameroon country office is seeking to recruit a feminist economist to lead its country programme on gender and economics. Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Programme Management Specialist, the N ational Feminist Economist /Gender and Economics Policy Analyst works is responsible for WEE portfolio, supervises and leads the team members of WEE He/She works in close collaboration with the regional feminist economist in the UN Women’s WCARO Regional Office and the WCA Feminist Economist Taskforce , UN Women’s program and operations teams in the Country office, to ensure successful implementation of WEE portfolio Scope of Work: Contribute technically to the development of gender responsive economic programmes Conduct research on new areas to promote Women Economic Empowement and gender responsive economic reforms to support GEWE in Cameroon Provide technical support in formulating strategies to scale up reform in key areas such as unpaid care, women’s participation in the green economy, women entrepreneurship and other relevant areas of economic policy to achieve GEWE in the Country Contribute to the coordination and implementation of flagship policy initiatives in the area of gender and economics in the Country Coordinate the production of knowledge, and communications products in the areas of gender and economics at the regional level Manage the implementation and