National Individual Consultants Assistant Researchers for Gap Analysis on Sexual Violence in Kenya

National Individual Consultants Assistant Researchers for Gap Analysis on Sexual Violence in Kenya

OHCHR is seeking to recruit two (2) assistant researchers to support the lead consultant to conduct gap analysis on sexual violence in Nairobi and counties in Nyanza and Western Kenya.

Background

Sexual violence (SV) has been a recurrent feature during elections in Kenya.

Kenya is a State Party to key international and regional human rights treaties and conventions that require state action to prevent sexual violence and ensure remedies.

Since 2007/08 Kenya has developed an extensive set of laws, policies and standard operating procedures on prevention and response to SV to its existing policy and legal framework, which essentially impose obligations on duty bearers to prevent SV.

Yet, during the recent elections in 2017, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights with the support of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights(OHCHR) documented 131 electoral related SV cases perpetrated against women/girls and men/boys.

A vast majority of the SV survivors face insurmountable challenges in accessing medical care and justice,
raising deep concern why Kenya’s strengthened institutional and legislative frameworks have not lead to
prevention and more effective responses to SV.

Assignment Objective

The objective of the gap analysis is to build a body of evidence to identify priority gaps and support the formulation of concrete short and medium-term measures that should be pursued by duty bearers to ensure effective prevention and response to SV in the next elections (2022).

Scope of the work

Under the direct supervision of the lead consultant and in close coordination with OHCHR’s Senior Human Rights Adviser, UN Women and PHR , the assistant researchers shall: -