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Support the implementation of UN Women economic programme activities including those related to the Sustainable Cities initiative.
Background The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) identified Women's Economic Empowerment as one of its global priorities in the conviction that a woman who is economically empowered is better placed to attain empowerment in other aspects of her life. Investing in women's economic empowerment sets a direct path toward gender equality, poverty eradication, and inclusive economic growth. More than half of the world's population already lives in cities, and this number is likely to grow to 70 percent by 2030.

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As the cities grow up, challenges also increase including urban poverty, unemployment, poor housing, and underdeveloped infrastructure, natural and human-made disasters, as well as constraints on productivity, safety and security, especially for women and girls. UN Women in collaboration with other UN sister Agencies is implementing a Joint Programme on Sustainable Cities to support activities that are aimed to support Rwanda to create livable and inclusive cities that provide security, access to jobs, decent housing, and a better quality of life for all citizens. Reducing socioeconomic inequalities, strengthening women and girls' economic capacity, and giving them hope and better prospects are the underlying driving forces of this call for proposal

1. Purpose UN Women Rwanda Country Office seeks potential Implementing Partners/Responsible Par ties (Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to implement some interventions which will lead to new job creation, improvement in the quality of existing jobs, economic inclusion, and safe cities free from any forms of violence for all

III. Expected deliverables Provide professional services which includes technical expertise to ensure project deliverables are provided within the timeframe of this project. IV. Timeframe May to December 2022 with the possibility for extension if the budget is available.
V. Recruitment process All interested implementing Partners may download the Tor to support the implementation of UN Women economic programme activities including those related to the Sustainable Cities initiative at
Please find the link below https:/www.rw.undp.org/content/rwandalen home remerciementanetics komen-economic empowermenteca LOL propos absfor implementing and requested to submit all the required documents to wanda offers@urwomen.org not later than 8th May 2022 at 5:00 pm Kigali Local Time.