Job pack: Eminent Volunteer/Combating GBV, Developed country

Expert

Country

Employer

Pakistan

Rozan
Rozan is an Islamabad-based non-governmental and non-profit organisation
working on issues of emotional and mental health. Rozan was officially
registered in Pakistan in December 1998.
Rozans mission is To have worked with all people, especially women, youth
and children, to collectively strive for a society that is violence free, self-aware
and accepting of itself and others.
Priority concerns for interventions that have been selected by Rozan are
emotional health, gender, violence against women and children and sexual
and reproductive health.
Rozan objectives are:

To facilitate the process of self-reflection and self-growth in order to

foster good emotional health.
To provide psychiatric and psychological support to all women.
To provide psychiatric and psychological support to
children/adolescents and especially those children who are victims
of child sexual abuse and adults survivors of sexual abuse.
To develop and maintain a resource centre on child sexual abuse and
gender.
To facilitate and conduct research and studies on all program areas.
To provide trainings on gender, child sexual abuse and other aspects
of emotional health.
To educate and increase awareness, and sensitize the community
especially key professional groups such as the police about gender
issues and violence against women and children and emotional
health.

Rozan is delivering the Rabta project which works with the police to create
capacity and ownership to deal with the issue of violence against women and
children. As part of this project, Rozan is Secretariat of the Pakistan Forum
for Democratic Policing (PFDP). This forum is a collection of organisations and
institutions committed to enhancing democratic policing in Pakistan.
VSO and Rozan have obtained funding from AmplifyChange
https://amplifychange.org/ to deliver a project Preventing Gender Based
Violence Through Democratic Policing. VSO and Rozan will work with the
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PFDP to strengthen its governance, set-up a sub-chapter in Sindh Province

and to train forum members on Policing, Governance and GBV, advocacy and
positive dialogue. The PFDP will in turn work with the police to improve the
polices ability to engage with communities on GBV issues, manage GBV cases
effectively and to refer GBV survivors to relevant sexual and reproductive
health services.
The project will run a campaign raising awareness that GBV (with a focus on
rape) is a crime, that it should be reported, that support including Sexual and
reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services exist and how to access it. This
campaign will educate women about resources and services available to
them, their right to such access and how to do so, this project will also work
with the police so that they know how to respond effectively and make
referrals to health services.
Advocacy and campaigns will be complemented by additional knowledgesharing activities consisting of a visit of a high-profile expert under VSOs
Eminent Volunteer programme. The underlying aim is to get information in
front of the right people, in a way that motivates them to make meaningful
use of it to improve GBV and SRHR outcomes. To share effective police
responses, to help transform the way officers think about and respond to
GBV, the links between GBV and SRH, the role of the police in ensuring that
women can access care to mitigate the impact of GBV on their health. The
main objective of the placement is to share insight and help broker dialogue
with senior stakeholders and policy makers in this sector.

To find out further

http://www.rozan.org/

information

about

Rozan,

please

visit

To find out further information about the PFDP please visit their Facebook
page https://www.facebook.com/thePFDP/

Duration

15 Days

Job purpose

To share insight and broker dialogue with senior stakeholders and policy
makers in the sector of GBV, SRHR and democratic policing and provide
technical assistance in the delivery of advocacy campaign.

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Contents:
1.

Job Description................................................................................................................................ 4

2.

Personal considerations .................................................................................................................. 6

3.

Background and contextual information ........................................................................................ 8

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1. Job Description
Responsibilities
This position will provide technical skills and field
tested expertise to the PFDP members both
nationally and the provincial chapter, by engaging
with senior stakeholders to get the information to
the right people with regards to GBV, SRHR and
democratic policing.

Key Performance Indicators

Decision-making
Confidence in taking decisions based on
own judgment, technical and management
experience.

In particular, responsibilities include:

Generate and provide innovative ideas

for the development of inputs including
overall design, IEC materials and
effective communication channel for
anti-rape advocacy campaign.
Sharing experience on how the
developed nations have been able to
adopt measures to ensure gender equity
and combat GBV
Meeting and consultation with forum
members, police and other stakeholders
at the national level to share technical
skills and field tested expertise.

Submit a detailed visit report to VSO/Rozan on

basis of initiatives undertaken during the
placement.
Due to the nature of this volunteer placement, it
is possible that the responsibilities of this role
might change slightly according to project
implementation status; therefore the post holder
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Competencies

Advocacy campaign design ideas

are shared with PFDP and
advocacy advisor.
Number of meetings or
number and type of
stakeholders engaged
and dialogue report is
drafted.

Experience sharing
workshop with PFDP
Sindh chapter held,
Pertinent issues of the
advocacy discussed with
police and stake holders
for coalition building on
GBV issues and
Advocacy campaign

Building and Sustaining working

relationships
The social skills to build and actively
maintain working relationships that foster
teamwork and collaboration with others.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential
A Bachelors degree

Open Minded and Respectful

A non-judgemental approach that values
other people and culture.

Apart from the competencies the

volunteer expert is expected to abide by
VSO core values and other VSO policies
regarding Gender Sensitivity,
Safeguarding & Child Protection, Data
Protection Act, Confidentiality and
Security.

At least 10-15 years professional

working experience
Citizen of a developed country,
preferably from EU, but other
developed nationalities are also open
to apply
Current or Ex-member of Parliament,
retired senior official of a police,
judiciary, retired senior level
Government official, Human Rights
activist working on efforts to combat
GBV, policy advocacy and legislative
reforms for gender equality.

Experience of working with forums,

consortia and/or alliances

Strong English written and verbal

communication skills

Ability to work in the Pakistan context,

demonstrating appropriate cultural
and security sensitivity

Experience of GBV, SRHR, democratic

policy and dialogue brokering with
senior policy level people, police
officials, community and civil society
forums/networks.
Desirable
Master degree

Responsibilities
will need to be flexible and adapt to the
environment as necessary.

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Key Performance Indicators

Competencies

Skills and Knowledge

Previous experience of living/working in
Pakistan, South Asia or living abroad.

2. Personal considerations
In addition to the job description, the following information should be used when considering
whether a placement is suitable for you.
Personal health considerations
If you have a significant current or past medical condition and/or you have general concerns
about staying healthy as a volunteer, please use this information to assess whether this
placement will be suitable for you. All volunteers require medical clearance from a VSO medical
adviser before they are able to take up a placement with VSO. Occasionally, VSO may consider
that this placement is too great a risk for you in terms of your personal health and you would be
advised to consider a different placement.
If you wish to discuss your personal circumstances or health concerns in confidence with VSOs
medical team before you apply for this placement please contact medical@vsoint.org.
For further guidance about medical assessment and volunteering with a medical condition please
see the frequently asked questions on VSO website.

Access to medical care and support

There are various public and private medical facilities available in Islamabad. VSO Pakistan refers its
employees and volunteers to Shifa International Hospital Ltd which is located in sector H-8/4. It is
a well-equipped hospital and is considered to be one of the best hospitals in Pakistan. It is on VSOs
medical panel and all volunteers will be registered with Shifa.
Shifa now has branches in F-11 and G-10 sectors. There are also government hospitals which
provide good health service, the most prominent among them are Pakistan Institute of Medical
Sciences (PIMS) at sector G-8/3 and Federal Government Services Hospital (Polyclinic) at sector G6/1.
In cases of emergency for any reason, including medical evacuations, VSO Pakistan has a detailed
emergency system in place that will ensure volunteers are removed to a place of safety or
transferred to an appropriate medical facility as soon as is possible. VSO is supported by the AXA
insurance and medical repatriation scheme.

Accompanying partner or family: If you have a partner or children who are planning to
accompany you to your placement, please use this section to assess whether this placement will
be suitable for you.
Unaccompanied
Duty Station:
The Eminent volunteer will be based in Islamabad with travel to Karachi but please note that
travel outside Islamabad will be subject to security clearance from the country office.
Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan where lifestyle and living conditions are considerably better
than some other cities of Pakistan. In Rozans office, the volunteer will be provided with a work
station and a computer. There will be access to the internet and emails during office hours.

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The capital city is the fastest growing city in terms of population, economy and urban settlement
in the country. Wide, tree-lined streets adorn the various sectors and zones of the city and the
Margalla hills frame Islamabad, providing areas to walk and picnic.
For work in Karachi the volunteer will be based in a PFDP member organization (security cleared
by VSO in joint consultation with Rozan).
Transport requirements
VSO and Rozan will provide transport facilities for official travel to the field and pick and drop from
residence to office. Islamabad is a metropolitan city and taxi is easily accessible. The cheaper public
transport vans that travel throughout the city are not recommended to international volunteers.
More reliable taxi services like metrocab are also available but cost more than regular taxis. The
Government has just opened a Metro Bus service in Islamabad but it is only along one 23km route
and may not be convenient to volunteers. Due to the security context of Pakistan international
volunteers are advised to travel by Taxi. VSO Pakistan has increased its volunteer allowance in Dec
14 in consideration of this.
Islamabad has an international airport, located at main Islamabad highway that has daily flights to
and from the rest of the country and to other major international destinations.
For Karachi transport will be arranged by the partner Rozan and/or forum members.
Caution will be required when travelling around Islamabad in the evening and whilst currently there
is no curfew in place, VSO Pakistan may introduce one should the security situation require it. Until
then all night time travel should be by taxi or with friends.
Security information
Being the capital of the country, Islamabad is host to the key government offices and ministries plus
the diplomatic missions. Islamabad is also the hub of the development sector activities as almost
all of the UN and other donor agencies, INGOs, and big national NGOS, have their offices there.
Pakistan is often only featured in the international media when violent clashes between political,
religious or ethnic groups have taken place. The impression that Pakistan is a violent Islamic
fundamentalist society is a misleading one, and many volunteers commented that they felt safer in
Pakistan than they did in their own country. But the security context of the country keeps on
changing, there have been various acts in 2014/15 in different cities of Pakistan. Though Islamabad
is a safe city, duty of care and adherence to security policies and protocols is expected from the
volunteer. Usually foreigners are expected to adopt a low-profile, especially in outdoor activities
and respect the local customs particularly as far as dress is concerned.
According to VSO Pakistan security guidelines, Islamabad is a recommended area for placements.
In Islamabad VSO will take care of security details for the volunteers. Volunteers are kept regularly
informed about the security situation in Pakistan and are discouraged to travel to the areas and
locations that are not considered safe. Volunteers are also expected to keep themselves updated
on local news through newspaper or news channels.
All international volunteers and staff in the VSO Pakistan programme will be subject to rigorous
security policies. These undoubtedly will have some effect on freedom of movement, restricted
access to particular areas, restaurants and other public places. If VSO Pakistan is to implement its
duty of care policy, it is important that a volunteer interested in this job is willing to adhere to our
carefully considered protocols at all times.

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This role requires travel to Karachi and the volunteer will be expected to seek permission from VSO
before travelling, as well as following the relevant security protocols for Karachi when in the city.
Please go through the Security Plan for Pakistan on the Pakistan page of the VSO Learning Hub.
Accommodation
Accommodation in Islamabad is varied and for the volunteer can range from basic to well furnish
depending on cost and whether or not it is supplied by the employer. As a minimum, the volunteer
can expect an unfurnished room in a shared apartment or house with shared bathroom with a
shower, kitchen and lounge area. In this case, VSO will provide a bed with mattress, sheets and
mosquito net, a chair and table to work and eat from and a wardrobe or cupboard to keep clothes
in. A fridge will be provided along with a range of kitchen utensils, crockery and an electric kettle.
In general however, provided volunteer accommodation is of a better standard than that and
although there is a strong likelihood that it will be shared, it will likely be better furnished and often
have a TV, easy chairs and washing machine. In most cases, internet access is not provided but can
be connected via an evo internet stick. Mobile phone coverage is generally good. Power supply is
often cut, usually for an hour here and there.
Fresh food supplies are generally good but seasonal with a range of fruit and vegetables always
available. Buying from the local shops and markets is more cost effective than the supermarkets
although the occasional treat from the well-stocked shelves is hard to resist. Whilst there are many
restaurants and cafes throughout Islamabad, it would be expensive to use them regularly. Cooking
and eating at home is probably the best way of ensuring a balanced diet especially for vegetarians.
Eating at home sharing a home-delivered pizza with friends is popular with volunteers!

3. Background and contextual information

VSO Pakistan
Pakistan is ranked 143 out of 144 countries in the gender inequality index, this is according to the
World Economic Forums, Global Gender Gap report 2016. It is the second worst country in the world
for gender inequality for the second consecutive year. Consequent to these facts, women across
Pakistan face discriminatory practices deeply stemmed in conservative and patriarchal customs and
traditions as well as violence. In addition gender-based violence is widespread and numerous types
exist which affect both females and males. Many cases are often not reported due to the shame, so
called honour taboo attached to such crimes, weak implementation of laws, long winded judicial
systems mean that perpetrators go unpunished, absence or lack of awareness of access to justice,
medical and psycho-social counselling support also means that many are left victimized without any
help moreover the relevant stakeholders such as the police and lawyers are not gender sensitized and
do not know how to manage/deal with GBV cases and/or survivors, affectees of GBV which results in
a wide vacuum of loopholes to address and combat these issues. Lack of accountability and democratic
policing also means that this public service is not beneficial to the population especially those most
vulnerable and marginalized.
The Government of Pakistan is party to a number of international agreements pertaining to ending
violence against women as well as general human rights and at the national level has pro-women
legislation in place and a provision in the Constitution regarding no discrimination based on gender,
but no specific gender laws exist and laws that do are not enforced and/or success rate in the courts
are significantly low or are mostly settled out of court.

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In order to support in the strengthening of a GBV free society, VSO Pakistan secured funding in January
2016 from AmplifyChange by way of a project called Preventing GBV through democratic policing.
This is in partnership with a local non-governmental organisation (NGO) known as Rozan. VSO Pakistan
and Rozan aim to strengthen the governance structures of the Pakistan Forum for Democratic Policing
(PFDP) established at the national level, provide trainings to the PFDP members on governance and
GBV, set up sub-chapter of the PFDP at the provincial level in Sindh, run an advocacy campaign
highlighting that rape is a crime, create awareness about GBV, SHRR as well as consult with GBV
survivors and police in designing the campaigns etc. The PFDP will in turn work with the police to
improve the polices ability to engage with communities on GBV issues, manage GBV cases effectively
and to refer GBV survivors to relevant SRH services.

The role
This position will complement the objectives of the project by providing Rozan, the PFDP members
and any other relevant stakeholders such as police officials etc. with expert and proficient knowledge
in the practice of combatting GBV in the context of developed nations by learning about best practices,
lessons learnt etc. The PFDP will greatly benefit from the substantive and eminent experience of
developed nations in their efforts to combat GBV. This can also help the PFDP in overcoming the
challenges addressing the issues related to GBV. It is expected the eminent volunteer will serve a
catalyst for instigating change for further sensitization of PFDP on GBV issues and their solutions.

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