📋 Tender Overview
Gender and diversity inequalities (Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendants, Persons with Disabilities, and LBGTQ+ communities) remain significant challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean, impacting economic development, social cohesion, and access to services. Switzerland advances the Inter-American Development Bank Group’s agenda on gender and diversity in its programs by financing an experienced position in the Office of the Special Advisor on Gender and Diversity.
Country/region Topic Period Budget
Global
Gender Equality
Women’s equality organisations and institutions
Human rights (incl. Women's rights)
Sexual & gender-based violence
02.12.2024 - 01.12.2026
CHF 410’000
The project in brief
Background Gender inequality and lack of diversity remain significant challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean, impacting economic development, social cohesion, and access to services. Women, Indigenous communities, Afrodescendants, Persons with Disabilities, and LGBTQ+ communities face structural barriers in education, employment, political representation, and healthcare. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) plays a crucial role in addressing these disparities by promoting inclusive policies and gender equality initiatives across the region. Through targeted programs, the IDB supports women's economic empowerment, improved access to education, and participation in leadership roles. Additionally, the IDB fosters diversity by inclusive development strategies.
Objectives Support to elevate gender and diversity within the IDB Group’s agenda is ensured to achieve development for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Target groups
Special Advisor on Gender and Diversity and advance the IDB Group.
Specific knowledge of public and private sector interventions to elevate gender and diversity within the IDB Group, including IDB, IDB Invest and IDB Lab.
Medium-term outcomes The position will provide strategic advice and support to elevate gender and diversity within the IDB Group. It will provide expertise and specific knowledge the Special Advisor on Gender and Diversity for the IDB Group, who is directly attached to the President’s Office. It will enhance coordination and foster synergies within the IDB Group to achieve greater impact for the design and implementation of development projects and programs, to ensure Gender and Diversity issues are well reflected in the operational and knowledge generation portfolio of the IDB Group. It will indirectly advise and influence the President of the Bank on the respective Action Plans, development impact of IDB Group financed activities and related corporate affairs. The position will, in particular, support an analysis of the IDB Group in gender and diversity (Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendants, Persons with Disabilities, and LBGTQ+) with an emphasis on five lines of action outlined in the Purple Portfolio: Care Services, Violence, Economic Autonomy and Opportunity, Institutional Capacity Build
