The Center For Health, Human Rights and Development is re-advertising the VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT below:

Title:     National Consultant on HIV and Law – Capacity Development

Duration:     90 days

Duty Station:    Kampala, Uganda with travels to Gomba and Mukono districts

ABOUT CEHURD

The Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) is an indigenous, non-profit, research and advocacy organization which is pioneering the enforcement of human rights and the justiciability of the right to health in Eastern Africa. CEHURD focuses its efforts on critical issues of human rights and health systems in East Africa such as sexual and reproductive health rights, trade and health, and medical ethics which affect the vulnerable and less-advantaged populations such as women, children, orphans, sexual minorities, people living with HIV/AIDS, persons with disabilities, internally-displaced persons, refugee populations and victims of violence, torture, disasters and conflict.

BACKGROUND AND THE CONSULTANCY

CEHURD is implementing a sub-regional HIV/AIDS and adolescent girls and young women Program, with a focus on prevention of new infections. The first Phase of the Program is aimed at improving the quality of, and access to, HIV-related services for adolescent girls and young women in Uganda through the use of Legal Empowerment / Social Accountability+ (LE/SA+) strategies. Subsequent phases will be added, subject to available funding.
CEHURD seeks a National Consultant for HIV and Law, with a strong interest and passion for the Organization’s mission. Under direct supervision of the Executive Director of CEHURD, the National Consultant will perform the following duties and produce the following deliverables at the national level and in the Gomba and Mukono districts in Uganda:

• Establish and train a pool of legal and health professionals to provide regular technical support on capacity development for local Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and paralegals;
• Develop training curricula and modules on: (a) HIV services for adolescent girls and young women and (b) LE/SA+; (c) legal, gender and health frameworks to support HIV service provision and address GBV in two districts for local and national service providers;
• Participate in the training of Partner NGOs on litigating cases related to HIV service delivery for AGYW and in handling of the Legal Aid Fund.
• Deliver regular training of paralegals on: (a) HIV-related adolescent girls and young women services, including on gender-based violence (GBV) protection systems (b) LE/SA+ and (c) legal, health and gender frameworks to support HIV service provision and address GBV;
• Develop a litigators/lawyers guide/handbook.

The Consultant is expected to undertake the work from 8 May 2017 – 30 June 2018.

IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE

Education and Experience

• Graduate degree in law is essential. Post-graduate degree in development, public health, gender, human rights or other related fields is a plus
• Minimum of 5 years of significant relevant professional experience in HIV/AIDS law and policy;
• Significant professional experience delivering capacity development activities, in particular on HIV/AIDS, , public health, gender, and/or human rights issues at the national and local levels.

Languages

• Fluent oral and writing skills in English is required;
• Fluent oral and writing skills in Luganda is a plus.

Specific knowledge, skills and competencies

• Experience in addressing and training legal and health professionals on legal and human rights issues facing
• HIV-related adolescent girls and young women;
• Experience in developing curricula and modules on legal, gender, human rights and health issues facing
• HIV-related adolescent girls and young women;
• Experience in developing legal and/or human rights handbooks, manuals or related guidance for litigators and lawyers;
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills;
• Enthusiastic and proactive attitude in building partnerships with a broad range of stakeholders and driving results, including at the senior level;
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral;
• Ability to work under pressure with tight deadlines, flexibility and an entrepreneurial spirit.
• Ability to respond timely to queries and provide feedback;
• Self-motivated and dynamic with a willingness and ability to use initiative to assist the Organization to achieve its objectives;
• Keen sense of ethics, integrity and commitment to CEHURD’s mandate.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The National Trainer for HIV will be based in Kampala with travel to Gomba and Mukono districts. The selected candidate is expected to start immediately.

For this consultancy, the ideal candidate will be offered a rate of USD150 per day subject to taxes and in accordance with qualifications and experience.

HOW TO APPLY

All interested applicants are encouraged to apply sending resume and cover letter to info@cehurd.org specifying ‘Application to National Consultant on HIV and Law – Capacity Development’ position in the title of the email.

DISCLAIMER AND CLOSING DATE

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by the Consultant assigned to this work.
CEHURD reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities or even to cancel the recruitment to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.

Application deadline:  April 28, 2017 (23:59hrs Uganda time).

To learn more about CEHURD, please visit our website www.cehurd.org

PRESS RELEASE APRIL 3, 2017

UGANDA TAKES A STAND ON TOBACCO CONTROL.

The Attorney General of Uganda last week responded to the Petition by the Tobacco Industry challenging the Tobacco Control Act 2015.  The Tobacco control advocates have over years worked so hard to have the tobacco control law in Uganda. This is against the background that tobacco as a product has devastating effects on the public and the general public health of all Ugandans.

As civil society, we are in full support of the government of Uganda in regulating tobacco use in the country.  To that end the Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) also filed an application to be added as an interested party to officially participate in the proceedings against the tobacco industry.

According to Ms. Elsa Zawedde a lawyer at CEHURD, “Civil society is also in support of the unwavering and exemplary determination of the Ministry of Health in promoting the Health care of the Citizens of Uganda through leading the tobacco control campaign and such efforts should not be in vain.”

CEHURD appreciates all the Tobacco Control Advocates for employing the MPOWER approach through Monitoring the tobacco epidemic and prevention policies, Protecting people from second hand smoke where they live, earn and play, Offering quit assistance to current smokers, Warning about the dangers of tobacco, Enforcing Comprehensive restrictions and Raising awareness on tobacco dangers.

Tobacco regulation is not unique to Uganda but also other countries like the United Kingdom, Brazil and others. Uganda like other countries, is a signatory to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and obliged to implement the same.

All jurisdictions and courts in the world have ruled against tobacco including the recent Kenyan ruling against British American Tobacco. The victory of our neighbors is our motivation to keep fighting for a tobacco free Uganda, because everyone has a right to a clean and healthy environment according to Kabanda David,   a lawyer at the Center for health, Human Rights and Development.

“A tobacco free Uganda, everyone’s responsibility”

A U.S policy that imposes anti-abortion restrictions against the use of global health assistance prevents U.S agencies and other U.S institutions from funding organizations that provide abortion services or related information. This policy which was initiated by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 was first invoked by the George W. Bush administration in 2001 and later by President Donald Trump in his first weeks of his administration. Since 1984, the US Republican Governments have argued that the gag rule aims at reducing cases of abortion but results of studies in this policy prove otherwise. FIND HERE THE FULL FACT SHEET of the The Global Gag Rule and its Impact on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Uganda.

The Center for Health Human Rights and Development (CEHURD), Prof. Ben. K. Twinomugisha and Dr Rose Nakayi have petitioned court challenging the failure of the State of Uganda to make a law regulating termination of pregnancy as is required by the Constitution. The petitioners therefore among others calls upon the courts of Laws to declare that the failure of the Parliament to make a law regulating termination of pregnancy contravenes provisions of the Constitution of Uganda.

FIND FULL FACT SHEET ABOUT THE PETITION HERE

CEHURD is looking for a National Consultant for HIV and Law, with a strong interest and passion for the Organization’s mission. The consultant will work under the direct supervision of the Executive Director of CEHURD. This National Consultant will perform different duties and produces as well as expect to avail a couple of deliverables during a given period of time. Please read the full Terms of Reference and send in your application before the deadline. Find the FULL TORs Here.