Gender Equity Policy

UNHCR staff register refugees at the Douma registration centre on the outskirts of Damascus. Registering with UNHCR ensures that the most vulnerable refugees receive aid.

With a view to increasing the number of women in the organisation and within the framework of the Gender Equity Policy, UNHCR has introduced relaxed eligibility requirements in respect of female former staff members as follows:

Former UNHCR female staff members in the International and National Professional categories (having held an Indefinite or FTL appointment for an uninterrupted period of at least one year in the last five years): i.e for a complete one year period effective 1 January 2005 or later.

Former UNHCR female staff members in the International and National Professional categories, having held an Indefinite or a Fixed-Term Appointment of long duration (i.e. having been recruited through the APPB procedure) for an uninterrupted period of at least one year during the last five years, as determined by the date of issuance of the relevant vacancy, and with documented satisfactory performance, may apply and be considered for all internally advertised vacancies in the International and National Professional categories, according to normal eligibility criteria.

If applying for vacancies within two years of the date of separation from UNHCR, the reference point for determining rotation eligibility will be the category of the last UNHCR official duty station served, at the time served. If applying within two years of the date of separation, the reference point for seniority will be the grade held at the time of separation.

If applying for vacancies after two years of the date of separation from UNHCR, rotation and seniority will be waived, and applicants will have to grade at the level of the position for which they are applying.

Former UNHCR female staff members in the International Professional category, having held a Fixed-Term Appointment of short duration (i.e. having been recruited without going through the APPB procedure) for an uninterrupted period of at least one year during the last five years, as determined by the date of the issuance of the relevant vacancy, and with documented satisfactory performance, may apply and be considered for all internally advertised vacancies at the P4 level and above, according to normal eligibility criteria (i.e. they must grade at the level of the position for which they are applying).