UN Women is Hiring: 15+ Work From Home/ Home-Based Consultant Opportunities Open to International Applicants in 2026
Overview
UN Women is advertising more than 15 home-based consultancy opportunities, with deadlines from 25 August to 1 September 2026. They span gender equality, monitoring and evaluation, sustainable finance, communications, governance, women's economic empowerment, gender-responsive policing, the care economy and social norms. Some are international consultancies and others are national consultancies tied to a specific country. Each has its own eligibility rules, so applicants need to check individual vacancy announcements for education, experience, nationality and location requirements.
The source does not give pay details. The vacancies listed are as follows. A Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (international, 25 August) and a Consultant on Gender and Care (retainer, home-based in Viet Nam, 25 August). A Team Leader for quality assurance of the Viet Nam Country Gender Equality Profile 2026, a national consultancy linked to Ha Noi. An English Copy Editor on retainer (26 August). A Program Consultant who can work from home or from Geneva. A Sustainable Finance Programme content development and communications consultant (27 August). A WHRD Window Protection Assessment Specialist. An international consultant for the UN Women Social Norms Framework in Europe and Central Asia. A National Technical Consultant for Women Artisans of Change in India (28 August).
In Kazakhstan, there is a National Consultant or Psychologist on occupational well-being and psychological resilience of law enforcement professionals (30 August), plus national and international consultants or trainers on gender-responsive police response to violence against women and domestic violence. Three consultancies for Beirut, Lebanon close on 31 August: Institutional and Oversight Ecosystem and Executive Learning; Strategy, Budget Oversight and Executive Learning; and Inclusive Governance and Executive Learning. Finally, a consultant to develop guidelines for integrating gender-transformative care economy objectives into African Development Bank operations is home-based with a deadline of 1 September 2026.
Who can apply
Backgrounds in gender equality, women's rights, international development, monitoring and evaluation, research, programme management, communications, sustainable finance, governance, public policy, gender-based violence prevention, law enforcement training, social norms, the care economy or institutional development may be relevant.
How to apply
Candidates apply through the official UN Women recruitment system using the link in each vacancy announcement.