Position Title: GBV in Emergencies Specialist

Receiving Agency: UNFPA

P Level: P3

Location: Quibdo, Colombia

Duration: 3 months

Start date: ASAP

Language: Fluency in Spanish and English required

Background Description of Emergency / Justification for Request

Following the magnitude 7.4 earthquake on August 10, 2026, widespread structural damage has displaced thousands of people into ad-hoc and overcrowded temporary shelters across Chocó and neighboring departments. Many of these temporary living sites lack basic lighting, private sanitation facilities, and institutional oversight, creating high-risk environments for displaced women, adolescent girls, and children. The breakdown of community support systems, combined with acute financial strain, family separation, and unmet basic needs such as menstrual hygiene, drastically heightens exposure to gender-based violence (GBV), sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment. Indigenous and Afro-Colombian women in remote rural areas face compounded vulnerabilities,



leaving them with limited access to protective services or confidential medical and psychological care.

Security Situation Summary in country and main threats:

Humanitarian responders in Colombia face a complex security environment where disaster response intersects with active internal armed conflict. Responders face severe threats from non-State armed groups (NSAGs) that influence nearly 78% of rural populations. Key operational hazards include direct threats and violence against aid workers, vehicle theft, armed curfews, and illegal checkpoints that restrict movement. Responders also confront record levels of attacks on medical missions, high risks of crossfire during territorial clashes, and widespread explosive hazards, including anti-personnel mines, unexploded ordnance, and drone-deployed 3 munitions. These access barriers and security risks severely constrain the delivery of emergency shelter, healthcare, and humanitarian aid to disaster-affected

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