Consultant: UNFPA SYRIA Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA)

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UNFPA seeks to promote safe, cost effective and timely access to essential items and services by vulnerable groups including women of reproductive age living with disabilities, pregnant and lactating women and the elderly while at the same time, providing opportunities for these vulnerable groups to make their own choices (according to their priorities and needs) about what kind of essential items they wish to buy while supporting local markets. The UNFPA Syria country office seeks a consultant to provide technical and strategic advice to senior management in the country office outlining key decisions

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