SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - UNDP removes job posting for Sudan after criticism

7/5/2020: Sudan Tribune - UNDP removes job posting for Sudan after criticism

Sudan Tribune reports that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said took down a Sudan-based job posting for a gender advisor position, after criticism for failing to comply with local hiring rules.

 The position, advertised in late April, said the successful candidate will work in the office of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok "to ensure gender and women’s issues are well incorporated into his agenda.”

 Sudan Tribune note that critics suggest that the position infringes on the power of Hamdok’s office to pick its staff. UN Women apologised “for any misunderstanding.”