Translate a UN Guidance on Marriage and Divorce Registration to Arabic

UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s goal is to achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health, realize reproductive rights, and reduce maternal mortality to accelerate progress on the ICPD agenda, to improve the lives of adolescents and youth, and women, enabled by population dynamics, human rights, and gender equality. In 2018, UNFPA launched efforts to achieve three transformative results, ambitions that promise to change the world for every man, woman and young person: 1.) Ending unmet need for family planning 2.) Ending preventable maternal death 3.) Ending gender-based violence and harmful practises UNFPA recognizes that innovation is a key accelerator to achieve these results. UNFPA will harness innovation to meet tomorrow’s challenges and boost its impact, especially in addressing furthest behind populations, and leverage opportunities, social capital, funding and technology by (a) strengthening the corporate innovation architecture and capabilities, (b) scaling up innovations that have proven to be effective and impactful, (c) forming new partnerships and connecting with relevant innovation ecosystems, (d) strengthening and leveraging financing for innovation, and (e) expanding communities and culture for innovation.

UNFPA, in partnership with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), has developed the Guidance for Strengthening Marriage and Divorce Registration Systems in Africa. The publication provides practical guidance to governments and civil registration authorities to strengthen marriage and divorce registration systems, improve legal identity, and ensure that registration processes are inclusive, accessible and rights-based. To make this important resource accessible to Arabic-speaking audiences, UNFPA Egypt is preparing an official Arabic version of the publication. We are inviting a team of 10 Online Volunteers to work together remotely to translate and review the document. By contributing to this assignment, volunteers will help make valuable knowledge available to policymakers, practitioners and institutions working to strengthen civil registration systems across the region.

UNFPA Egypt is seeking 5 Online Volunteers with excellent English and Arabic language skills to support the translation and quality review of a 111-page technical guidance document. Selected volunteers will work collaboratively as one translation team. Depending on their qualifications and experience, volunteers may be assigned either a translation or a review role. The team will: Translate assigned sections of the document from English into Standard Arabic. Review translated sections to ensure accuracy, clarity, consistency and correct terminology. Preserve the meaning, technical content and formatting of the original publication. Coordinate with the UNFPA focal point and fellow volunteers through email to ensure consistent terminology and timely completion. Submit completed translations or reviewed sections according to the agreed timeline. Each volunteer is expected to translate 22 pages of the publication, enabling the team to complete the assignment within the project timeframe.