Beijing+30 Digital Engagement and Gender Equality Assistant

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

Through the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) in Bangkok and a number of country and multi-country offices as well as programme presences across the region, UN Women builds on a long history of support to governments, civil society and other actors to promote gender equality and empower all women and girls. We stand behind women’s equal participation in all aspects of life, focusing on five priority areas: addressing gender perspectives in intergovernmental processes; women’s political participation and leadership; enhancing women’s economic empowerment; ending violence against women and girls; and promoting women’s participation in peace and security and humanitarian action.

This position is a high-impact opportunity designed to align with China’s “Medium and Long-Term Youth Development Plan (2016–2025)” and its renewed commitment under the Belt and Road Youth Development Initiative. These frameworks prioritize youth leadership in innovation, digital diplomacy, and sustainable development—particularly through international cooperation.

Hosted by UN Women’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, this international UN University Volunteer assignment offers Chinese university students an unparalleled platform to contribute to gender-responsive and inclusive communications that leave no one behind. The selected youth volunteer will support the digital communications campaign – For ALL Women and Girls and strategic outreach initiatives of UN Women throughout the final half of the year of the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA), adopted in 1995 at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, with a focus on reaching diverse youth populations, including young persons with disabilities, through accessible content and equitable representation.

The youth volunteer will play a supporting role in regional campaigns that engage young audiences across Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), with a special focus on digital storytelling, media analytics, and gender data communication—key skills encouraged by China’s youth policy agenda.

By investing in this volunteer post, the Chinese Government will demonstrate leadership in promoting women’s rights, regional youth cooperation, and the cultivation of future talent in multilateral institutions—delivering clear diplomatic and development dividends.

The university volunteer will contribute to:

- Regional storytelling that reflects the diversity of young people’s experiences
- Accessible content development that is disability-friendly
- Digital outreach that connects Chinese youth with the gender equality movement across Asia and the Pacific

Under the direct supervision of the Regional Communications Specialist, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks :

- Support development of accessible content (e.g., image descriptions, subtitles, easy-read formats) for social media and web platforms.
- Contribute to inclusive youth campaign planning, ensuring representation of young persons with disabilities.
- Assist in collecting and promoting stories that spotlight diverse young women and girls across the region.
- Engage in audience analysis to improve communications reach to underrepresented groups.
- Assist in translating and adapting key messages in Mandarin for platforms like WeChat and Weibo of UN Women China if needs arise.
- Assist in monitoring and reporting on youth and disability-inclusive engagement performance metrics.
- Liaise with youth groups and university networks in China to promote volunteerism and digital inclusion.