WUNRN
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - WOMEN'S
HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING INSTITUTE 2013-2015 - CEE/NIS
To download the APPLICATION FORM, please click here.
Application Deadline: August 23, 2013
The
Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation (BGRF), in cooperation with its partners
the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) and the Network of East-West Women
(NEWW), and in cooperation with representatives of the Euroregional Center for
Public Initiatives (ECPI) are pleased to announce the Call for Applications to
participate in the training programme of the Fifth Round of the Women’s Human
Rights Training Institute (WHRTI), 2013-2015.
The
Institute is a unique initiative founded by the three partners in 2004 and it is the first-of-its-kind programme
aimed at building and developing the capacity of young lawyers from Central and
Eastern European and the Newly Independent States (CEE/NIS) for litigation on
women’s rights issues, including:
- violence
against women,
- sexual
and reproductive health and rights, and
- employment
discrimination.
Twenty
participants will be selected among practicing lawyers and legal
counselors working with human rights or women’s rights NGOs in the region. The
successful candidates should:
- have
a substantial and sustainable interest and a demonstrated commitment to
women’s human rights advocacy and to using the law creatively to secure
redress for women’s rights violations.
- have
a professional relationship/affiliation for at least one year prior to the
application with an institution/organization that has capacity to litigate
women’s rights cases or has experience with litigation and preferably
focuses in its work on women’s human rights.
- have
demonstrated interest and basic knowledge of the international universal
and regional human rights law, legal standards and instruments,
- be
committed and available to actively participate in all the four sessions
of the Institute (approximately one week every six months) and to be
involved in the intersessional work.
- have
fluency in written and spoken English, and advanced English language
comprehension.
The
completed WHRTI application form and all supporting documents must be sent to
the Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation (BGRF) by 23 August 2013
by e-mail: office@bgrf.org
or,
by mail: Bulgarian Gender
Research Foundation, P.O.Box 938, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
The
applicants short-listed for an interview will be contacted by 5 September 2013.
The final
selection will be done by the middle of September 2013.
The First
session of the WHRTI 4 is planned for November 2013.
For more
information, please click here.
To download
the application form, please click here.
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Call for
Applications for the Women’s Human Rights Training Institute (WHRTI), 2013-2015
(Deadline: 23/08/2013)
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The Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation (BGRF), in cooperation with its partners the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) and the Network of East-West Women (NEWW), and in cooperation with representatives of the Euroregional Center for Public Initiatives (ECPI) are pleased to announce the Call for Applications to participate in the training programme of the Fifth Round of the Women’s Human Rights Training Institute (WHRTI), 2013-2015.
The Institute is a unique initiative founded by the three partners in 2004 and it is the first-of-its-kind programme aimed at building and developing the capacity of young lawyers from Central and Eastern European and the Newly Independent States (CEE/NIS) for litigation on women’s rights issues, including:
- violence against women,
- sexual and reproductive health and rights, and
- employment discrimination.
Twenty participants will be selected among practicing lawyers and legal counselors working with human rights or women’s rights NGOs in the region. The successful candidates should:
- have a substantial and sustainable interest and a
demonstrated commitment to women’s human rights advocacy and to using the
law creatively to secure redress for women’s rights violations.
- have a professional relationship/affiliation for at
least one year prior to the application with an institution/organization
that has capacity to litigate women’s rights cases or has experience with
litigation and preferably focuses in its work on women’s human rights.
- have demonstrated interest and basic knowledge of the
international universal and regional human rights law, legal standards and
instruments,
- be committed and available to actively participate in
all the four sessions of the Institute (approximately one week every six
months) and to be involved in the intersessional work.
- have fluency in written and spoken English, and
advanced English language comprehension.
The completed WHRTI application form and all supporting documents must be sent to the Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation (BGRF) by 23 August 2013
by e-mail: office@bgrf.org
or, by mail: Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation, P.O.Box 938, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
The applicants short-listed for an interview will be contacted by 5 September 2013.
The final selection will be done by the middle of September 2013.
The First session of the WHRTI 4 is planned for November 2013.
For more information, please click here.
To download the application form, please click here.