Intern Global support: LGBTIQ+ portfolio

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UN Women

  • Career category:Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type:Internship
  • Humanitarian or Development:Development
  • Experience level:0-5 years
  • Organisation type:Inter-governmental
  • Remote option:No
  • Right to work requirements:Right to work required in advance
  • Salary: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule:Part-time/ Pro-rata
  • Length of contract:Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline:10/05/2024
  • Location:Thailand 
LGBTQI+ rights/ SOGIESC
Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of gender-based discrimination, the empowerment of women and girls in all their diversity, and the achievement of gender equality across the nexus of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.
 
At the heart of these obligations is the notion that all persons have an equal right to live free from violence and discrimination, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) persons. However, across the world, many people face social, political and economic exclusion and human rights violations based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) – with women and gender diverse persons facing added challenges that are common to and unique from other women’s experiences.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Research and analysis: identify and monitor trends, gaps, challenges, and areas for further work (re. human rights situations, legal frameworks, socio-political contexts, discriminatory barriers, thematic issues, inequalities, etc.)
  • Policy development: contribute analysis and assist in drafting and coordinating inputs on policy documents, research and position papers, briefing notes, and other public and internal materials.
  • Support the development and implementation of an organizational action plan, to be determined.
  • Communications and advocacy: support content development, in coordination with communications specialists across thematic and geographic areas, and assist in preparing materials, including statements, press releases, articles and social media messaging, as required.
  • Outreach and engagement: monitor and identify key opportunities for and help coordinate outreach activities to engage with governments, civil society organizations and other stakeholders; support event planning/execution, including logistics, and material preparation for meetings, conferences, events, and awareness campaigns.
  • Evaluation support: mapping of programmatic interventions and preparation of summaries.
  • Internal capacity building: assist in organizing trainings, workshops and webinars to build staff and partner capacities, and develop, collate and compile educational resources and materials.
  • Administrative and coordination support: provide general administrative support and help maintain, coordinate and facilitate engagement with global and regional knowledge exchange mechanisms and other internal spaces, including working groups and focal point networks.

Required Skills and Experience
  • University studies in at least one of the following disciplines: Social Sciences, International Relations, Political/Development Studies, with strong gender component and preference for LGBTIQ+ focused study background.
  • Meet one of the following.
  1. Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher);
  2. Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent);
  3. Be enrolled in a mandatory national service programme of which the internship may form a part;
  4. Have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within two-years of graduation
 
Language:
  • Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English are required.
  • Includes skills demonstrating attention to conceptual accuracy and use of accurate terminology.
 

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