Job Title: Advocacy Intern, Latin America & the CaribbeanDepartment: Programs, Latin America & the CaribbeanCenter Background: The Center for Reproductive Rights (the Center) is a global human rights organization working to ensure that reproductive rights are protected in law as fundamental human rights around the world.
With offices in New York City, New York; Nairobi, Kenya; Bogota, Colombia; Geneva, Switzerland; and Washington, D.C., the Center is a non-profit, non-partisan organization changing law and policy throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States.
Our 230+ diverse professionals are committed to advancing the Center's human rights mission through game-changing litigation, legal policy, and advocacy work.
This has powered the Center's exceptional growth to an operating budget of over $50 million and won the respect of law firms in countries around the world, with an additional $29 million annually of donated legal services, representing the work of countless lawyers from more than 46 countries.
The Center's Strategic Plan sets a high mark for impact: By 2030, half of the world's population will be living under stronger protections for reproductive rights than they are today.
The Center has a track record of success to back up this ambitious goal.
Since our founding in 1992, the Center has transformed how reproductive rights are understood and applied by courts, governments, and human rights bodies worldwide on issues including maternal health, abortion, assisted reproduction, and adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).
We have won groundbreaking cases before national courts, U.N.
Committees, and regional human rights bodies.
Additionally, the Center has led the development of historic, proactive legislation advancing robust protections for reproductive rights and has built the legal capacity of women's rights advocates in more than 65 countries and counting.The Role: The Center's Bogota Office is looking for an enthusiastic, resourceful and highly organized intern with a commitment to reproductive rights issues to engage in a variety of mini projects related to the Colombia office.
This internship will provide someone with experience in many aspects of as well as insight into the inner working of organizational management.
The internship is full-time, beginning July 15, 2024 through January 15th , 2025.Primary Responsibilities: As an intern with LAC Office, your primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Assist members of our legal team with researching and writing reproductive rights-related submissions to United Nations and regional human rights bodies.
Assist of our Advocacy team with monitoring and documenting of media coverage of the Center and updating media placements archives.Bluebooking and fact-checking as needed for current reports and publications.Support administrative duties.Monitor applications and concluding observations of UN committees as directed by the teamFollowing up requests for hearings before the CIDH.Monitoring CIDH reports (thematic and country reports).
Qualifications: Current student of Political Science, International Relations or related careers.Strong advocacy research and writing skillsDemonstrated an interest in gender/women's issues and reproductive rightsTaken Constitutional Law and International Law classesKnowledge of human rights as well as a basic understanding of the Inter-American Human Rights SystemFluency in Spanish and English (B1), knowledge of Portuguese is a plus Don't meet every single requirement?
At the Center, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your past experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.
You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.Behavioral Competencies: Develop & Manage Self & Others: Takes ownership of individual growth in order to achieve full potential; recognizes the value of team members and helps them develop their full potential while also achieving set objectives.
Collaboration (People First): Works intra- and/or cross-departmentally to support the goals and overarching strategies of the Center and its strategic plan.Feedback (Improve & Innovate): Actively engaged in feedback cycles: Gives and requests feedback to and from peers, supervisors and direct reports about work products, behaviors, values, style, and approaches with a view on how this impacts self, other individuals, and teams.Accountability: Follow-through on each commitment made to individual contributors, teams and partners and proactively informs others of any delays that occur along the way.
Work Competencies: Project Management: Works effectively on project teams in order to achieve long-term project goal and objectives.Problem Solve & Make Decisions: Identifies, analyzes and resolves existing and anticipated problems, using common sense to make timely decisions in order to reach the best solutions for the organization.Internal/External Focus: Anticipates internal and external partner's needs; assesses requirements and identifies new solutions that align with overall goals and objectives of the organization.Communication & Influence: Communicates with and influences others to gain agreement and commitment to the strategic goals of the organization.
