Do you want to be part of the challenging 2010 internship programme (April and May 2010) at a regional women’s rights organization based in Kampala, Uganda?
Do you want to contribute to another woman’s life a result of your skills?
Do you have what it takes to work in a multi-cultural environment?
The Eastern African Sub-regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI) is granting eight young women from the Eastern African region an opportunity to be more than that.
You must be a female from Burundi, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania or Uganda between the ages of 20 and 35.
EASSI was formed in 1996 as a mechanism that would facilitate networking within the Eastern African Sub-region (Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somali, Tanzania, and Uganda) to build on the gains made following the Beijing 4th World Conference on Women.
The young women’s internship programme provides opportunities for learning, interacting and networking. Its objective is to develop and enhance young women’s skills in leadership, gender, lobbying and advocacy, management, report writing and analysis, information management, data base and website maintenance as well as resource centre management.
In 2009 the young women in this programme came from Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda.
The programme also provides a unique opportunity to the young women to gain hands on experience in working within a regional women's organization. The programme aims at shaping their approach to feminism and gender issues at regional and global level.
Selection Criteria
Do you want to contribute to another woman’s life a result of your skills?
Do you have what it takes to work in a multi-cultural environment?
The Eastern African Sub-regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI) is granting eight young women from the Eastern African region an opportunity to be more than that.
You must be a female from Burundi, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania or Uganda between the ages of 20 and 35.
EASSI was formed in 1996 as a mechanism that would facilitate networking within the Eastern African Sub-region (Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somali, Tanzania, and Uganda) to build on the gains made following the Beijing 4th World Conference on Women.
The young women’s internship programme provides opportunities for learning, interacting and networking. Its objective is to develop and enhance young women’s skills in leadership, gender, lobbying and advocacy, management, report writing and analysis, information management, data base and website maintenance as well as resource centre management.
In 2009 the young women in this programme came from Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda.
The programme also provides a unique opportunity to the young women to gain hands on experience in working within a regional women's organization. The programme aims at shaping their approach to feminism and gender issues at regional and global level.
Selection Criteria
- Females aged between the age of 20 to 35
- Citizens of Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania or Uganda.
- Must have at least a Bachelors Degree in Social Sciences, Law, Development Studies, Mass Communication, Education, Information Technology, Gender and Women Studies, Economics and other related Arts and Science subjects.
- Must be able to communicate fluently in spoken and written English. Ability to speak and write in French and Kiswahili are an added advantage.
- Demonstrate interest in the advancement of women in any sphere of development.
- Must ably demonstrate how they will apply their skills to the advancement of young women’s concerns within their own countries.
- Should be computer literate and willing to learn further.
- Be willing to share living space with other interns.
- Be able and willing to work as a team.
- Must be willing to be away from home country for a period of two months April and May 2010.
Requirements for the Application Process
- Letter of application
- Letter of recommendation by a credible women’s organization and endorsed by EASSI’s Focal Point in member country. Please find the focal point contacts below
- Curriculum vitae of not more than 3 A4 sized pages, including three referees, (one academic, one personal and one from a women’s organization)
- One recent color passport photo (either scan one or send by post)
- Evidence of commitment to the women’s movement in the region
- Copies of academic certificates
- One A4 size page of written work in a field of women’s concerns
The deadline for submission is Monday 15th February 2010 at 1200pm GMT.
Applications should be submitted to:
The Executive Director,
EASSI,
P O Box 24965,
Kampala, Uganda,
East Africa
eassi @ eassi.org
