jogasznoknek: Call for Applications: 2001 NEWW Legal Fellowship Program

[Katalin Fabian]

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Katalin Fábián
Lafayette College
Department of Government and Law
Kirby Hall 103
Easton, PA 18042-1780

Tel: (610) 330-5392
Fax: (610) 330-5397



> > Please circulate as widely as possible
> > NETWORK OF EAST-WEST WOMEN
> >
> > 2001 NEWW LEGAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
> >
> > CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
> >
> > Overview
> > The Network of East-West Women (NEWW), an international women's advocacy
> organization, announces the 2001 Legal Fellowship Program for recently
> graduated women attorneys from Central and Eastern Europe, the Newly
> Independent States and the Russian Federation (CEE/NIS/RF) interested in
> pursuing a career in women's human rights advocacy in CEE/NIS/RF.  The
> Fellowship Program is one component of NEWW's current legal advocacy and
> public policy programs aimed at articulating and enforcing laws and
policies
> that strengthen women's legal status in their respective countries.  The
> Legal Fellowship Program is supported by the Ford Foundation, the
MacArthur
> Foundation, the Jurzykowski Foundation, and other donors.
> >
> > The goal of the Legal Fellowship Program is to help bridge the gap
between
> theory and practice by providing selected women attorneys from CEE/NIS/RF
> the opportunity to acquire additional skills needed to work effectively on
> women's rights in their own countries.  This is the fourth year of the
> Program, and NEWW expects to select eight applicants for participation in
> the 2001 Program.
> >
> > The 2001 Program
> > The Legal Fellowship Program is a sixteen-month program.  The first four
> months (mid-August - December 2001), are spent in the U.S. where fellows
> complete an intensive training experience with a human rights organization
> that undertakes legal challenges and conducts policy analysis on various
> women's human rights issues.  During this period fellows also participate
in
> a law school course on international human rights.  Every effort is made
to
> match each fellow with an organization that is conducting work related to
> the fellows' specific interest areas.  Past U.S. host NGO's include Human
> Rights Watch/Women's Rights Division, International Human Rights Law
Group,
> Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, the Battered Women's Justice
Project,
> Equality Now, Parliamentarians for Global Action, and Women Empowered
> Against Violence (WEAVE).
> >
> > The U.S. portion of the Program will be followed immediately by a
one-year
> follow-on project to be implemented in the fellows' home country.  Each
> fellow designs and fundraises for her project during her time in the U.S.
> with the support of NEWW's staff and her host organization.  The project
> will be implemented with the on-going support of NEWW's staff as well as
> support from the fellows' NGO at home and her U.S. host organization.
> >
> > Stipend
> > The fellowship includes travel to and from the fellowship site in the
> United States, short-term medical insurance, and a stipend to cover room
and
> board expenses during the U.S. portion of the program.  Housing is
arranged
> in an international student house or similar student accommodations.  In
> some cases fellows live with families in their host city.  NEWW also
> provides small seed grants for fellows' one-year follow-on project.
> Additional funding will be raised for the follow-on project by each fellow
> in conjunction with NEWW's staff.
> >
> > Application Materials
> >  Applicants must submit the following materials in English:
> >
> > *CV;
> >
> > *Evidence of fluency in English (TOEFL or school records with English
> translation.  Do not send original documents.);
> >
> > *Two letters of recommendation in English, or accompanied by English
> translations, including all current contact information for the letter's
> author.  All written recommendations will be verified in-person by local
> NEWW contacts, or via telephone by NEWW's staff;
> >
> > *A personal statement that should include:
> >         *The applicant's particular interests within the field of
women's
> rights.  The applicant should discuss in detail her work with women's
> organizations in her home country;
> >         *A discussion about the applicant's future plans, expectations
for
> this experience and/or reasons for applying to the Legal Fellowship
Program;
> >
> > *A signed declaration that if selected for the Program, the applicant
will
> complete the entire sixteen-month Program.  Also, the applicant must
declare
> that she will return home to work within her country for one full year at
> the end of the U.S. portion of the program.  No exceptions will be
granted.
> >
> > *A country briefing paper that should provide an overview of the current
> situation of women's human rights in the applicant's country.  The paper
> should discuss the various women's rights issues currently facing women in
> the applicant's country, what efforts/initiatives are presently underway
to
> address these issues, and what the applicant believes should be done in
the
> future to address these issues.
> >
> > Selection Criteria
> > In order to be considered for participation in this Program, the
applicant
> must have the following qualifications:
> >
> > *Attorney from Central and Eastern Europe, the Newly Independent States
or
> the Russian Federation.
> >
> > *Graduated from law studies within the last five years.
> >
> > *Demonstrated commitment to women's human rights advocacy.
> >
> > *Currently working with an established women's NGO in the applicant's
> country that is committed to supporting the fellow's follow-on project.
> >
> > All applicants meeting the above criteria will be given serious
> consideration.  The international selection committee consists of NEWW
> Executive Director Erin Barclay, an attorney, members of the Board of
> Directors, and former NEWW legal fellows.  Applications will be carefully
> reviewed by the entire committee.  Following review by the committee,
> between fifteen and twenty applicants will be selected for in-person in
> March/April 2001.  Final selections will be made by the end of April 2001.
> >
> > Time Table
> >  Application Deadline:  March 15, 2001
> >  In-Person Interviews:  to be completed by April 15, 2001
> >  Notification:   May 1, 2001
> >  Program Starts:  August 1, 2001
> >  Program Ends:   December 16, 2001
> >
> > Completed application packets should be sent by email to
> ebarclay at neww.org.  If email is not possible, please send the complete
> application packet by regular mail to Erin Barclay, Executive Director,
> Network of East-West Women, 1761 S Street., N.W., Suite LL-12, Washington,
> D.C. 20009.  Please advise Erin Barclay by email when the application has
> been posted by regular mail.
> >
> > For more information about the Network of East-West Women, see our web
> page at http://www.neww.org.
> >
>