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Association for the Development and Enhancement of Women (ADEW)
Dr. Iman Bibars
8/10 Mathaf El-Manial Street
Box 1065 El Ataba Street
Cairo, Egypt
Phone: +202-364-4324
Fax: +202-363-6345
E-mail: adew@link.net
Website: http://www.adewegypt.org/ (not accessible as of April 2005)
ADEW started as the first micro-credit institution in Cairo to lend to female heads of households. It promotes the philosophy of empowering women in low-income urban communities by improving access to credit and providing legal assistance. It also provides training on income generation facilities to women in Cairo. In addition to micro-credit programs, ADEW also runs health, literacy, and legal awareness classes for women and girls, and advocates to the Egyptian government on behalf of marginalized women, especially in the realm of legal issues and national ID card status.
Past Intern: Farhana Ahmad / Jennet Arcara
Dates of Internship: Summer 1998 / Summer 2002
Program of Study: Public Policy / Public Policy (Gender & Development, self-defined concentration)
Salary: Unpaid
Funding: MacArthur International Internship Grant / Center on Women & Public Policy Internship Grant and Stassem Center for International Affairs Internship Grant
Farhana assisted ADEW through writing reports to donors, revising the organization's credit scheme, and assisting in a conference dealing with the issue of identity cards for Egyptian women.
Jennet’s project started out as working on an evaluation of ADEW’s micro-credit program and a scan of other programs in the area; however, due to an overabundance of interns, she ended up focusing on the scan of other NGOs and donors’ micro-credit programs. So she spent time researching the major international and local NGOs and donors with established programs that were run similarly to ADEW’s program; interviewing directors/managers at the organizations; and writing a summary of the different programs with general best practices and common themes. She wrote a report for other English-speaking consultants, so she communicated in English. However, she says, had she been able to speak Arabic at the time, she would have been able to do more field research with the women that ADEW lends to without a translator. A translator was hard to come by in a small, local NGO given time and budget constraints.
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Environmental Development Action in the Third World
(ENDA-TM)
Moussa Seck, Director
System & Prospective (SYSPRO)
4 et 5, rue Kléber
BP 3370 Dakar
Sénégal
Phone: +221-842-82-50
Fax: +221-822-26-95
E-mail: syspro@enda.sn
Website: http://www.enda.sn/
ENDA-TM is an international non-profit organization with diplomatic status in Dakar, Sénégal. The organization consists of a group of teams and programs working in agriculture, education, energy, gender and development, and rural development. ENDA-TM also has several branches around the world--fourteen in Africa, five in South America, two in Asia and one in Europe.
Past Intern: Hodan Farah
Program: Public Policy
Dates of Internship: November 1999-May 2000
Salary: Unpaid
Language: French & Wolof
Funding: Stassem Center for International Affairs Internship Grant, International Reciprocal Student Exchange Program, MacArthur International Internship Grant, and Center on Women & Public Policy Internship Grant
Hodan worked with the SYSPRO team, a research department on agriculture, rural, and women in development part of ENDA-TM, providing administrative and technical support to several thriving small-scaled farms mainly owned by women. Her fieldwork took place in a small village 50 kilometers from Dakar.
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Girl Child Network
Mercy Musomi
PO Box 2447-00200 Csq.
Nairobi
Kenya
Phone: +254-733-788339
No website or E-mail address: calling phone above is best
The Girl Child Network works on behalf of girls in Kenya, supporting and coordinating the efforts of over 250 member organizations.
Past Intern: Joanne Arnold
Program of Study: Public Policy
Dates of Internship: Summer 2002 (9 weeks)
Language: English for this experience, and learned a little Kiswahili
Salary: Unpaid
Funding: Center on Women & Public Policy Internship Grant
As an intern at the Girl Child Network, Joanne's first tasks were attending meetings, visiting member organizations, reading literature and conferring with staff to learn about issues facing Kenyan girls and children. She then was able to write articles for the organization's bi-monthly newsletter, edit various documents, and provide support and occasionally some fundraising ideas for member organizations. Finally, she assisted with educational workshops and provided a summary report to the GCN.
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Heinrich Böll Foundation, Regional Office for East
and Horn of Africa
Aseghedech Ghirmazion (Ms.)
Forest Road
P.O. Box 10799 – 00100 GPO
Nairobi
Kenya
Phone: +254-20-3744227 / +254-20-3750329
Fax: +254-20-3749132
E-mail: nairobi@hbfha.com
Website: http://www.hbfha.com
The Heinrich Böll Foundation is a political nonprofit foundation affiliated with the party of Alliance 90/The Greens. Striving to promote democratic ideas, civil society and international understanding, our work centers on the core political values of ecology, democracy, solidarity, gender equality and non-violence. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, the Foundation is currently represented by Regional offices in seventeen countries: Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Israel, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey and USA.
The Regional Office for East and Horn of Africa focuses its activities around three programmes: the Gender Programme, the Environment Programme and the Conflict and Dialogue Programme.
Language: English
Heinrich Böll Foundation, Regional Office for East and Horn of Africa is suggested as a prospective internship site by Abdi Samatar, professor of Geography. His research interests include political economy, social change and globalization in the developing world. He can be reached at samat001@umn.edu. He also suggests to contact U of M alumna and lecturer at Department of Environmental & Geographical Science, the University of Cape Town, Dr. Sophie Oldfield at oldfield@enviro.uct.ac.za for possible internship sites in South Africa.
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International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Rwanda
WETTACH Pierre (Mr.), Head of the Delegation
Rue de Kiyovu - Rugunga
B.P. 735, Kigali
Rwanda
Phone: +250-577-344/+250-572-781
Fax: +250-572-783
E-mail: kigali.kig@icrc.org
Headquarters in Geneva
19 avenue de la Paix
CH 1202 Genèva
Switzerland
Phone: +41-22-734-60-01
Fax: +41-22-733-20-57
Website: http://www.icrc.org/
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance. It directs and coordinates international relief activities. It also endeavors to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. Established in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. They have delegations and offices all over the world.
Past Intern: Nancy Maren
Dates of Internship: Summer 1993
Program of Study: Public Policy
Language: French
Funding: Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship
Nancy prepared an evaluation on the Project Promotion Feminine (PPF), a small organization working with needy women in Kigali, Rwanda for the ICRC.
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Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)
Damiano Kalundu Manda (Dr.), Head of Social Sector Division
(Mailing Address)
P.O. Box 56445
Nairobi, Kenya
(Visiting Address)
Bishops Garden Towers, Bishops Road
Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254-20-2719933 / 2719934 / 2714714/ 2714715
Fax: +254-20-2719951
E-mail: Manda@kippra.or.ke
Website: http://www.kippra.org/
Internship Webpage: http://www.kippra.org/institute/ji.htm
The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) is an autonomous Public Institute created under the provisions of the State Corporations Act. The primary mission of the Institute is to conduct research and analysis leading to policy advice to government and the private sector. KIPPRA aims to produce consistently high quality analysis of key policy issues and contribute to the achievement of national long-term development objectives by providing sound information, based on objective analysis, to policy makers. KIPPRA is therefore a source of information and advice on a wide range of policy issues for government, government agencies, and the private sector.
Past Intern: Sara Wilhelmsen
Dates of Internship: Summer 2004
Program of Study: Public Policy (International Economic Development)
Language: English
Salary: Unpaid
Funding: Stassem Center for International Affairs Internship Grant
Sara conducted her own research while at KIPPRA. Her research was on women groups in Nairobi province and the role they play in the development process. Her biggest accomplishment was that she started a line of gender research within the institute. She completed her research and then presented her findings at one of the Institute's internal seminars. (She will most likely build on this paper for her professional paper). She also conducted research for one weekend on KIPPRA and the Kenya Human Right Commission's behalf with a colleague in Western Kenya. This was the second highlight of her internship. It provided real insight into how research is conducted by Kenyans or just how research is conducted in general. Sara says, "Overall, it was a fantastic internship in which I learned a lot more about Kenya and the challenges that many women face."
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Minnesota Studies in International Development Program (MSID), Kenya
Learning Abroad Center
University of Minnesota
230 Heller Hall
271 19th Avenue S
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-626-9000
E-mail: UMabroad@umn.edu
Website: http://www.UMabroad.umn.edu/
Internship Webpage: http://www.umabroad.umn.edu/programs/AFRICA/msid_kenya.html
Minnesota Studies in International Development (MSID) is a program organized by Learning Abroad Center at University of Minnesota. According to their website, "it aims to put students in direct contact with the social and economic realities of actual communities and of people working within them to address complex problems" and students learn through classes, field trips, internships, and research. They offer internship programs for graduate students in Ecuador, Ghana, Kenya, India, and Senegal.
Past Intern: Lara Magee
Dates of Internship: Summer 2003
Program of Study: Nursing
Funding: Walter H. Judd International Graduate & Professional Fellowship
Lara assisted a program that provides contraception education and materials to adolescents.
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The Population Council in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Dr. Ragui Assaad, Regional Director for West Asia and North Africa (WANA)
Office, Cairo
59 Misr Helwan Agricultural Road
Maadi, Cairo, Egypt
Phone: 011-202-5255-5965 / 7/ 8
Past Intern: Ghislaine Ouedraogo
Date of Internship: May 31 to July 15, 2005
Program of Study: Masters of Public Policy
Salary: NA
Funding: NA
Ghislaine's internship at the Population Council office in Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso lasted 7 weeks. All aspects of her work were in relation
to the Ishraq project, which is aimed at addressing cultural barriers
in rural Egypt that limit girls' social, academic, civic, and personal
(physical and psychological) development. In this program where sport
is used as a tool for development, the traditional concept of gender roles
of girls aged 11-15 is being challenged by engaging them is sport, and
teaching them literacy, life skills, and reproductive health awareness.
In working on the Ishraq project, Ghislaine was responsible for drafting
briefing sheets on the promoters and the gatekeepers. The second project
she was responsible for required that she assist in the scaling up of
the Ishraq project in several villages in Egypt. Her specific task pertained
to identifying elements of the primary questionnaire that related to and/or
measured agency. The goal of the exercise was to identify those elements
and then decide whether to include them in the new questionnaire that
will be used in the scale up of the project.
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Pro-Link Organization
Bernice Heloo (Mrs.), Executive Director
Prince Zoiku (Mr.), Information Technology Manager
DTD 22 Spintex Highway
East Airport, Accra
Ghana
Phone/Fax: +233-(0)21-810-832
E-mail: info@prolinkghana.org
Website: http://www.prolinkghana.org/
Internship Webpage: http://www.prolinkghana.org/internship/
Pro-Link Organization is a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Ghana, established in 1993. The headquarters is in Accra and they have seven field offices throughout the Volta, Central and Greater Accra Regions. Pro-Link's mission is to advocate for and empower disadvantaged populations to improve their health, educational and socio-economic status. Pro-Link has programmes in HIV/AIDS education, care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), as well as care for orphans and vulnerable children. Other programmes include income generation for women, skills training for street youth and livestock project for poor families.
Past Intern: Christy Boraas
Program of Study: Public Health (Epidemiology)
Dates of Internship: Summer 2003
Language: English (and learned a little bit of Twi)
Salary: Unpaid
Funding: Walter H. Judd International Graduate & Professional Fellowship, School of Public Health J. Arthur Myers Scholarship ($900), and Global Campus Scholarship ($500)
Christy helped design an outreach program to create HIV/AIDS awareness and conduct evaluation of a current program with knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral change studies in communities served by Pro-Link. According to Christy, "I had a great experience. My main duty was helping the Society of Women Against AIDS-Ghana Chapter's Female Condom Promotion Project. I also helped edit HIV counselors' training manual and other various tasks."
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The Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Taskforce Community House (SWEAT)
Jayne Arnott, Executive Director
(Mailing Address)
PO Box 373
Woodstock, 7915, Cape Town
South Africa
(Visitor's Address)
Community House, 41 Salt River Rd
Salt River, 7915 , Cape Town
South Africa
Phone: +27-(0)21-448-7875
Fax: +27-(0)21-448-7857
E-mail: sweat@iafrica.com (Best route of inquiry: Jayne Arnott, via this E-mail)
Website: http://www.sweat.org.za/
SWEAT is an NGO that offers non-judgmental support and services to sex workers in Cape Town. They research, litigate, advocate, organize, and perform outreach (related to HIV/AIDS, STD’s, GLBT issues, and violence against women and girls).
Note for those who are seeking internship in South Africa: Abdi Samatar (samat001@umn.edu), professor of Geography, suggests to contact U of M alumna and lecturer at University of Cape Town, Dr. Sophie Oldfield at oldfield@enviro.uct.ac.za for possible internship sites in South Africa.
Past Intern: Jessica Webster
Program of Study: Public Policy
Dates of Internship: January 2002 - April 2002
Language: English (Xhosa and Afrikaans were present)
Salary: Unpaid
Funding: Center on Women & Public Policy Internship Grant and Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship
Jessica worked as an unpaid human rights fellow (“volunteer” in SWEAT’s terms) in the spring of 2002 at SWEAT in Cape Town, South Africa. She received grants from the Human Rights Center at the University of Minnesota Law School and from the Center on Women and Public Policy at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Her experience was almost entirely paid for by these grants. While in outreach training, Jessica's initial responsibilities included organizing and building a reference database in Microsoft Access for SWEAT’s library. She also clipped daily news stories related to HIV/AIDS and violence against women/girls. Later, Jessica helped with a weekly drop-in center for sex workers, and also organized “pimps” for SWEAT strategy meetings. She participated in street-based sex worker outreach through handing out condoms and information regarding STDs and HIV, and by taking violence reports. Later, she built a violence intake computer database for SWEAT.
According to Jessica, "My experience was incredible; the staff was inspiring, the work was emotionally exhausting yet rewarding, and the organization is making significant strides in the landscape of women’s rights. The training was great, and the feedback was also good. It was a little bit of a slow-start, but I was able to take initiative into bigger projects rather early on."
Other hints from Jessica: "I lived at the Green Elephant in Observatory-Cape Town, a pseudo-youth hostel where students, travelers, and researchers tend to stay longer periods of time. I loved it. The rent was steeper in the beginning, and then discounted down. It was never more than $350/month, however. Food is cheap. Transportation is primarily via mini-bus (15 people stacked into a small van); it’s fast, easy, convenient, and cheap (about 25 cents to 50 cents per ride). The beaches are wonderful, and eco-adventure opportunities are everywhere: hiking, climbing, kayaking, cliff-diving, shark-diving, surfing, big 5 safaris, etc.
"Other random thoughts: Bikes are rather non-existent. Don’t buy one; you’ll be beaten off of it within a week. Women might consider bringing pepper spray or mace if you’re planning to travel alone around South Africa. Never, ever walk around alone after dark. Violence against women rates are staggering. But you don’t need to walk around anticipating that everyone’s a rapist; just be smart. You might consider bringing your own sleeping bag. Also bring mosquito spray with extra-Deet. The water is fine, but bring Imodium."
You can also read Jessica's article on her internship that appeared on the Women's eNews: "My Ignorance Thumped Me in the Face" (October 4, 2002).
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Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP)
Gender Resource Centre
Mabibo Rd., adjacent to the National Institute of Transport (NIT)
PO Box 8921, Dar Es Salaam
Tanzania
Phone: +255-22-244-3205/ 244-3450/ 244-3286
Fax: +255-22-244-3244
E-mail: tgnp@tgnp.co.tz
Website: http://www.tgnp.org/ (not accessible as of April 2005)
Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP) is an NGO that has promoted gender positive activism since 1993. According to their website, "TGNP is committed to facilitating social transformation leading to the creation of a vibrant Tanzanian society. It seeks to promote gender equality and social equity through the empowerment of women and other marginalized groups of the community. The organization strives to enhance the mainstreaming of gender at all levels of society from grassroots communities to the highest levels of national policy making and legislation." They have four main programmes: Training, Capacity Building & Outreach, Information Generation and Dissemination, Activism, Lobbying and Advocacy, and Programme Support & Management.
Visit the Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship program website that include
TGNP is also suggested as a prospective internship site by Ronald Aminzade, professor and chair at Department of Sociology. His current research includes political change in East Africa, focusing on citizenship, nationalism, and the impact of globalization in Tanzania. He can be reached at aminzade@umn.edu.
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Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees (UPMRC)
PO Box 51483
Jerusalem
Phone: +972-2-583-3510
Fax: +972-2-583-0679
E-mail: mrs@upmrc.org
Website: http://www.upmrc.org/
Internship website: http://www.upmrc.org/content/support/support_b.html
The Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees (UPMRC), founded in 1979 by a group of Palestinian doctors and health professionals, seeks to supplement the health infrastructure available for Palestinians. UPMRC is a grassroots, community-based, nonprofit, non-governmental organization, and one of the largest NGO in Palestine. Their health programs emphasize prevention education, community participation, and the empowerment of the individual.
Past Intern: Hamra Ahmad
Dates of Internship: Summer 1999
Program of Study: Law
Salary: Unpaid
Funding: Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship and MacArthur International Internship Grant
Hamra set up a database of human rights instruments defining the right to health and the right to housing and wrote two articles for the UPMRC's publications. She interviewed with Palestinians who suffered from human rights violation and documented them. She volunteered for one week at a girls' health education camp, which dealt with issues such as woman's body, nutrition and health, human rights, democracy, and early marriages, and served as a camp counselor.
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United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Nairobi
Carol Bellamy, Executive Director
Nairobi Regional Office
(Mailing Address)
UNICEF ESARO
P.O. Box 44145
Nairobi, Kenya 00100
(Visitor's Address)
UN Offices, "Block F"
Girgiri (Limuru Road)
Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254-20-621-234
Fax: +254-20-521-913 / 622-678 / 622-679
E-mail: unicefesaro@unicef.org |
Nairobi Field Office
(Mailing Address)
UNICEF KCO
P.O. Box 44145
Nairobi, Kenya 00100
(Visitor's Address)
UN Offices "Block D"
Girgiri - United Nations Avenue
Limuru Road
Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254-20-621-234
Fax: +254-20-622-045 / 622-746
E-mail: kco@unicef.org |
Website: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/kenya.html / http://www.unicef.org/
Internship Webpage: http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_internship.html
Founded in 1946, UNICEF helps save, protect and improve the lives of children in 158 countries through immunization, education, health care, nutrition, clean water and sanitation. UNICEF is non-partisan and its cooperation is free of discrimination. In everything it does, the most disadvantaged children and the countries in greatest need have priority. They have the following programs: Girls' Education, HIV/AIDS, Child Protection, Immunization Plus, and Early Childhood.
Past Intern: Julliette Onyancha
Program of Study: Public Health (Public Health Administration)
Dates of Internship: Summer 2004
Salary: Unpaid
Funding: Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship
According to the Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship program website, Julliette worked on a project called "Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS / People Living with Aids" (PMTCT/PMLA). PMTCT is a five-year long project focusing on the following five areas: The Education Programme, The Nutrition and Health Programme, The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Programme, The Special Protection Programme and The Social Policy, Advocacy and Communications Programme, and UNICEF is charge of developing and implementing the project. Julliette was involved in the program communication, including Community Capacity Development in Prevention of HIV/AIDS; expanding protection and supports for orphans, vulnerable children and families living with HIV/AIDS; promoting youth awareness on HIV/AIDS and adolescent reproductive health; and PMTCT training on infant feeding. She visited the community groups of people living with HIV/AIDS and assisted them with writing proposals to receive financial support. She met with youth groups to help promote PMTCT and services offered by a hospital to the community. She met with the Ministry of Home Affairs and NGOs to assess guidelines and policies on interventions related to protection and support for orphans, vulnerable children, and families living with HIV/AIDS. She assessed a program called "Child to Child" (C2C) to see if it was making a difference to children's access to education. She evaluated grant proposals for future funding by UNICEF. She worked side by side with senior UNICEF staff on budgetary planning for the Stepping Stones Training on HIV/AIDS and related Stigma. She contributed to the completion of the Stigma Reduction manual and wrote a concept paper on at assisting communities that have a large HIV/AIDS orphan problem. Read her fellowship report (Word document) at the Human Rights Center's website.
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United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR)
Case Postale 2500
CH-1211 Genève 2 Dépôt
Suisse
Phone: +41-22-739-8111
E-mail: http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/contact
Website: http://www.unhcr.ch/
Internship Webpage: <click here>
The UNHCR organization is mandated by the United Nations to lead and coordinate international action for the worldwide protection of refugees and the resolution of refugee problems. UNHCR strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another state, and to return home voluntarily.
Past Intern: Fumiko Horino
Dates of Internship: Summer 1997
Program of Study: Law
Salary: Unpaid
Funding: Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship and MacArthur International Internship Grant
Fumiko assisted the UNHCR office in screening non-European asylum seekers to determine their refugee status and advocated for maximize security for those refugees who were refused asylum and deported. She worked in Ankara, Turkey.
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Womankind Kenya (WOKIKE)
Sophia Abdi Noor, Executive Director
Hubbie Hussein Al-Haji, Program Director
P. O. Box 627
Garissa, Kenya
Phone: +254-046-2508
Fax: +254-046-3480
E-mail: wokike@wananchi.com
According to the Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship program website, Womankind Kenya (WOKIKE) is an indigenous local NGO/nonprofit based in Garissa, Kenya, whose mission is to support the most vulnerable members of communities in Garissa and Ijara districts (especially the women and children, the poor and destitute) so that they improve their standard of living through the attainment of knowledge and self-empowerment. Founded in 1989 by a group of Somali and Kenyan women, WOKIKE has been particularly active in the areas of education and health of women and girls. They have been active in the protest against female genital mutilation and as advocates for women's rights. There is a London-based, international charity organization, called Womankind Worldwide, but WOKIKE is not an affiliate.
Past Intern: Evangeline Nderu
Program of Study: Education Policy and Administration
Dates of Internship: Summer 2004
Salary: Unpaid
Funding: Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship
According to the Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship program website, Evangeline helped WOKIKE develop assessment tools of their initiatives and with grant writing. She went through their documents and went to the field with field officers to ensure that the established programs were being sustained in local communities. She also developed a brochure for the organization. She plans to work in the non-profit sector on education program development. Read her fellowship report (Word document) at the Human Rights Center's website.
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Women's Health Project (WHP)
(Mailing Address)
PO Box 1038
Johannesburg, 2000
South Africa
(Visitor's Address)
3rd floor, Spencer Lister building
SAIMR complex
corner de Korte and Hospital streets
Braamfontein, Johannesburg
South Africa
Phone: +27-(0)11-489-9917
Fax: +27-(0)11-489-9922
E-mail: womenhp@sn.apc.org
Website: http://www.wits.ac.za/whp/
Women's Health Project works towards creating gender equity so that women are able to make decisions about their health and their lives. They promote conditions which enable women to make decisions about their lives and enjoy their optimum level of health - through research, advocacy and training. Its programmes include the effect of Tobacco on Women's Health, the development of Reproductive Health Services, Cervical cancer screening and Health and Sexual Rights. It is a research entity of the School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Science at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Salary: Unpaid
Language: English
WHP is suggested as a prospective internship site by Marsha Freeman, senior fellow at the Humphrey School. She directs the International Women's Rights Action Watch (IWRAW), a women's human rights resource and communication center. She can be reached at mfreeman@hhh.umn.edu. Please note that students must contact Marsha prior to contacting WPH.
Note for those who are seeking internship in South Africa: Abdi Samatar (samat001@umn.edu), professor of Geography, suggests to contact U of M alumna and lecturer at Department of Environmental & Geographical Science, University of Cape Town, Dr. Sophie Oldfield at oldfield@enviro.uct.ac.za for possible internship sites in South Africa.
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