Call for Applications for the Women’s Human Rights Training Institute (WHRTI), 2009-2011

Deadline for applications: 30 June 2009 The Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation (BGRF), in cooperation with the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) and the Network of East-West Women (NEWW), are announcing their Call for Applications for the Third Round of the Women’s Human Rights Training Institute (WHRTI), 2009-2011.

Call for Applications for the Women’s Human Rights Training Institute (WHRTI), 2009-2011

Deadline for applications: 30 June 2009

The Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation (BGRF), in cooperation with the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) and the Network of East-West Women (NEWW), are announcing their Call for Applications for the Third Round of the Women’s Human Rights Training Institute (WHRTI), 2009-2011.

The Institute is a unique initiative founded by the three partners in 2004 as a first-of-its-kind programme aimed at building the capacity of young lawyers from Central and Eastern European and the Newly Independent States (CEE/NIS) for litigation on women’s rights issues, including:

§         violence against women,

§         sexual and reproductive health and rights, and

§         employment discrimination.

The Institute, organized by the BGRF in cooperation with its partners, has successfully completed two rounds: WHRTI 2004-2006 and WHRTI 2007-2009 (www.institute.bgrf.org), where we have trained over 30 lawyers.

The WHRTI provides participants in-depth knowledge in women’s human rights protection in the three areas noted above.  The WHRTI provides practical skills for development of strategic litigation in the region both at the national and international levels through using regional and universal human rights mechanisms such as the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), and the Optional Protocol to CEDAW as well as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Optional Protocol to ICCPR. The WHRTI also gives lawyers an opportunity to get acquainted with the EU standards in the field of equal treatment of women and men, including the case law of the European Court of Justice.

 

ELIGIBILITY:

Twenty participants will be selected among practicing lawyers and legal counselors working with human rights or women’s rights NGOs in the region. Successful applicants will: 

• have a demonstrated commitment to women’s human rights advocacy, to using the law creatively to secure redress for women’s rights violations.
• have a professional relationship for at least one year prior to the application with an institution/organization that has capacity to litigate women’s rights cases or has experience with litigation and preferably focuses in its work on women’s human rights.
• have demonstrated substantial theoretical knowledge about the international universal and regional legal systems of human rights protection and their enforcement mechanisms.
• be committed to participate in the four sessions of the Institute (approximately one week every six months) and to be involved in the intersessional work.
• have fluency in written and spoken English, and advanced English language comprehension.

 

APPLICATION PROCEDURES:

The completed WHRTI application form and all supporting documents (see the application form for details) must be sent to the Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation (BGRF) by 30 June 2009, to the following e-mail address: office@bgrf.org

 

or, by mail to:

Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation

P.O.Box 938

1000 Sofia

Bulgaria

The applicants short-listed for an interview will be contacted by mid-August, 2009.

The final selection will be done by the end of August, 2009.

The First session of the WHRTI is planned for November, 2009.

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