Women’s Economic Empowerment Internship: UN Women | Empower Your Career
The UN Women Women’s Economic Empowerment Internship offers a unique opportunity to gain valuable experience in promoting gender equality and women’s economic empowerment. As an intern, you’ll support global initiatives aimed at enhancing women’s access to economic resources, improving labor market participation, and advocating for policies that advance gender equity. This internship provides a dynamic environment for developing professional skills while contributing to impactful projects that make a real difference in the lives of women worldwide.
Description of Responsibilities
- Support the Policy Specialist to review/conduct economic empowerment related research from a gender economics perspective
- Support the Policy Specialist in programme management and implementation
- Support the Policy Specialist in various communications tasks such as writing position papers, talking points, website articles, developing social media posts, etc.
- Support the Policy Specialist on administrative tasks as required
Learning goals include:
- Enhanced knowledge on gender equality and women’s economic empowerment
- Enhanced knowledge on gender and economics in development in Africa
- Enhance knowledge on the programmatic and operational aspects of working at UN Women
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Qualifications of Women’s Economic Empowerment Internship
Education:
- University studies in one of the following disciplines: feminist/gender economics.
- Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); or Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program which is part of a degree programme and undertake the internship as part of the program requirements.
- a) Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher);
- b) Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent);
- c) Have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within two-years of graduation.
Language:
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English are required;
- Working knowledge of another UN language is an advantage.
Renumeration:
Interns who are not in receipt of financial support from other sources such as universities or other institutions will receive a stipend from UN Women to partially subsidize their basic living costs for the duration of the internship.
Application Information:
- All applicants must submit a completed and signed P.11 form with their application.
- Due to the high volume of applications received, we can ONLY contact successful candidates.
- Successful candidate will be required to provide proof of enrollment in a valid health insurance plan at the duty station of the internship, proof of school enrollment or degree, a scanned copy of their passport/national ID and a copy of a valid visa (as applicable).
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