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CALL FOR LEADERS: WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS SPECIALIST

Remote, Volunteer must be in United States
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  • Details

    Time Commitment:
    A few hours per week
    Recurrence:
    Recurring
    Cause Areas:
    Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Immigrants or Refugees, Reproductive Health/Rights, Sexual Abuse & Human Trafficking, Women
    Benefits:
    Training Provided

    Description

    Amnesty International USA’s Women’s Human Rights Coordination Group seeks new members to join our team of skilled, dedicated women’s human rights defenders.

    The Women's Human Rights Coordination Group works closely with AIUSA staff to advance the global protection of women's human rights. The Coordination Group divides duties among the members of the group, and these include:

    RESPONSIBILITIES

    • Monitoring – The Co-group serves as key monitors and experts on women’s human rights. As such, members of the co-group are responsible for routinely monitoring the political and human rights situation concerning women’s rights and having a solid understanding of AI’s specific concerns pertaining to women’s rights.
    • Strategy building – The co-group is responsible, in collaboration with other volunteers and staff, for developing and implementing action strategies for AIUSA’s work in women’s human rights. The co-group participates in strategy development at international, section, and local levels. Such strategies may utilize an array of action forms including casework, campaigns, country or thematic projects, rapid or crisis responses. The co-group should be conversant in numerous tactics, which may include media engagement, US and foreign government advocacy, corporate engagement, shareholder activism, outreach to relevant professions, émigré groups or other stakeholders, and participation in coalitions or multi-stakeholder initiatives.
    • Campaigns and Crisis ResponseThe Co-group plays a key role in the development and implementation of relevant campaigns, including women’s human rights defenders and other individuals at risk. Their roles include crafting actions for the Women’s Human Rights Action Network as well as for members, supporters, and activists across the nation.
    • Women’s Human Rights Action Network – The Co-group supports a network of groups and individual members who carry out ongoing work related to women’s human rights. This Action Network is developed both within and outside our current activist base and is an opportunity to facilitate women’s human rights work and discussion and grow the movement.
    • Media and Social Media – The Co-group serves as official spokespersons for AIUSA concerning women’s human rights and responds to and initiates media coverage on women’s human rights. This includes both domestic and international print, TV, radio, and internet outlets. The co-group is responsible for maintaining the Women’s Rights pages on the AIUSA website and for crafting online actions. The co-group is also responsible for blogging and maintains a Facebook page and Twitter feed.
    • Working With Other Human Rights Organizations – The co-group seeks to develop and maintain contacts with their counterparts in other human rights organizations, solidarity groups or other stake-holders in women’s rights work.
    • General assistance to AIUSA members – The Co-group provides general assistance, information, and promotion of women’s human rights to AIUSA members seeking to work on women’s rights issues.

    REQUIREMENTS

    • Must live in the United States
    • Minimum two-year commitment
    • Attend SDPAC trainings and meetings as scheduled (travel expenses covered by AI)
    • Engaged and responsive

    Amnesty International USA’s Women’s Human Rights Coordination Group seeks new members to join our team of skilled, dedicated women’s human rights defenders.

    The Women's Human Rights Coordination Group works closely with AIUSA staff to advance the global protection of women's human rights. The Coordination Group divides duties among the members of the group, and these include:

    RESPONSIBILITIES

    • Monitoring – The Co-group serves as key monitors and experts on women’s human rights. As such, members of the co-group are responsible for routinely monitoring the political and human rights situation concerning women’s rights and having a solid understanding of AI’s specific concerns pertaining to women’s rights.
    • Strategy building – The co-group is responsible, in collaboration with other volunteers and staff, for developing and implementing action strategies for AIUSA’s work in women’s human rights. The co-group participates in strategy development at…

    Location

    Remote
    Volunteer must be in United States
    Associated Location
    Washington, DC, United States

    How to Apply

    We are looking for a thoughtful, committed team member who is skilled, dedicated to women's human rights and ready to join our team. The Women’s Human Rights Coordination Group works as a tight-knit team at a fast pace. Though the hours of the co-group are flexible, an average commitment of 5 hours a week should be expected, and it is imperative that co-group members are committed and responsive. We work together to ensure that we accommodate other life commitments, but we are fully engaged and are looking for thoughtful, committed team members who are skilled, dedicated to women’s human rights, and ready to join our team.

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    WORKING AT AIUSA

    Amnesty International USA is an equal opportunity employer. AIUSA encourages applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, political affiliation, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status and record of arrest or conviction, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Black people, Indigenous people, people of color; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex people; women; people with disabilities, protected veterans, and formerly incarcerated individuals are all strongly encouraged to apply.

    OUR COMMITMENT AS AN ANTI-RACIST ORGANIZATION AND TO INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND ACCESSIBILITY (IDEA)

    Dismantling white supremacy is central to the fight for human rights in the United States and around the world. As we mobilize staff and activists and work with partners to help transform the multiple systems where oppression operates in the world around us as part of our human rights mandate, anti-racism must be integral to our work. What does that mean for Amnesty International in the United States? It means using our people power to fight injustice and centering the voices and experiences of those most impacted by racist structures, beliefs, and laws. Fundamentally, it means doing our human rights work differently than it has been done before, because we know that who we work with, how we work, the work we do, and ultimately who we are, are all interconnected.

    As an international, intercultural, intergenerational and intersectional movement of activists committed to protecting and advancing human rights for all, Amnesty is deeply committed to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility (IDEA). To learn more about how we integrate IDEA into our programs and workplace, visit: https://www.amnestyusa.org/idea/

    We are looking for a thoughtful, committed team member who is skilled, dedicated to women's human rights and ready to join our team. The Women’s Human Rights Coordination Group works…

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