SIERRA LEONE - INTERNSHIP ON UNDP PROJECT

Durata contratto: Duration : 4-5 months

Sede: Duty station: Freetown

Data di richiesta: 21 agosto 2013

Title of the Project: Making Rights a Reality Legal Empowerment and Assistance for effective women’s rights to land and property (LEAWRLP)

Seat: Internship as Assistant Project manager

COOPI’s start the implementation of the project Access to Justice as part of it action in women’s land and property rights. This project aim to ensure understanding of women rights to land and property to community women as well support them to claim them trough formal and traditional justice systems. The project objective is to empower women and communities to fairly resolve conflict around women’s land and property rights through formal and informal justice systems and prevent and minimize associated rights violations, especially SGBV and advocate for the passing of and implementation of the draft National land policy. The project will increase community women and civil society organisations’ understanding around women’s rights to land, and their ability to ‘claim’ rights for themselves through increased understanding and awareness of ‘how to practically use’ relevant national legal frameworks, and international and regional human rights instruments. The project will also rely on the development of district based land-watch networks that will monitor women’s rights to land issues. The project will also ensure women’s access to justice through the development of a paralegal network, including support for legal representation in the most severe cases. Additionally, through the provision of training, the project will also contribute to develop and inform women, traditional and community leaders, members of the traditional courts, justice professionals and the police/FSU on the importance of protecting women’s rights to property for the economic, social and cultural benefit of their communities. Violations of women’s rights such as GBV which are closely associated with women’s usage/access and possession of land and property will also be limited through increased awareness of the issues.

The project started in April 2013 is implemented by COOPI in partnership with 2 national organizations and it covers differents regions (Eastern and center north), including Freetown

DESCRIZIONE E REQUISITI

Requirements (languages, degree, other characteristics…):

English fluent

Strong interest in women rights/ access to justice or and/ advocacy.

Adaptability

Conditions : Accommodation provided

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