Sorry for crossposting! > > > > > Subject: CfA: Network of East-West Women, 2002 > > > Economic & Social Policy > > > Fellowship Program > > > > > > CALL FOR APPLICATIONS > > > NETWORK OF EAST-WEST WOMEN > > > 2002 ECONOMIC & SOCIAL POLICY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM > > > The Network of East-West Women (NEWW) is pleased to > > > announce a call for > > > applications for the 2002 Economic and Social Policy > > > Fellowship > > > Program. > > > This program provides intensive training and regional > > > networking > > > opportunities to young women from Central and Eastern > > > Europe, the New > > > Independent States and the Russian Federation working > > > to achieve > > > economic > > > and social justice for women. Fellows will sharpen > > > their skills in > > > feminist > > > economic analysis and advocacy; they will learn > > > strategies to influence > > > economic and social policy formulation in ways that > > > benefit women; and > > > they > > > will develop working partnerships with each other and > > > with seasoned > > > professionals in the field of economic justice. > > > DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 1 February 2002 > > > PROGRAM DATES: U.S. Placement 19 August � 15 December > > > 2002 > > > In-Country Follow-On Projects 1 January � 31 December > > > 2003 > > > DURATION: 16 Months > > > ELIGIBILITY: > > > Applications are encouraged from women economists, NGO > > > activists, trade > > > unionists or others from CEE/NIS/Russian Federation > > > working on issues > > > of > > > economic and social justice for women. Candidates > > > must: 1) have > > > experience > > > and a demonstrated commitment to women's rights > > > advocacy; 2) be > > > affiliated > > > with an established women's organization/institute > > > that will support > > > the > > > candidate's follow-on project if selected for the > > > Program; and 3) be > > > fluent > > > in written and spoken English. > > > PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: > > > The goal of the NEWW Economic and Social Policy > > > Fellowship Program is > > > to > > > build the capacity of women and women's organizations > > > to effectively > > > counter gender-based economic and social > > > discrimination, and to advance > > > women's integration in public policy decision-making. > > > Supported by a > > > grant > > > from the Ford Foundation and by private donors, the > > > Economic and Social > > > Policy Fellowship Program provides an intensive > > > training experience in > > > feminist economics, public policy and grassroots > > > women's activism. > > > During the U.S. placement period, Fellows participate > > > in a 2-week > > > training > > > program in Washington DC, and complete a four-month > > > internship at a > > > U.S.-based policy institution. Every effort is made to > > > match each > > > Fellow > > > with an organization that is conducting work related > > > the Fellow's > > > specific > > > interest area. In December 2002, Fellows return to > > > their home countries > > > to > > > complete a one-year follow-on project. Each Fellow > > > designs and raises > > > funds > > > for her project while in the U.S., with support from > > > NEWW and her host > > > organization. > > > STIPEND: > > > Fellowships includes travel to and from the placement > > > site in the > > > United > > > States, short-term medical insurance, and a monthly > > > stipend to cover > > > room > > > and board expenses during the U.S. portion of the > > > program. Housing is > > > arranged in an international student house or similar > > > student > > > accommodation. In some cases Fellows are placed with > > > families in their > > > host > > > city. Upon successful completion of the U.S. portion > > > of the Program, > > > NEWW > > > provides each Fellow with a small seed grant to begin > > > implementation of > > > her > > > follow-on project. > > > APPLICATION PROCEDURES: > > > There is no application form for this Program. > > > Applicants should submit > > > the > > > following materials in English: > > > � a cover letter summarizing: 1) the applicant's > > > involvement in the > > > field > > > of women's rights; 2) her training and experience in > > > economics and/or > > > public policy; and 3) her work with local women's > > > organizations. > > > � a curriculum vitae; > > > � two letters of recommendation in English, or > > > accompanied by English > > > translations, including all current contact > > > information for the > > > letter's > > > author. All written recommendations will be verified > > > by local NEWW > > > contacts > > > or via telephone by NEWW staff; > > > � a personal statement describing the applicant's > > > future career plans, > > > and > > > her reasons for applying to the Economic and Social > > > Policy Fellowship > > > Program. > > > � a 3-5 page country briefing paper about women's > > > economic status in > > > her > > > country, including recommendations for advocacy and > > > reform. The paper > > > may > > > focus on one or more issues of current relevance in > > > the applicant's > > > country, and should demonstrate the applicant's > > > ability to write and > > > formulate arguments in English. > > > � a signed declaration that, if selected for the > > > Program, the applicant > > > will return to her home country to complete a 12-month > > > follow-on > > > project > > > immediately following the U.S. placement period. > > > Completed application packets should be sent by email > > > to NEWW at > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] If email is not possible, please > > > send the complete > > > application packet by regular mail to the address > > > below. Following > > > review > > > by an International Selection Committee, a maximum of > > > 5 finalists will > > > be > > > selected for personal interviews, which will take > > > place in Vilnius, > > > Lithuania, 18-20 March 2002. Selected finalists will > > > be notified of > > > their > > > interview by 20 February, 2002. Notification of > > > Fellowship awards will > > > be > > > made April 15, 2002. > > > CONTACT PERSON: > > > Laurie MacDonald Brumberg > > > Membership & Fellowship Program Director > > > Network of East-West Women > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > 1761 S Street NW, Suite LL-12 > > > Washington, DC 20009 > > > Tel (202) 299-9001 > > > Fax (202) 299-9003 > > > Website: www.neww.org > > > The Network of East-West Women (NEWW) is an > > > international membership > > > and > > > advocacy organization linking women in more than 30 > > > countries in > > > Central > > > and Southeastern Europe, the New Independent States > > > and the Russian > > > Federation. Through the Legal Fellowship Program and > > > other projects, > > > NEWW > > > supports independent women's movements that foster > > > women's > > > participation in > > > all aspects of public decision-making. NEWW's primary > > > objective is to > > > increase the capacity of women and women's NGOs to > > > shape policies that > > > affect women's lives. > > > > > Dr. Uta Hoffmann-Altmann > Humboldt-Universit�t > Landwirtschaftlich-G�rtnerische Fakult�t > AG Frauen in der L�ndlichen Entwicklung > Tel. 0049 (0)30 20939044 > Fax 0040 (0)30 20939087 > www.agrar.hu-berlin.de/fle/ >
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