Calls are invited at Fellowship Opportunity to carry out this project with funding from the Human Rights Fellowship program.
Angola is a country rich in natural resources mainly crude oil and diamonds. Angola’s economy is one of the fastest growing in the world, and the oil industry is the basis of the economy, supporting over 80 percent of government revenue and about fifty percent of the GDP. However, as many resource-rich countries in the Global South, Angola’s distribution of revenues from the exploitation of oil have not benefitted the majority of its citizens, two thirds of whom still live on less than two dollars a day.
This project aims at furthering a qualitative assessment of the existing legal framework governing the oil industry and the environment, as well existing mechanisms and institutions which regulate, monitor oil operations and protect local communities’ rights. The fellow will also help craft and implement advocacy initiatives in support of local demands for transparency, accountability and that guarantee their social, economic and cultural rights. The project will be a desk study based in the Bay Area.
Regular application procedures apply; this project will be evaluated under the same criteria and priority level as all other fellowship applications.
