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Women’s Human Rights Training Institute (WHRTI) is an initiative founded by the Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation (BGRF), the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) and the Network of East-West Women (NEWW). The WHRTI in cooperation with representatives of the Euroregional Center for Public Initiatives (ECPI) has announced the Call for Applications for its Fourth Round, 2011-2013.
The Institute is a unique initiative founded in 2004 as a first-of-its-kind programme aimed at building the capacity of young lawyers from Central and Eastern European and the Newly Independent States (CEE/NIS) for litigation on women’s rights issues, including:
– violence against women,
– sexual and reproductive health and rights, and
– employment discrimination.
The Institute, organized by the BGRF in cooperation with its partners, has successfully completed three rounds: WHRTI 2004-2006, WHRTI 2007-2009 and WHRTI 2009-2011, where over 58 lawyers have been trained till date.
Objectives of the Institute:
– to develop successful regional and country level litigation strategies on women’s human rights in CEE/NIS.
– to build the capacity of lawyers in CEE/NIS to litigate women’s human rights cases at the national, regional and UN levels.
– to provide continuous support and expertise for women’s rights litigation efforts of lawyers in CEE/NIS and seed new women’s rights litigation.
– to strengthen the network of lawyers for women’s human rights’ strategic litigation in the region.
ELIGIBILITY:
Twenty participants will be selected among practicing lawyers and legal counselors working with human rights or women’s rights NGOs in the region. Successful applicants will:
– have a demonstrated commitment to women’s human rights advocacy, to using the law creatively to secure redress for women’s rights violations.
– have a professional relationship for at least one year prior to the application with an institution/organization that has capacity to litigate women’s rights cases or has experience with litigation and preferably focuses in its work on women’s human rights.
– have demonstrated interest and knowledge of international universal and regional human rights law.
– be committed to participate in the four sessions of the Institute (approximately one week every six months) and to be involved in the inter-session work.
– have fluency in written and spoken English, and advanced English language comprehension.
Last date for submitting the applications is July 31, 2011
For more information and details, please visit this link.
