The Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights at the Colby College in Maine, USA offers the Oak Human Rights Fellowship.
Applications are now accepted for the 2011 Oak Fellowship: Poverty and Human Rights by the Oak Institute. It is currently seeking “one front-line human rights activist working outside of the U.S. and who works on problems created by or associated with poverty.” The fellowship will enable the Fellow to work on human rights threatened by poverty.
“Such rights include but are not limited to: the right to work in safe conditions and earn an adequate and stable income; access to basic food and shelter; freedom from forced evictions; access to adequate health care and medical attention; access to basic services and infrastructure; the right to a healthy and safe living environment, including access to clean drinking water; access to education; freedom from discrimination based on class or income.”
Nomination of “a human rights activist (or an organization where someone might be working) in need of a short respite from on the ground human rights work” can also be submitted.
The fellowship is a one-semester appointment and the Fellow will be taking residence at the Oak Institute during the fellowship period.
The fellowship “is designed to provide human rights practitioners doing “on-the-ground” work at some level of personal risk a respite from front-line duties to enable them to reflect, write, and communicate their work to the campus community.”
Besides the residence At Colby, the fellowship will also provide $32,000 stipend, plus medical insurance, transportation, housing and utilities.
Application forms will be made available by 15 August 2010 and the completed submissions can be sent by email or mail.
The deadline to apply is 15 December 2010 and the deadline to send nominations is 1 November 2010. Nominated individuals will be contacted by the Oak Institute and encourage them to apply for the fellowship.
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