NEWW NEEDS INTERNS (fwd)

[Devin P Browne]

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Date: Mon, 2 Dec 96 14:33:47 EST
From: Center for Civil Society International <ccsi at u.washington.edu>
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Subject: NEWW NEEDS INTERNS


>From: Network of East-West Women <newwdc at igc.apc.org>

                     THE NETWORK OF EAST-WEST WOMEN
                                          SEEKS INTERNS

          The Network of East-West Women (NEWW) is a vital
communications network that links over 1,500 women's advocates in more
than 30 countries in the former-Soviet Union and Eastern and Central
Europe. Members represent all strata of society -- writers, students,
journalists, parliamentarians, professors, lawyers, artists, union organizers,
and feminist activists.

          NEWW's overarching goal is to support the formation of
independent women's movements. Its primary objective is to increase the
capability of women and women's NGOs to intervene effectively on policy
regarding women's lives. NEWW's members have agreed to a set of common
principles emphasizing the importance of women's full participation in
all aspects of public life; their right to reproductive choice;  and
their rights to be free from discrimination, violence, racial and ethnic
hatred, and censorship.

          NEWW coordinates projects, ad hoc committees, training
workshops, consultations, conferences, and informational exchanges that
reflect the programmatic areas its members have identified. At present, the
program areas are:

*law & policy
*communication & media
*employment
*conflict in ex-Yugoslavia
*gender scholarship
*reproductive rights
*violence against women
*health & environment

Our current projects include:

           NEWW On-Line is an electronic communications network that
links women's NGOs in the former Soviet Union, East and Central Europe,
Western Europe and the United States in an effort to maximize
informational exchange, develop technical and institutional building skills,
coordinate research and activist projects, and influence policy decisions.

           The East-East Legal Coalition (EELC) examines and monitors the
legal impact of the post-communist transition on women's lives.  Women's
rights lawyers from fourteen countries in the former Soviet Union and
Central and Eastern Europe organized this legal reform, advocacy, and
outreach network in an effort to articulate and enforce laws and policies
that strengthen women's legislative status and sense of citizenship in their
respective countries.

           The On-Line Legal Resource Service (OLLRS) provides women's
NGOs with electronic, informational resources on a variety of topics
pertinent to rule of law in FSU and CEE, including feminist legal theory,
media, labor issues and violence against women.

           The Self-Defense Instructor Training Program provides Russian
women self-defense instructors with advanced trainings to improve their
physical demonstration skills, to organize self-defense workshops for
women in cities and towns throughout Russia, and to empower women
physically and psychologically.

           The "Best of the Season" Electronic Bulletin, published both
electronically and in hard copy, in English and Russian, summarizes the
information and discussions on NEWW's electronic conferences and is
distributed quarterly by On-Line participants and via Internet.

           Trainings and Consultations -- NEWW provides trainings and
consultations in e-mail (technical and resource oriented), NGO
management (membership and constituency building), fundraising
(proposal writing, locating domestic sources of funding, etc.), advocacy
(how to use international activism in national work, working with
government authorities), networking with other NGOs.



          We invite students to participate in a one- or two-semester
internship to assist in the implementation of NEWW's various projects.
Responsibilities include:

* research and writing
* general administration
* outreach
* communication and media
* translations
* project coordination

          To apply, please send cover letter, resume, and a letter of
recommendation to:

Victoria Vrana
NEWW                                    Please describe in cover letter:
1601 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 701     -- computer skills
Washington, D.C. 20009                  -- foreign language skills
tel: (202) 265-3585                     -- interest in women's issues
fax: (202) 265-3508                     -- how you hope to benefit
E-mail: newwdc at igc.apc.org                   from this internship



                                      INTERNSHIP APPLICATION


Full Name:
____________________________________________________________

Address:
____________________________________________________________
City/Country:
____________________________________________________________

Phone:
____________________________________________________________

Please include a cover letter, resume and one letter of recommendation.
In your cover letter, please:

* Briefly describe your interest or involvement in women's issues in
Central and Eastern
    Europe and the former Soviet Union;

* List any computer skills;

* List any foreign language skills.

Send application to:

Victoria Vrana
NEWW
1601 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 701
Wahington, D.C. 20009
Tel: (202) 265-3585
Fax: (202) 265-3508
E-mail: newwdc at igc.apc.org