2014 Oak Institute Human Rights Fellowship
Friday, December 6th 2013  5:00pm EST
Waterville, ME

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We are pleased to announce this call for nominations for the 2014 Oak Human Rights Fellowship, sponsored by the Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. The fellowship is a one-semester appointment as an activist-in-residence. It is designed to provide human rights defenders 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 our campus community. We are writing to ask your help in identifying the Oak fellow for the fall of 2014. Each year, we target our search for a human rights activist either regionally or functionally. The focus of this year's search is gender and human rights, which may have to do with women but also men (and masculinity) and sexual minorities. We are particularly seeking activists working on sexual and reproductive rights, gender empowerment and education, human and sexual trafficking, activism against gender-based violence, gender- and sexual-based asylum, or gender and environmental rights. The appointment is for the fall semester of 2014 mid-August through mid-December). Responsibilities include participation in a lecture series or symposium in the fellow's area of expertise and regular interaction with Colby students through a one-credit non-graded discussion class. The College provides a stipend of $32,500, plus transportation, housing, health care coverage, and other fringe benefits. We encourage the fellow to bring family with limited financial support for their travel as well.

Location:
Center for the Study of International Human Rights
Colby College
Waterville, ME