Join the Australian National
Committee on Refugee Women’s Advocacy team at UNHCR, Geneva in 2012.
A fully funded position is available for
one young woman from a refugee background.
Please see the detailed selection criteria on page two.
Each year in partnership
with the Centre for Refugee Research at UNSW, ANCORW sends a team to
participate in the UNHCR Standing Committee
and the UNHCR Annual Consultations with Non- Government organizations.
These meetings provide an important opportunity to understand more about the
risks faced by refugees around the world and the efforts of UNHCR and the
international community to respond. They also provide a critical opportunity to
influence global refugee policy and practice. This year the meetings are being
held in the last week of June and the first week of July. Successful applicants
will need to be in Geneva from Sunday 24th June through to the 7th
July 2012.
The successful applicant will work with the ANCORW and CRR team to
lobby and advocate on issues of concern faced by refugee and asylum seeker
youth and their communities in Australia and those still displaced in camps and
urban areas in countries of first asylum.
The applicant will be
provided with intensive advocacy training prior to departure and on the ground
in Geneva and will be supported by an experienced advocacy team and by a team
of Master level student interns.
Selection
Criteria for ANCORW youth representative for Geneva
·
A demonstrated
understanding of key issues impacting on refugee and asylum seeker youth and
their families and communities across your geographic region and upon
settlement in Australia.
·
A demonstrated
involvement in community based work or advocacy with refugee communities and
evidence of strong networking skills.
·
A clear
statement of the key issues for refugee and asylum seeker youth from your
Region on which you would like to advocate on at the UNHCR meetings.
·
A willingness to
research and advocate on issues for all refugee and asylum seeker groups across
your region.
·
A demonstrated
understanding of the international human rights and refugee law and policy
systems and in particular, the role of UNHCR.
·
A willingness to
produce position papers on behalf of ANCORW and your own organisation for
Geneva, and on return to Australia to follow up on the work done in Geneva.
·
A willingness to
attend training sessions in Sydney in preparation for Geneva
· Aged between 18-25
years. As a representative of ANCORW,
the successful applicant will need to be a woman.
In order to ensure regional
mix in the ANCORW delegation, this year’s selection will give preference to
those applicants from a Middle Eastern or African background. Applications
should address the selection criteria in no more than two pages and include a
CV.
Successful applicants will
need to be available to be in Geneva from Sunday 24th June to
Saturday 7th July inclusive.
Airfares, single room in youth hostel and food and local allowance for
transport will be provided.
A successful Sydney
applicant will need to attend compulsory evening training sessions at University
of NSW on the 30th April, 4th June (& day time) and
18th June 2012. If the
successful applicant is from interstate however, return airfares would be
provided, for a whole day/evening training session instead on the 4th
June.
Applicants will be
short-listed and asked to participate in a short telephone interview with two
or three members of the ANCORW selection panel on either the 3rd or
4th of April.
Applications to be emailed to:
Dr Linda Bartolomei
Secretary, ANCORW
Ph: 02 9385 1859
Applications close on Monday
2nd April 2012
