SFD Internship Opportunity- Bangladesh

Closing date: October 12, 2012 - 4pm

Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Contact: Robyn Fila 250-721-7022, interns@uvic.ca

Host Organization: WARBE Development Foundation

Web Site: http://www.warbe.org/english/

We are currently accepting applications from interested UVic students for our 2013 Students for Development Program and are recruiting for specific placements in Quezon City, Philippines and Dhaka, Bangladesh with Migrants Rights Organizations.  

Students must be upper level undergraduate, or graduate students, registered full-time, to be eligible to apply. The deadline of Friday, October 12, 2012 is firm, and no applications for the January 2013 placements will be accepted after this time.  To apply, students should complete an application form, and submit their application, a cover letter, plus a current resume, by email to: interns@uvic.ca.

General Placement Description:

As a Program Assistant, the intern will work closely with WARBE staff working in the field of migration and development in Bangladesh. WARBE is a leader around issues of migrants' rights and welfare, and supports female and male, documented and undocumented migrants by increasing awareness about injustices, discrimination and human rights violations.  WARBE works with the Bangladesh government to support the implementation and enforcement of welfare and gender-sensitive migration policies and legislation.  WARBE's main goal is to improve and strengthen the rights of Bangladeshi migrants, to support migrants and to enhance the impact of long term of migration in order to combine safe migration with socio-economic development in Bangladesh. WARBE is a member of Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) and works closely with MFA and other migrant organizations in Asia through an established network.