SPONSOR: Open Society Institute and other grant makers.

SYNOPSIS: It is a second round of fellowships for recent law faculty graduates interested in a career incorporating women's rights activism. This fellowship program has been developed in the context of current activities of NEWW's East-East Legal Coalition (EELC), a regional legal reform, advocacy and outreach network whose goal it is to articulate and enforce laws and policies that strengthen women's legislative status and sense of citizenship in their respective countries.

DEADLINES: The deadline for applications is September 1, 1998.

OBJECTIVES: The goal of this EELC fellowship is to help bridge the gap between theory and practice by providing selected recent law school graduates from the region with the opportunity to acquire additional skills to work on women's rights in their own countries. This training experience will be followed immediately by a one-year placement in 1999-2000 with an organization dedicated to women's rights in the fellow's home country.

APPLICATION:
Applicants must submit the following materials (in English):

• a resume;
• evidence of fluency in English (such as school records or examination results);
• a personal statement which should include: particular interests within the field of women's rights. If the applicant has worked with any women's organization, that work should be described in some detail;
• a declaration that the applicant will be available to participate in the fellowship program beginning January 1999, and that the applicant is prepared to return home (no exceptions will be granted) to work within her country for one full year.

MONETARY: The fellowship comes with a stipend that will cover the cost of travel to and from the fellowship site in western Europe or the United States and room and board expenses during the training period.

CONTACT INFO: One copy of the complete application packet should be sent to:

the Network of East-West Women, EELC Fellowship Program,
1601 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 603,
Washington, DC 20009.

Applicants are advised to inform Washington, DC (by e-mail) when they have posted their application packets.

The Washington e-mail address is: [email protected] For more information about the Network of East-West Women, see their web page at http://www.neww.org.

Applications will be reviewed by an fellowational selection committee, which expects to have completed the selection process by the end of October 1998. At that time applicants will be informed of whether they have been chosen to participate in the 1999-2000 EELC Legal Fellowship Program.

Last updated: August 27, 1998

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