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Afya na Haki invites applications for a fellowship under its Litigating Reproductive Justice in Africa (LIRA) Programme.
The Programme aims to create an environment where Africa embraces reproductive justice through progressive, evidence-based and collaborative litigation for access to SRHR at national, sub-regional, regional and international levels.
The objective of the LIRA Fellowship Programme is to enhance the capacity of African experts, litigants, students and scholars on practice, theories and trajectories of litigating SRHR using the reproductive justice approach.
Fellowship Programme
- Fellows will be capacitated on the art of litigating SRHR in Africa using the reproductive justice approach. This approach will inculcate aspects of intersectionality, negative and positive obligations of states, power relations at all levels, combine gains realized through progressive legislation, judicial and social movement activism, as well as academic scholarship.
- The LIRA Fellowship Programme is for 12 months and it will be a full-time in-person engagement at Ahaki.
- The fellowship is designed to support Ahaki’s programmes and provide opportunities for career development in research, litigation and capacity enhancement in reproductive justice using an Africentric lens. Ahaki encourages African researchers, scholars, litigants, activists, academics and practitioners from across the continent to apply.
Benefits
Successful applicants will be entitled to a monthly stipend and will engage in all Ahaki research and capacity enhancement initiatives. Special need for accomodation or travel may be considered for successful candidates.
Personal Specifications
The candidate should have at least a master’s degree or experience of at least five years in the following disciplines: law, public health, social sciences, Gender studies, human rights, or any other discipline relevant to SRHR. The candidate should have experience in either research, litigation and capacity enhancement in the area of SRHR. Experience in project management and implementation will be an added advantage. The candidate should be proficient in either English or French languages.
Deadline: 10th February 2023
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