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Fully Funded: CFJ’s Waging Justice for Women Fellowship Program
CFJ’s Waging Justice for Women Fellowship Program
CFJ and partner organizations are offering one-year, fully funded fellowships to a class of ten early-career women lawyers in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of CFJ’s Waging Justice for Women Fellowship Program is to equip African gender justice champions with the tools they need to challenge inequality through the courts. These organizations partner with WJW on key issues such as removing legal barriers to girls’ education, combatting child marriage, promoting accountability for gender-based violence, and combatting economic discrimination and criminalization based on gender stereotypes.
Having a fully funded lawyer for a year increases the ability of these organizations to deliver access to justice for women and girls. CFJ’s Waging Justice for Women Fellowship Program also provides Fellows with mentorship, training, and access to leading lawyers, judges, activists, and academics from across Africa and around the world. We will look to expand the number and geographical scope of the Fellowship in future years.
Fellows also take part in a mentorship & training program, which includes a monthly online curriculum & at least one in-person convening.
These programs expose Fellows to a diverse array of women leaders as well as strong peer support networks, which provide added support and inspiration as they pursue public interest work to advance the rights of women, girls, and marginalized communities. CFJ’s Waging Justice for Women Fellowship Program also organizes events with leading women lawyers and judges focused on promoting women in leadership, celebrating the contributions of Africa’s leading women in law, and facilitating discussions about how to accelerate progress on gender justice and equality. We also host events and trainings with peer institutions, including the Obama Foundation’s Girls Opportunity Alliance, to connect our respective Fellows and enable emerging African leaders from different fields to come together to devise innovative solutions to the issues facing women and girls.
Fellowship Qualifications
A qualifying law degree
Practice Certificate:
- Admitted to practice as a lawyer in at least one of the countries of the host organizations
- Fellows must be admitted to practice as a lawyer in the respective country of their host organization of choice
Work experience:
- At least two years of post-qualification experience in the legal field. (As this fellowship is for early-career women lawyers, we will be less likely to consider women with more than five years of legal experience post-qualification)
- Experience in women’s rights and working in human rights organizations preferred
Citizenship or work authorization:
- In either Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, The Gambia, Sierra Leone, or Liberia
- Costs relating to international relocation and acquiring work authorization cannot be supported
Skills/competencies:
- Experience working with survivors and/or impacted communities
- Experience integrating gender and child-sensitive perspectives into substantive work
- Interest in gender equality and women’s rights
- Commitment to the mission and goals of the Clooney Foundation for Justice and relevant host organizations
- A demonstrated ability to conduct complex legal analysis and fact-finding
- Excellent research, writing and verbal communication skills
- Self-starter with excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills
- Demonstrated commitment to social justice and human rights and creativity in crafting strategies to advance justice in our priority areas
- Willingness to travel
- Fluency in English required; proficiency in other working languages relevant to the countries of host organizations preferred
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