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International Gender Equity Advocacy and Program Development Intern in Bolivia
Location: Bolivia: Cochabamba
Term: Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter, Trimester, Academic Year, Throughout the year
Program Duration: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 7-12 months (includes high school academic year abroad)
Typical Duration of Program: 9-12 weeks
Dates: See FSD Website
http://www.fsdinternational.org
1000 Brannan St, Suite 207 San Francisco, CA 94103 United States
Call Us
Phone: (415) 283-4873
Fax: (415) 255 9598
Description
Looking to change the world through your beliefs in gender equality? Support local women who are in desperate need of your help. Examples of how you can support Women's Empowerment in Bolivia:
* Support implementation of workshops and seminars that provide training to women in leadership, autonomy, literacy, sexual education, health, micro-enterprise development, and women's rights.
* Educate women who've suffered intra-familial violence in vocational skills and micro-enterprise management so that they may autonomously support their families.
* Provide legal counseling for victims of abuse and violence. Locate medical, psychological, social, legal, and educational help for victims of abuse and violence including children, adolescents, women, and families.
* Work at a residential shelter for girls who have been forced out of their homes by situations of physical, psychological or sexual abuse. The project encourages them to embark on a process of social reintegration. The shelter also works to sensitize society about the situation faced by marginalized young women.
* Get involved with a wide variety of business development trainings and micro-credit programs for the creation and support of women micro-entrepreneurs.
* Research newly implemented health, education, and microenterprise capacity building programs to assess their contribution to women's empowerment. Results are used to make programmatic adjustments.
Highlights
Development Issues Addressed by FSD in Bolivia
Gender violence in Bolivia causes more death and disability among women aged 15 to 44 than do cancer, malaria, traffic accidents, or war. Around fifty percent of women from a variety of living circumstances have admitted to being subject to physical abuse or intimidation in their lifetime. The vast majority of these threats come from within the family. Among Latin American countries, Bolivia also has the highest rate of maternal mortality and the lowest frequency of prenatal care. Women have little access to cervical cancer screening, contraceptive methods, or education about sexual health of any kind despite the fact that fifty seven percent of Bolivian women engage in sex before the age of twenty. These problems are aggravated by the subordinate roles women play in Bolivian society. Women do not have the economic ability to separate themselves from oppressive, violent situations nor the educational opportunities to change their plight.
FSD works at the grassroots level to empower socioeconomically excluded women and provide the resources and knowledge needed to mobilize change. Our partner NGOs provide women opportunities to gain job skills, start micro-enterprises, borrow money, live in safe communities, and become educated in all aspects of health. Solutions are well integrated into local customs and recognize the sensitivity of changing a culture that has channeled violence and anger through women for many generations.
Minimum Education
High School
Intern Types
- Business Admin, Management
- Communications
- Counseling
- Development
- Economics
- Education
- Family and Home Studies
- Finance
- Health Sciences
- Law
- Marketing, Ad, PR
- Mathematics
- Medicine
- Nursing
- Occupational, Envir. Health
- Philosophy
- Political Science/Politics
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
- Social Work
- Sociology
- Women's Studies
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Cost in US$:
Depends on Program Selected; See FSD Website
Cost Include Description:
Your contribution fee covers all program costs (excluding airfare) and is 100% tax deductible for U.S. residents. Included in the fee is: a one-week orientation; family homestay will all meals provided; language lessons (not available in Latin America); development trainings and workshops; group sessions; midterm retreat (9+ weeks only); final debriefing session; on-going in-country support from FSD site team and U.S. staff; USD 200 mini-grant; eligibility for additional project funding up to USD 500, medical evacuation and limited health insurance; and pick-up from the airport.
Credit Available
no
Volunteer Types
- Academic Reinforcement
- Adult Education
- Banking
- Business
- Clerical And Office Work
- Community Health
- Community Organizing
- Consciousness-raising
- Counseling
- Economic Development
- Education
- Family Planning
- Feasibility Studies
- Gender Issues
- Grassroots Organization
- Health
- Health Care
- Health Education
- Home Visit
- Homelessness
- Human Rights
- Income-generation
- Labor Issues
- Law
- Legal Aide
- Literacy
- Managerial Consulting
- Marketing
- Media Work
- Micro-enterprise
- Microcredit
- Office Work
- Organizational Development
- Popular Education
- Population Issues
- Professional Services
- Public Education
- Public Policy
- Research
- Small Business Development
- Social Services, Social Work
- Strategic Planning
- Teaching Accounting
- Technical Assistance
- Tourism
- Volunteer Management
- Women
- Volunteering
Typical Volunteer
FSD supports participants who boldly wish to initiate the change they believe is necessary in the developing world. Interns are passionate about sharing their practical knowledge, heart-felt enthusiasm, and economic resources with communities abroad that suffer unnecessary hardship. They wish to gain hands-on, grassroots development experience because they believe change is most powerfully cultivated on a community level. The aim is to experientially learn how their work can empower the community toward applying sustainable development solutions, rather than increasing reliance on foreign aid. Participants choose FSD because the program structure enables them to design and implement their own sustainable projects in collaboration with their host organization and the FSD Site Team. They are able to test their ideas and theories in the most direct way possible, giving them the experience and knowledge they seek. The flexibility of the host organizations allows for participants at all stages and levels of experience in international development to participate, thus opening the programs to a diverse group of capable applicants.Age Range
18-75This Program is open to
Worldwide Participant. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals.
Typical Living Arrangements
- Home-stays
Participants Travel to Bolivia
Independently
Application Process Involves
- Letters of Reference
- Phone/Video Interview
- Resume
- Written Application
Typically The Application Process Time is
1 monthsPost Services Include
- Alumni Network
Foundation for Sustainable Development's Mission Statement
Founded in 1995, the Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD) supports the efforts of more than 300 grassroots, community-based partner organizations throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America. FSD's programs provide multi-faceted support that relies on active community participation to mobilize lasting solutions. FSD programs include:
- Capacity Building: Our professional field staff provides on-site training and networking opportunities to more than 300 community-based organizations worldwide.
- Training Programs Abroad: FSD provides comprehensive training and immersion programs for interns and volunteers who seek hands-on development experience.
- Grantmaking: Donations and grants given to FSD are used to support sustainable projects led by our partner organizations.
- Engaged Philanthropy: FSD Giving Circles organize groups of donors who pool their time, talent, and resources to make international grants to our partner organizations.