Advocacy Intern, Latin America & the Caribbean

Job Description

The Role: The Center’s Bogota Office is looking for an enthusiastic, resourceful and highly organized intern with a commitment to reproductive rights issues to engage in a variety of mini projects related to the Colombia office. This internship will provide someone with experience in many aspects of as well as insight into the inner working of organizational management.

The internship is full-time, beginning June 2025 to December 2025.

Primary Responsibilities: As an intern with LAC Office, your primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Assist members of our legal team with researching and writing reproductive rights-related submissions to United Nations and regional human rights bodies.
• Assist of our Advocacy team with monitoring and documenting of media coverage of the Center and updating media placements archives.
• Bluebooking and fact-checking as needed for current reports and publications.
• Support administrative duties.
• Monitor applications and concluding observations of UN committees as directed by the team
• Following up requests for hearings before the CIDH.
• Monitoring CIDH reports (thematic and country reports).

Qualifications:

• Current student of Political Science, International Relations or related careers.
• Strong advocacy research and writing skills
• Demonstrated an interest in gender/women’s issues and reproductive rights
• Taken Constitutional Law and International Law classes
• Knowledge of human rights as well as a basic understanding of the Inter-American Human Rights System
• Fluency in Spanish and English (B1), knowledge of Portuguese is a plus

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The Center is committed to inclusive hiring and dedicated to diversity in our work and staff. We strongly encourage people from all communities to apply. If you are excited about this role but unsure about whether your experience aligns with the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this or other roles. To learn more about the Center’s commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, please visit Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | Center for Reproductive Rights.

Applications will be accepted until the position has been filled.