Message-ID: <34986642.2A61E56A@dialisdn.com> Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 18:54:43 -0500 From: Kathi Kitner <mailto:kitner@DIALISDN.COM> Subject: to Max Freund To: mailto:INTDEV-L@URIACC.URI.EDU
Hello, check out sending your message to this listserv, if you have not already. they may have even recently advertised for an intern. good luck, Kathi"WELCOME TO GENDER-CG: THE NETWORK ON INTRAHOUSEHOLD AND GENDER ASPECTS OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
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establish a dialogue among often isolated 'gender social scientists' in CG centers and NARs;
help keep each other up to date with developments in the intrahousehold and gender literature (which are often in the hard-to-get 'gray literature', and other publications outside academic or refereed articles);
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Max Freund wrote:
> Seasons greetings!
>
> I apologize for the intrusion, but I'd like to ask for assistance and do
> some e-networking. I'm currently enrolled in the Master's program in
> Intercultural and International Management at the School for International
> Training (http://www.sit.edu). In June of next year, I'll be starting the
> practicum phase of my program, where we're required to work in the field
> for six months to two years.
>
> I was wondering if anyone knows of interesting community-based development
> organizations or projects in the education sector, perhaps (but not
> necessarily) incorporating a gender and/or an IT/telecommunications
> component. I'm particularly interested in the development of community
> computing centers and the educational programs that can be run through
> them. I'd like to be based in Asia, Latin America, or Africa, but I'm very
> flexible geographically. Although it would be great if I could find a paid
> position, I'm interested in volunteer and internship opportunities as well.
>
> As for the type of job, I'd be most interested in doing training or project
> management. Before coming to SIT, I did database management for a couple
> of years in the national office of the American Lung Association, and
> before that I worked in the National Center for Children in Poverty at
> Columbia University's School of Public Health. I'm currently on the
> executive committee of GhaCLAD, a group that's organizing a conference on
> distance education in Ghana next spring, and I recently joined the advisory
> council of Friends World Program, an experiential intercultural college
> program (and my alma mater).
>
> I have taken or will take courses in gender and educational development
> planning; training; project design and planning; financial management;
> research and evaluation; intercultural communication; sustainable
> development; organizational behavior; conflict transformation; and
> strategic management. Of course, I can provide more information about my
> skills and background upon request.
>
> Even if you don't know of specific opportunities, I'd be very interested in
> speaking or corresponding with folks to help focus my thinking and learn
> more about the field. If you know of anyone who might be willing to help,
> please feel free to forward this message to them.
>
> Thanks and happy holidays,
> Max Freund
>
> P.S. My apologies if you've received multiple copies of this message, since
> I'm sending it to several different listservs and a number of individuals.
>
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> Max Freund | 72 N. Hinsdale Rd.
> mailto:mfreund@sover.net | Chesterfield, NH 03443, USA
> School for International Training, Program in Intercultural Management
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