Message-ID: <MAC.960724124538@maine.maine.EDU> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 12:45:38 EDT From: Dennis McConnell - Maine Business School <mailto:mac@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> Subject: Women in Development Fellowships To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
The Fellowship Program in this announcement supports opportuni-
ties for U.S. citizens for assignments in Africa, Asia, Near
East, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the NIS region. Conse-
quently, I am posting to several lists. Apologies in advance for
cross-posting. For additional information about the program,
please contact the e-mail address provided in the announcement.
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Women in Development Fellowships
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The WorldWID (Women In Development) Fellowship Program targets
mid-career professionals, both men and women, who have a strong
personal commitment to integrating WID expertise and gender
analysis into their own work, institutions, and professional
associations. Special attention is being focused on recruiting
Fellows from minority groups that have traditionally been under-
represented in the administration of U.S.-supported foreign
assistance programs. Fellows would likely come from U.S. busi-
nesses, non-governmental organizations, private voluntary organi-
zations, or teaching institutions (K-12, colleges, universities).
Candidates are required to have a guaranteed job to which they
will return after completion of the Fellowship.
Approximately eight fully-funded WorldWID fellowships will be
awarded each year over a three year period. Only U.S. citizens
may apply. Each fellowship includes a stipend, domestic travel
connected with the project, national and international travel to
the USAID assignment, and some limited support in excess of the
stipend for overseas living arrangements.
The Fellowship consists of approximately two months of special-
ized training and orientation followed by a three-to-ten month
assignment in Washington or abroad (in Africa, Asia & the Near
East, Latin America and the Caribbean, or the Newly-Independent
States of the former Soviet Union) during which fellows will
assist USAID with the performance of specific WID-related tasks.
Fellows may be appointed for periods shorter than the normal
twelve months.
Fields that are in particular need of fellows are human rights,
economic growth and human capacity development.
For more information, please contact:
WorldWID Fellows Program
Office of International Studies and Programs
123 Tigert Hall
P.O. Box 113225
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611
Tel: (352) 392-7074
Fax: (352) 392-8379
Email: mailto:WRLDWID@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu
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