Global Trade and Agriculture Policy Intern at Women Thrive Worldwide

The Global Trade and Agriculture program seeks an enthusiastic intern for Summer 2011. Specific duties include:
• Researching and drafting materials on gender, women’s poverty, and women’s empowerment in international trade and agriculture/food security
• Helping plan Hill briefings
• Organizing and attending coalition meetings for various initiatives
• Tracking current legislation
• Helping with small administrative tasks, as needed

Current projects that interns may be involved in include:

Agriculture/Food Security: Women Thrive Worldwide focuses on the vital role that women play in agriculture in developing countries by highlighting the barriers to successful agricultural development that women face, such as lack of access to land, water, extension trainings, inputs and markets. Women Thrive engages with partners in advocating for policies on food security and agricultural-based poverty reduction that integrate the needs of women who are feeding the developing world.

Foreign Aid Reform: Women Thrive Worldwide is working collaboratively with the NGO community and Congress to ensure efforts to modernize U.S. foreign assistance incorporate strategies to meet women’s needs and priorities.

Trade Capacity Building: Women Thrive Worldwide aims to crucially link gender-integrated trade capacity building assistance to preference agreements so that both women and men are best able to utilize the programs and access the benefits of trade. Women Thrive is working to ensure that existing and new trade capacity building assistance includes a long-term strategy for integrating gender into its design, implementation and monitoring, as well as to advocate for increased funding for trade capacity programs directly focused on women.

Activities for all initiatives will include research on relevant issues, attending external and internal meetings, drafting campaign materials, reaching out to congressional offices and the Administration, and coordinating with Thrive coalition partners.

All of Women Thrive Worldwide's internships require:
• Superior oral and written communication skills and excellent research skills
• Strong interest in international development economics and/or political organizing for international women's issues
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated work style with high level of attention to detail
• Interest and/or course work in international economics, development and women's issues
• Excellent computer skills, particularly Microsoft Word, Excel and database management
• Experience with or good knowledge of Congress a plus

Time Commitment: Minimum 20 hours per week from May through August.

DEADLINE TO APPLY: Applications for this position will be accepted on a rolling basis. To apply, please send:
• Cover letter
• Resume
• 2-3 page writing sample

TO: Alisha Visan English, Global Trade and Agriculture Program, aenglish@womenthrive.org, or mail hard copy to: Women Thrive Worldwide, Attn: Alisha Visan English, 1825 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 600 Washington DC 20009. No phone calls/fax please. Be sure to mention "Global Trade and Agriculture Program Internship" on the application. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Apply as soon as possible for priority consideration.