INTERNSHIP DESCRIPTION:
Our aim is to build an on-line compendium of case law from Pakistan, Bangladesh and India. This includes landmark cases on: child custody, polygamy, talaq, post divorce maintenance, mahr, domestic violence, zina, rape, honour killings, child marriage and wali. The cases are selected on the basis of their relevance for researchers, activists, lawyers and judges.
QUALIFICATIONS:
FI researchers come from a diverse array of academic backgrounds, but most have either an academic or activist interest/investment in researching. FI is focused on recruiting students who have either one or a combination of the following:
- Have formal academic training in law (LLB, but preferably an LLM);
- Have taken modules from the following or related disciplines: South Asian studies, Islamic studies, Middle Eastern studies, and International Human Rights;
- Have shown proven interest or ability in reading and commenting on case law;
- Have experience in either legal, development, and activist work, especially that which focuses on gender and women's issues.
FI researchers come from a diverse array of academic backgrounds, but most have either an academic or activist interest/investment in researching. FI is focused on recruiting students who have either one or a combination of the following:
- Have formal academic training in law (LLB, but preferably an LLM);
- Have taken modules from the following or related disciplines: South Asian studies, Islamic studies, Middle Eastern studies, and International Human Rights;
- Have shown proven interest or ability in reading and commenting on case law;
- Have experience in either legal, development, and activist work, especially that which focuses on gender and women's issues.
If interested please submit your C.V., a writing sample/case commentary, and a one-page cover letter to Anna Dugoni at: annadugoni@feminijtihad.org. Short-listed candidates will be interviewed by phone before final selection.
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