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Travel, lodging, workshop

materials, and meals will be

covered for all parcipants.

The funds for the Workshop

and the project it forms part

of are made possible by the

generous support of the

Ford Foundaon.

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Dejuscia invites

applicaons from

advocates from theGlobal South (Lan

America, Africa, the

Middle East, and Asia)

who are working on

advocacy around inequality and human rights. Applicants must be 35 years or

younger and currently affiliated with a human rights organizaon or related

NGO. Applicants should be interested in improving their research, wring, and

advocacy skills, and reaching broader audiences with their publicaons.

Click here to see a video of the 2015 Global Workshop.

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Twelve to fieen applicants will be selected toparcipate in the Workshop. The fourth annualWorkshop will take place from August 27 -September 3 in Bogotá, Cali, and Colombia’s coffeeregion, combining intensive wring and academicworkshops with experienal learning. Workshopsessions will be taught by leading internaonal andColombian experts.

Fourth Annual Workshop (August 2016)

The theme of Dejuscia's fourth annual GlobalAcon-Research Workshop in 2016 will beInequality and Human Rights in the Global South.Dejuscia invites applicaons from youngprofessionals from the Global South who areengaged in advocacy around inequality. This couldinclude issues related to economic, racial, gender,or other forms of inequality, broadly defined.

address pressing problems in their respecvecountries, Dejuscia holds an annual Acon-ResearchWorkshop directed at young advocates. Theobjecves are to train these young professionals toeffecvely design, conduct, and write acon-orientedresearch, as well as communicate their findings indiverse forms. Dejuscia provides ongoingmentorship for parcipants to work on a researchproject and publicaon of their design aer theyreturn to their home countries.

ObjectivesDejuscia's Global Acon-Research Workshopseeks to ensure that the new generaon of GlobalSouth human rights advocates has a strong voice ininternaonal discussions. An important challengefor these young advocates is how to increase theirinfluence in internaonal human rights debates.High quality research coming from the Global Southon human rights issues is crically important. Inrecognion of this, and of the need for youngadvocates to build research and wring skills to

Dejuscia invites applicants forits second annual Global Acon-Research Workshop forYoung Human Rights Advocates to be held inColombia in August 2014

Our methodology is three-pronged. We producerigorous legal and social science research and aim tocontribute to a beer understanding of systemicfailures and rights violaons. We leverage our expertknowledge to contribute to direct acon campaigns,

ligaon or intervenons in public policy design andpublic opinion forums. We promote free access toknowledge for human rights through capacity-buildingand experience sharing in a variety of formats andwith a wide range of stakeholders—from youngadvocates to scholars and community acvists, from

 judges to policymakers, from transnaonal advocatesto domesc advocates in the Global South.

www.dejuscia.org

Workshop Sponsor

The Center for Law, Jusce and Society(Dejuscia) is a Colombia-based NGO working onstrengthening the rule of law and promonghuman rights in Colombia and across the GlobalSouth. We are a think/do tank that produces

rigorous research that can contribute to aconfor social change. We also carry out directadvocacy through campaigns, ligaon,educaon and capacity-building.

Since 2005, we have been working on sixresearch and acon areas: an-discriminaon;economic, social and cultural rights; rule of law;environmental jusce; judicial systems; andtransional jusce.

documentary following the parcipants through theworkshop learning process. The Workshop will alsoprovide a forum to connue building a networkamong parcipants aer they return home.

The Workshop's structure will include intensivewring and academic workshops, group discussions,and experienal learning, including site visits to

areas that are the subject of local human rightsadvocacy around issues of inequality. Workshopcontent will focus on research methods as well aswring and communicaon of results ofacon-oriented research in this field.

Expected Outcomes and Methodology

The goal of the Workshop is to strengthen theresearch, wring, and advocacy skills of itsparcipants, and their contribuon to theirorganizaons and the internaonal human rightsmovement more broadly. This will be accomplishedthrough: 1) workshops and experienal acviesover a week-long period in Colombia and 2) sixmonths of Workshop mentorship of parcipants

aer they return to their home countries on apublicaon of their design. Texts produced by theparcipants will be published as a larger workdocumenng the perspecves of the new generaonof human rights advocates, along with a video

 Action-Research

Global

for Young HumanRights Advocates

 WORKSHOP

Dejuscia invites applicants for its Fourth Annual Global Acton-Research Workshop ,to be held in Colombia in August2016. The theme this year isInequality and Human Rightsin the Global South.

CostParticipant Profile

Application Requirements

Translaon will be provided in English and Spanishthroughout the Workshop. Fluency in one of thesetwo languages is required. To apply to the DejusciaGlobal Acon-Research Workshop for Young HumanRights Advocates, please send the following: 1. A leer of nominaon from the applicant’s humanrights organizaon or related NGO. This leer shouldstate the name of the applicant and the affiliaon the

applicant has with the organizaon (i.e. lawyer,advocate, researcher, etc.).

2. Wrien responses to the following quesons(please aach as word, pdf, or text document):

a. Why are you interested in parcipang in thisAcon-Research Workshop?

b. What type of human rights issues do you workon? Please describe how your work is related toinequality.

c. What experience do you have conducngresearch?

d. What human rights issue/case/project are youworking on that you think could benefit fromresearch and publicaon (please describe in 400-500

words)? The Workshop will mentor parcipants onthe publicaon of findings for one research project;the project you describe should be something forwhich you would be interested in such mentorship,should you be selected for parcipaon.

3. Curriculum Vita/Resume (please aach as word, pdf,or text document)

All materials should be sent via email to Ana María Ramírezat aramirez@dejusticia.org  by March 31, 2016.

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