How to apply:
Please click here to download the application for internship.
It can be submitted online or filled up applications can be sent to :
Internship Programme
People’s Watch
6, Vallabai Road, Chockikulam
Madurai – 625 002,
Tamil Nadu, India.
or you can mail it to cynthia@pwtn.org, henri@pwtn.org.
Please write ’For Internship’ in the Subject column.
Fees:
- Registration fee for Foreign Interns: 25 USD
- Registration fee for Indian Interns: 500 INR
- Accommodation fee for Foreign Interns: 2 USD per day
- Accommodation fee for Indian interns: 25 INR per day
Location:
Madurai
Duration:
Internships will be for varying duration. Ideally, People’s Watch look for a minimum of 3 months internship to one year. We also accept short term internships.
Internship- :
Desired intern profile:
- We accept full time interns. The interns can be researchers / scholars / students from diverse backgrounds but with mandatory skills in English language and computer skills to work on a range of projects of national and international importance.
Responsibilities:
- Interns will be placed in different projects based on their interests and needs of the organization.
- As part of the internship, they may be asked to participate in a variety of activities; conducting / assisting in research projects; writing articles / reports / communications; and organizing meetings and events that support the goals of the program they are assigned to.
Objectives of the Internship Programme:
- To provide opportunities to gain practical experience in different areas of human rights work
- To assist People’s Watch in various professional fields such as building database, creating websites and generating content for the website, and preparing special reports.
- To expose the interns to the programs & activities of the organization.
Company profile:
People’s Watch-From 1995-98, People’s Watch concentrated its activities on monitoring of human rights violations. This was the mandate of its governing body and the Program Advisory Board. It was soon realized that monitoring alone was insufficient. In 1998, People’s Watch began legal intervention on behalf of victims. By 2000, this work had grown and more field monitoring associates were hired at both zonal and regional levels. By 2001, People’s Watch was working in 11 areas of Tamil Nadu. Soon after, the need to launch a full-fledged awareness building Campaign for Human Rights became clear, and this was followed, soon afterward, by the realization that victim rehabilitation was also essential. Monitoring, intervention and even winning compensation from the courts was not enough for those who had survived torture, abuse and imprisonment. They desperately needed medical, psychological and vocational help as well. Preceding the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, People’s Watch began a vigorous training and education program.
VISION-A society free from human rights violations and discrimination to be built through cultivating a human rights culture and building a participatory democracy.
MISSION-Protection of human rights through monitoring human rights violations, intervention and building solidarity with peoples’ struggle for human rights.
Promoting human rights culture through education and conscientising the larger community.
A Brief History:Building on a mandate to monitor violations the growth and development of a broad range of individuals People’s Watch initiated in committed to, knowledgeable and skilled in human rights work, 1997-98, the first Human Rights Education program in nine Tamil Nadu schools in 9th standard. By 2002-2005, standards 6-9th were involved in human rights education in nearly 800 schools, and teachers and students alike were reporting extraordinary classroom interest and enthusiasm. The need for human rights education at the college level was clear, as was the need to reach law students, movements, other NGOs, professional groups, elected representatives, trade unions, political parties and the media. By 2004, when the Strategic Planning process began, People’s Watch had developed into a highly-respected, effective NGO, making connections, facilitating programs and spreading both a heightened awareness and an imperative to be an agent for change. The time had come to build the capacity of other groups and organizations to carry the flag of human rights; People’s Watch could not, would not, bare the burden alone. Until the existence of destructive forces in society ranging from indifference to murderous brutality are eliminated, the maximum number of people must be engaged in the task of defending human dignity.
COMMITTEES:
- CPSC Board of Trustees
- Finance Advisory Committee
- Governance in PEOPLE’S WATCH
- Programme Committee
- Finance Committee
- Women’s Committee
- Committee against Sexual Harassment
- Disciplinary Committee
- PME Cell
- Committee of Concerned Citizens
