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Tanzania Gender Networking Programme
• Gender Resource Centre, PO Box 8921, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
• Phone: (255-22) 244-3205/3450/3286
• Website: www.tgnp.org
• Email: info@tgnp.org 
• Language:
• Salary: Unpaid

TGNP is committed to facilitating social transformation leading to the creation of a vibrant Tanzanian society. It seeks to promote gender equality and social equity through the empowerment of women and other marginalized groups of the community. The organization strives to enhance the mainstreaming of gender at all levels of society from grassroots communities to the highest levels of national policy making and legislation.
Interns with TGNP will broaden their understanding of how people in the developing world empower themselves by utilizing all available resources by assisting in assisting in workshops that promote women’s economic and political development. Activities might include field assessments, the construction of educational materials for girls and their subsequent distribution to schools in rural Tanzania. For more information on internships, contact the organization directly.

Gamaliel Foundation
Church Based Community Organizations: International affiliate of the Gamaliel Foundation
• PO Box 15212, BELLAIR 4006, Durban, South Africa  
• Phone: (031) 465-4347  
• Website: http://www.gamaliel.org/GATEWAY.htm
• E-mail: cbco-taj@iafrica.com
• Language:
• Salary: Unpaid

The Gamaliel Foundation intends to be a powerful network of grassroots, interfaith, interracial, multi-issue organizations working together to create a more just and more democratic society. The organizations of the Gamaliel Network are vehicles that allow ordinary people to effectively participate in the political, environmental, social and economic decisions affecting their lives. The network helps create and sustain such organizations and is the vehicle for these organizations to act on a national and international level.
A past intern helped this indigenous grassroots organization get started by 1)exploring how community organizing disciplines from the U.S. can be applied in South Africa to human rights organizing and vice-versa.; 2)identifying areas for greater cooperation and common work between the Gamaliel Foundation Midwest organizations and the South African church based community organizations working for human rights; 3)adapting Gamaliel leadership training to the South African setting. Because of the ‘newness’ of this organization, volunteer application procedures and job specifics are not available on the web. Please contact the Gamaliel Foundation directly to obtain more information specific to Durban, South Africa.

Legal Research and Resource Center for Human Rights
• 7 Al-Higaz St., Roxi, Cairo, Egypt.
• Phone: 202-45-20-977
• Website: (coming soon)
• Email: Send electronically on website
• Language:
• Salary: Unpaid

LRRC was established in 1991 to attempt creating a sensitive and well-informed public on the issue of human rights. It aims at emphasizing respect for legal sovereignty as well as establishing the principles of human rights as set out in the international instruments. LRRC realized the need for human rights education in Egypt at a more grassroots level. As this was absent in the formal sector - (schools, universities, and academic circles)- LRRC decided to pursue the informal sector, targeting NGOs, lawyers, the medical profession, children, women, etc., and all sectors of society, whenever possible. The center has four primary aims: 1)Spreading awareness of human rights concepts and principles; 2)providing access to information and news on human rights activities; 3)Networking with local, regional and international organizations; 4)Formulating new and innovative methods and techniques in spreading human rights education to reach a broader audience. Contact LRRC directly by email or phone to find current internship opportunities and application information.
Previously, an intern from the Law School worked here for six weeks during the summer break. The volunteer aided in the research of LRRC’s journal People’s Rights, concentrating on inter-religious discourse and cooperation. Other possibilities were available such as researching the position of women in the Arab world and the campaign against FGM. Please contact the organization directly by phone or email to receive additional information about possible internships and the application process.

Organisation Marocaine des Droits Humains (OMDH)
• 8 Rue Ouargha Résidence Volubilis Appt n° 1, Agdal Rabat Maroc
• Phone: (212-7) 77 00 60 
• Website: http://www.omdh.org/
• Email: omdh@mtds.com
• Language: French
• Salary: Unpaid

The OMDH held its first public meeting on December 10, 1988 to address the need for human rights promotion and protection. Since its formation, the OMDH has worked on numerous rights projects including: the denunciation of all human rights violations brought to its attention; active participation in the drafting of the National Charter on Human Rights; the publication of a report on the conditions in Morocco presented to the Human Rights Committee at the UN in May 1990; and the publication of reports on various human rights violations in Morocco.
Previously, an intern that volunteered for OMDH worked on investigating and developing materials regarding the question of torture and deaths in police stations and gendarmeries; the prison situation in Morocco; the status of women in the international charters on human rights. Those who are interested should contact the organization directly for specific information on current internship vacancies and application procedures corresponding to that position.