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Disability Council International (DisabCouncil)

  • Type: INGO
  • Field: Social Security
  • Region: Europe
  • Location: Geneva, Switzerland
  • Internship Title: International intern
  • Duration: 3 months
  • Number of Interns: 1
  • Special Requirement: Must be a Master student
  • Application Status: Available
  • Remote Internship: Acceptable
DISABILITY COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL (DisabCouncil) is positioned as an innovative non-profit organization working to promote the full realization of the rights of persons with disabilities. Far too often disability is viewed as a health or charity issue. Disability Council International believes that persons with disabilities should be seen as an asset for the future of their countries rather than a burden to avoid. It is not so much a question of curing the impairments of persons with disabilities as it is a question of removing society made barriers (stereotypes, inaccessible environment, lack of reasonable accommodation) preventing the full and productive inclusion of persons with disabilities in absolutely all areas and forms of society life. It is a matter of putting ability and human dignity first.
 
In this regard, Disability Council International is an international NGO, universal in membership (it is open to persons with all forms of disabilities, but it appeals equally to persons without disabilities, who are invited to work, as active partners, for the promotion of the equal human rights of persons with disabilities). Disability Council International is also universal in its territorial ambit (its activities extend to all countries of the world).
 
Disability Council International is based in Geneva and works to encourage the universal ratification and implementation of the CRPD Convention through advocacy and capacity building programs of support to States and to the UN monitoring body (the CRPD Committee), the UN Offices and Agencies dealing with disability issues, civil society organizations, and national human rights institutions. It also develops projects directly benefiting concrete individual persons with disabilities and communities of those persons in all countries of the world.
 
Disability Council International also contributes to the implementation of the Convention by disseminating best practices in the realization of the human rights of persons with disabilities and fostering international cooperation in the exchange of technical innovations.
 
MISSION
DisabCouncil’s mission is to work for INCLUSIVE and ACCESSIBLE societies for persons with disabilities all over the world.
Internship Tasks:
● Support with general activities, such as document sorting, data collection, translation, basic website maintenance, social media, project management, communication and event help, etc. 
● The specific content of the internship depends on the needs at that time.
 
Requirements:
● Master student majoring in Humanities (such as International Law, Human Rights, Social Sciences, International Journalism, International Relations, Political Sciences, Sociology, Psychology, etc. but also Medicine, if the students is interested in Disability-related medical issues) 
● Fluency in spoken and written English
● Strong interpersonal and English communicative skills
● Proficiency in MS software (e.g. Word, Excel, Power point)
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Relations with Inter-Governmental Organizations
E-XJ0351 – Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). 

Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Supporter of: E-XJ3476 – Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children.

Members
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