Women Empowerment Studies Internship & Volunteering

Women Studies internships provide students with the opportunity for hands-on application of the research and theories they've studied in their classes. For an internship, students volunteer 15 hours per week for a term in the organization whose work benefits women at VIN’s working communities. Some work as teaching assistants for Women empowerment classes. For many students, the internship is a path to a career. For others, it is an experience that helps them develop valuable skills that they are able to use in whatever work they choose. Women and girls in Nepal are discriminated against both social and legal settings. The recent conflict has only added to the problem, causing many fathers and husbands (on whom women were dependent) to be killed or disappeared and making it more difficult for women to seek justice and enforcement of the few protections they do have under the law.

Major Responsibilities
Job Responsibilities:
Job Responsibilities: Volunteers will teach English to local women at VIN’s working site Jitpur. Groups and times for women's classes are more flexible. Generally age group is 15 to 26. Skill training, income generating activities You can do a variety of activities through VIN’s established women empowerment projects.Other skill training programs identify local resources and use local materials for the development of skills, which contribute to sustainable resource use and economic development. Examples of skill training programs offered include sewing, weaving methods, tailoring, beautician training, paper making, retail shop running, animal-farming, toy-making, and other small business production training or marketing.