CSIH International Internships - 2010/2011 CIDA-Sponsored Current Internships

Strengthening Systems for Women’s Health and Meeting the MDGs -- Belize

Country: Belize

Developing-country partner organization's name: PAHO Belize

Internship Title:  Outreach Field Worker

Application Deadline: August 27th, 2010

Internship Profile/Qualifications:

• Gender and Development Specialist with graduate level Social Sciences degree (Public Health, Social Work, Gender and Development, or Community Development)

Project Summary:

To provide technical assistance and strengthen two projects of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in Belize. 1) Strengthen capacity of the outreach program of Haven House Shelter for Battered Women to assist in the implementation of the National Gender Policy, which addresses violence-producing conditions and women’s reproductive health; the Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy, which focuses on HIV and gender-based violence; and the National HIV/AIDS Policy. The outreach program focuses on preventing gender-based violence at the community level, while promoting the linkages between gender-based violence and HIV, strengthening the prevention programs, and providing a link for the community to primary care and the rest of the health system. 2) Strengthen PAHO/WHO’s technical cooperation program, which has addressing the MDGs as its overall framework, through capacity-building assistance to the CIDA-supported Faces, Voices and Places (FVP) PAHO Young Professionals for the MDGs program in Belize. The FVP program, launched in 2006 by PAHO’s Director, Dr. Mirta Roses Periago is PAHO’s response to the MDGs. Its main purpose is to help the most vulnerable communities throughout the Region to achieve the MDGs through partnerships with mayors and their teams, non-governmental organizations, grass roots organizations, and other development agencies.

Internship Activities:

1. Develop a compilation of literature relevant to the outreach programme.
2. Identify and develop a human, organizational, and community resource directory, to facilitate necessary action for the programme implementation which is in line with the Faces, Voices and Places an MDG initiative.
3. Mobilize resources to support the outreach programme.
4. Develop mechanisms for effective referral system and present to relevant stakeholders for implementation.

How to Apply