CATWLAC-ESPAÑOL CATWLAC PORTUGUES
         
  Volunteering      
         
 

Internship, Social Service, Community Service, Professional Practicum, Volunteering

We are a Non-Governmental Organization with representation and networks in 24 countries in the Latin American and Caribbean region, and we hold consultative status with the United Nations (UN) and the Organzation of American States (OAS).

Our Social Objective

To design promotion campaigns and protection services, and to carry out research and training  for the prevention, attention, and prosecution of the traffic of women and girls for sexual purposes, including: prostitution, pornography, sexual tourism and organ trafficking.  These campaigns promote women and girls human rights and fight against discrimination and gender violence.   

To invite civil society organizations engaged in the defense of women and girl’s human rights to form a national network and coalitions in each country in Latin America and the Caribbean to unite efforts against the phenomenon of trafficking in persons.

Recently we have initiated our work in Haiti.  As such, we need support to maintain permanent communication in French, to translate documents and materials, to design prevention, protection and prosecution projects, and to maintain and update our webpage in three languages: Spanish, French and English.

We are able to receive students in:

 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  • Sociology, Social Psychology, International Relations, Law, Social Anthropology
  • Communication, Graphic Design, Software Proficieny and Design
  • Any career related to social science or education
 
 

Duration of Stay

We pefer the stay to be for a minimum of six months to a maximum of one year, according to the rules of each university

Requirments

Interested candidates must be:

  • Bilingual, or ideally trilingual
  • Have a high level of editing and translation between French or English and Spanish

To date we have received students from the following universities:


   
 
 
Institution

Type of Stay

Period/ Duration

 

University of Montreal, Canada

4 Volunteers

seis months

 

University of Chicago, USA

1 Volunteer

Summer 2006

 

Clunny University of NY, USA

1 Volunteer

Summer 2006

 

University of Cologne, Germany

1 Volunteer

Spring 2006

 

University of Ibernoamericana, Mexico

Social Service

One semester / 400 hours each