Ready to transform human rights law in Africa? The Center for Reproductive Rights is seeking highly motivated recent Law graduates to join their Africa Program in Nairobi as Legal Advocacy Interns. Gain hands-on experience in game-changing litigation and policy work.
About us
The Center for Reproductive Rights is a global human rights organization working to ensure that reproductive rights are protected in law as fundamental human rights worldwide. With offices in New York City, and Washington, D.C.; Nairobi, Kenya; Bogota, Colombia; and Geneva, Switzerland, the Center is a non-profit, non-partisan organization changing law and policy throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States. Our 270+ diverse professionals are committed to advancing the Center’s human rights mission through game-changing litigation, legal policy, and advocacy work. This has powered the Center’s exceptional growth to an operating budget of over $60 million and won the respect of law firms in countries around the world.
Our global pro bono network includes over 2,000 lawyers across 6 continents, 64 countries, and 130 law firms. Last year, law firms contributed over $30 million USD in pro bono legal services. The Center’s Strategic Plan sets a high mark for impact: By 2030, half of the world’s population will be living under stronger protections for reproductive rights than they were in 2020. The Center has a record of success to back up this ambitious goal.
Since our founding in 1992, the Center has transformed how reproductive rights are understood and applied by courts, governments, and human rights bodies worldwide on issues including maternal health, abortion, assisted reproduction, and adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights. We have won groundbreaking cases before national courts, U.N. Committees, and regional human rights bodies. The Center has also led development of historic, proactive legislation advancing robust protections for reproductive rights. It has built the legal capacity of women’s rights advocates in more than 65 countries and counting. To learn more about the Center, please go to www.reproductiverights.org
Internship Summary:
The Center’s Africa program seeks enthusiastic, resourceful, and diligent interns committed to reproductive rights to learn, participate in and assist in implementing its ongoing projects. Primarily, the internship is meant to provide the successful candidates with experience to use legal advocacy and international human rights law to advance reproductive rights.
Scope of Internship:
The scope of the internship includes, but is not limited to:
- Assisting in conducting legal and policy research and analysis on policies, laws, and decisions that impact sexual health and reproductive rights (SRHR) within the African region as well as global international human rights law and comparative law developments likely to impact SRHR in Africa;
- Supporting the Africa Program’s litigation and advocacy efforts by assisting with, among others, drafting legal petitions, correspondence, briefing papers, internal memorandums, and other advocacy documents and fact-checking sources for reports/cases. Assisting with tracking media mentions and supporting other aspects of program reporting and communication;
- Assisting in logistics and communications for program-related events, meetings, seminars, workshops and and reporting on the same.
- Supporting other duties as may be required from time to time including administrative tasks and joint activities with other partners
Qualifications:
- Recent graduate with a Bachelor of Laws degree.
- Demonstrable knowledge of international law, international human rights, women’s rights, or other related fields.
- Undergraduate or post-graduate international human rights law coursework will be a significant advantage.
- Strong legal research, writing, and analytical skills and exceptional interpersonal, written, and verbal presentation skills.
- Demonstrated interest in women’s rights and reproductive rights, including a career in reproductive rights or human rights litigation, advocacy, or research.
- Ability to work independently and cooperatively as part of a team.
- Have the capability to multitask and adjust priorities as needed; and be a motivated self-starter and highly organized.
- Ability to handle and maintain confidential matters appropriately.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
Duration and Compensation: This full-time internship will begin in January 2026 and will run for a period of 6 months and will be physically based at the Center’s office in Nairobi, Kenya. This internship will be eligible for a stipend of Ksh.55,000 per month.