Job Description

You will be working on a project supported by the Tata Trusts to work with community based organisations in Alwar and build their capacity to take-up gender issues in their communities through a year long in-depth engagement. The project aims to engage 200+ young people intensively through workshops as well as reach 3000 community members through meetings and events. Local influencers at village level will also be involved in this project.

Eligibility Criteria

graduate

Desired Candidate Profile

Graduation - Graduate-Other

• You are experienced in field work and can conduct community meetings. • You speak and write Hindi. You understand basic English. You are comfortable with Internet and Microsoft office. • You want to join a young team challenging gender norms. • If you have an education in social work, that is a plus. • You wish to live and work in a Tier III city and explore the real India. • You are youthful and like to travel. You’re entrepreneurial and extroverted. • You seek quality in your life. You love deadlines, and monitor your efforts. • You can commit yourself to a start-up with no fixed days and timing. • You wonder how you could have a more gender equal world.

Organization Details

• Organization Name:People for Parity
• About Organization:People For Parity (PFP) is a social change initiative that envisions a world with gender peace. It works with youth and development organizations to enable non-violent dialogue within communities on transforming social norms and beliefs that discriminate on the basis of gender and affect the human rights of community members. We deeply imbibe values of empathy, restorative justice, inclusion and non-violence in our programs and approach. Founded by IIT Delhi alumni and based in New Delhi, we are among the few social enterprises in the country which works with issues concerning all genders. We have transformed lives of over 400 at-risk youth and conducted gender education workshops with over 8,000 people, with expertise in designing curricula that enables reflection, understanding and action on gender issues. We have also helped evolve the sensitivity of ~25 institutions like the police in 3 states. One of five recipients of India Youth Fund 2014 (UN Habitat and Narotam Sekhsaria Found
  
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