EMILY’s List Australia (ELA) is seeking expressions of interest for the 2019 Julia Gillard Next Generation Intern

The Julia Gillard Next Generation Internship is an opportunity for young women to develop skills to become the next generation of progressive female MPs. An international political internship in the name of our first woman Prime Minister will provide emerging women leaders the opportunity to learn from progressive political parties and institutions beyond Australia’s borders and establish international friendships important for their political careers. Further, it will increase our knowledge of the types of support emerging women leaders need to become MPs, win elections and lead effectively. Our hope is that a future woman Prime Minister will be among the alumni of the Julia Gillard Next Generation Internship.

You can read the 2018 Julia Gillard Next Generation Internship inaugural report by Elise Delpiano over here. 

Internship focus: get more women elected

Interns will research the strategies and policies in place around the world to get women elected. Interns will examine world’s best policies and practice in the EMILY’s List core areas of childcare, equal pay, diversity and choice, and how advocating for such issues empowers women and gets them elected.

The internship will run from on 1 February until 30 April 2018.

The three-month internship will include:

• A two-week placement in one of the following places:
• EMILY’s List USA
• British Labour, via the National Labour Women’s Network
• 10 weeks in the EMILY’s List National Office in Melbourne or an interstate EMILY’s List MP’s or Senator’s office.
• Production of report and presentation

The internship will be part-time (except during times of interstate and international travel) of 1 day per week.

Eligibility

Interns must be:

• A woman member of EMILY’s List Australia and the ALP
• Aged between 21 and 30 years of age at 1 January of the year of the internship

Selection process

Interested candidates are invited to contact Maree Overall (03 8668 8120) for a preliminary discussion. To register your interest, please send your CV and a cover letter addressing the contribution you can make to the focus of the research proposal to [email protected]

Applications close 5pm AEST Friday 12 October 2018

Full program description available over here. 

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