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Internship - Law, Policy, and Research - Spring 2027

Role overview

Summary

This internship supports Outright's Law, Policy, and Research program by focusing on international queer human rights issues. You will contribute to research and advocacy efforts that aim to promote LGBTIQ inclusion and equality globally.

Qualifications

  • Strong writing skills in English.
  • Ability to conduct research independently and organize findings into different formats.
  • Familiarity with human rights issues affecting LGBTIQ people in various parts of the world.
  • An undergraduate degree in a subject related to LGBTIQ issues, gender, law, or human rights, or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred: Proficiency in additional languages other than English

Responsibilities

  • Support the research team with desk-based research on LGBTIQ inclusion, equality, and access to fundamental human rights.
  • Draft a range of materials, such as background briefings, advocacy letters, and social media posts.
  • Monitor positive and negative legal and policy developments worldwide.
  • Update web-based resources to reflect new legal and policy developments.

Key facts

  • Remote from: Anywhere
  • Internships
  • Entry-level / graduate
  • Policy Researcher
  • English

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Research
  • Writing
  • Communication

About the company

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Outright International

  • Non-profit & NGOs
  • Startup
  • 11–50
Outright is dedicated to working with partners around the globe to strengthen the capacity of the LGBTIQ human rights movement, document and amplify human rights violations against LGBTIQ people, and advocate for inclusion and equality. Founded in 1990, with staff in over a dozen countries, Outright works with the United Nations, regional human rights monitoring bodies and civil society partners. Outright holds consultative status at the United Nations where it serves as the secretariat of the UN LGBTI Core Group.

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Job description

Outright is currently seeking an internationally minded intern for our Law, Policy, and Research program.


This person will have academic or professional experience with international queer human rights issues. This position is remote and can be performed anywhere in the world, and will report to Outright’s Senior Director for Law, Policy, and Research


Internship will ideally run from January through April, with flexibility.  

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Support the research team with desk-based research on LGBTIQ inclusion, equality, and access to fundamental human rights.
  • Draft a range of materials, such as background briefings, advocacy letters, and social media posts.
  • Monitor positive and negative legal and policy developments worldwide, including criminalization of same-sex relations, criminalization of gender diversity, non-discrimination legislation, access to legal gender recognition, freedom of association and expression, and changes in family law.
  • Update web-based resources to reflect new legal and policy developments.

QUALIFICATIONS  

  • Strong writing skills in English.
  • Ability to conduct research independently and organize findings into different formats, including short reports, tables, and spreadsheets.
  • Familiarity with human rights issues affecting LGBTIQ people in various parts of the world.
  • An undergraduate degree in a subject related to LGBTIQ issues, gender, law, or human rights, or, in rare cases, equivalent experience.
  • Proficiency in additional languages other than English is desirable.

Compensation: 50/day stipend

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