Mültecilerle Dayanışma Derneği (Mülteci-Der) is a non-profit, non-governmental civil society organisation established in Izmir/Turkey in 2008. Mülteci-Der is a human-rights based organisation; works to protect and promote human-rights of refugees, migrants. The organisation provides its services regardles of legal status, language, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, political view, socio-economic status of the persons. The main target population of Mülteci-Der is refugees (regardless of their statuses in Turkey and country of origin), asylum seekers and migrants in Turkey. The main objective of Mülteci-Der is to protect and promote refugee/migrants rights and improve the national legal framework and its implementation to be competable with human dignity and international human rights standards.
The main pillar of Mülteci-Der activities is the provision of individual legal/protection counseling for effective and easy access to rights and services of the target population. Legal/protection activities focus not only on those refugees/migrants in rural settings but also those in immigration detention. It is one of the rare CSOs in Turkey that works on access to justice and the rights of immigration detainees.
Mülteci-Der organises informative sessions for refugees on their rights & obligations in different cities and focus group meetings with woman refugees in Izmir with the aim of enhancing their resilience through the provision of right and up-dated information and to analyse and monitor the needs and challenges, living conditions and access to rights & services of the target population.
Mülteci-Der conducts capacity building trainings to professional groups who are in close and constant contact with the target population. Lawyers, bar associations, social workers are the main target group of capacity building activities. Through various activities, it tries to combat prejudices and discrimination targetting refugees.
Mülteci-Der conducts advocacy activities at local, national and European levels to advance the policies and practices in the asylum and migration field.
AREA / SUBJECT OF THE FELLOWSHIP
The fellowship activity will focus on asylum/migration studies. In addition to studies on rights of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED FELLOWSHİP ACTIVITY
• Good in English language (speaking, listening, reading & writing)
• Academic or CSO background in asylum-migration field
• Good communication skills
• Speaking one of the following languages will be a preference: Turkish, Arabic, Farsi, French
EXPECTED PROFILE
- Fluent knowledge of English (written and oral)
- Experience in editing and proofreading
- Knowledge of Turkish is a plus
- Interest in spatial justice themes, urban politics and/or social justice issues
CONDITIONS OF THE FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY
Office hours are from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm on weekdays. Public holidays in Turkey are off. If requested, religious holidays can also be considered off days for the fellow.
PROPOSED TIME FOR THE FELLOWSHIP
One month between March 2020 - June 2020 or September 2020 - May 2021