Project profile — Canadian Bar Association – IYIP Internships 2015-2017

• Vietnam (5.00%)
• South Africa (40.00%)
• Uganda (10.00%)
• Nepal (5.00%)
• Tanzania (10.00%)
• Namibia (5.00%)
• Guyana (5.00%)
• Kenya (15.00%)
• Bangladesh (5.00%)

• Legal and judicial development:
Legal and judicial development (15130) (73.00%)
Democratic participation and civil society (15150) (10.50%)
Human rights (15160) (16.50%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (significant objective)

This project is part of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) International Youth Internship Program (IYIP), funded by the Government of Canada's Youth Employment Strategy (YES). The IYIP contributes to the YES by providing a large spectrum of Canadian graduates with valuable international development work experience abroad, needed to launch successful careers. The Canadian Bar Association's Young Lawyers Internship Program provides 40 young Canadian lawyers with internships in nine countries: South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Guyana, Bangladesh, Nepal and Vietnam. Interns support partners to enhance rule of law, access to justice and human rights.

The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: (1) increased access by Canadian interns (young men and women) to Canadian labour market opportunities, including in the field of international development; and (2) increased engagement of Canadian interns (young men and women) as global citizens in supporting international development in Canada and abroad.

Results achieved as of the end of the project (March 2017) include: (1) 40 interns (33 female and 7 male) have been recruited and sent abroad for a six months internship in the following sectors: rule of law, human rights, justice and legal empowerment. Prior to departure, interns received training on multiple operational aspects, including safety, breakout sessions with country experts, gender equality and methods for engaging publicly; (2) interns have accomplished many activities while in the field to support local organizations, including involvement in legal training and orientations given to other personnel and to stakeholders; provision of domestic and international comparative research on substantive human rights areas including equality rights between men and women; and legal support provided to organizations and/or their clients on issues relating to legal matters and human rights; (3) 40 interns participated in post-placement training on career development and job searching, CVs and interview preparation; discussion and review of particular skills and knowledge gained overseas; and discussion and exchange with individuals who have very well developed careers in the fields of development and international law. 40 interns have applied public engagement skills through a cross-section of activities (blogs and articles) in development and access to justice organizations; and (4) all 40 interns expressed confidence that they would be better positioned to secure employment, if they had not already. 26 interns (22 female and 4 male) were employed in their field of studies, including eight interns (7 female and 1 male) employed overseas.

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