Summer 2007 Fellow email: yoyochen@stanford.edu
Faculty Mentor: Scott Sugiura, Executive Director of VIA
Faculty Mentor email: viaed@viaprograms.org
Office Description:
Beijing leads in defining program priorities and activities, monitoring program delivery, and providing support and coordination to its field structure. ILOs are responsible for overseeing labor policy and human trafficking prevention methods, as a means of improving human rights around the world. The organization promotes social justice, labor rights, and labor peace as a means to prosperity. Today, the ILO-Beijing facilitates the advancement of decent jobs and working conditions.
Office Website: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/eurpro/geneva/
Projects Fellows Have Worked on in the Past:
- Children’s Forum on Trafficking Prevention: fellow worked on editing educational materials, helping with the communications to media for the Asian Employment Forum, and did some translations and interpretations in order to encourage the prevention and limitation of child trafficking
- Project to prevent trafficking in girls and young women for labor exploitation within China (CP-TING): fellow helped with media relations, conference organizing, editing and translating documents which were useful for professionals in her department
Desired Personal Qualities:
- Willingness to work on public outreach campaigns and public-private awareness initiatives
- Interest in and passion for labor policy
- Concern for international human rights
- Hard worker and team player
- An ability to work with people of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds
- Flexibility regarding day to day job assignment
Desired Skills, Experience, and Coursework:
- Experience working in a professional workplace
- Ability to perform research thoroughly and efficiently
- Comfort speaking and presenting work publicly
- Familiarity with international labor policy and human rights issues
- Sound analytical skills
- An ability to work coordinate events with media groups
- Sound writing skills
- Ability to capture key points
- Ability to work independently and deliver under time pressure
Main Fellowship Disciplines:
- Public Policy
- International Relations
- Political Science
- Communication
Languages:
All work done in English and Chinese