by Daniela Drandic | May 4, 2021 | Advocacy, Basic human rights, Get Involved, HRiC In Action
HRiC is forming a global network of lawyers, researchers and advocates dedicated to improving maternity care – everywhere. Join us!
Human Rights in Childbirth (HRiC) is developing a new strategy to inform our advocacy and strategic direction over the next three years.
Our goal is to develop a sustainable network of key stakeholders in order to make full use of, and build on, our collective skills and capacity to defend maternal and infant rights at the global level and inform advocacy at the regional and national level. We will refer to this network as the Key Stakeholder Advisory Group (KSAG).
We aim to hold inclusive online meetings which focus on different issues affecting different regions and which offer an opportunity for engagement across and between regional representatives. We seek to build a sustainable forum aimed at increasing our capacity and empowering stakeholders. You can read our detailed Terms of Reference here, to get a better understanding of the project.
To submit your interest, please complete this survey by 15 May 2021.
Please share this opportunity as far and wide as possible through your networks. Questions can be forwarded to info@humanrightsinchildbirth.org
We look forward to working with you!
by Maria Laura Jeanrenaud | Apr 9, 2019 | Get Involved, Job Postings
Human Rights in Childbirth is a global organization that connects grassroots activism with legal advocacy to make human rights in childbirth a reality for women around the world. HRiC is run by a Board of passionate volunteers, who believe in equal rights for all. Equality that can only be achieved if the full spectrum of women sexual and reproductive rights and health is upheld, especially during pregnancy, childbirth and the post-partum period. Learn more about HRiC here.
Volunteer Position Description
The Social Media Volunteer will support
planning and implementation of engagement strategies to engage the public in
HRiC’s work and to increase the organization’s reach online. The Social Media
Volunteer will directly contribute to increasing HRiC’s capacity to advocate for
the human rights of birthing people by increasing public awareness of human
rights in childbirth issues and communicating progress on specific HRiC
campaigns, projects and programs.
Volunteer role: Communications Volunteer
Purpose: Expand HRiC’s outreach and promote HRiC’s work to advance the rights associated with pregnancy, childbirth and the post-partum period.
Supervision: While the Communications Volunteer will be supervised by one designated Board Member; the Communications Volunteers is expected to work with all Board Members as necessary.
Duration: May 7, 2019 – November 7, 2019
Payment: This is an unpaid position. Please see Benefits and Recognition further below.
Expected contributions: Day to day management of the HRiC Facebook page in
English, and expand HRiC’s community through:
- Creating and implementing online engagement campaigns
- Monitoring analytics to identify viable ideas
- Create engaging blog and social media content
- Distribute press releases and media alerts
- Promote HRiC’s programs and operations through social media campaigns and single posts
- Monitor posts and moderate comments
- help with related tasks as allocated by supervisor from time to time.
Qualifications
- High School Degree or Bachelor’s Degree in Communications or a related field (or working toward a degree program)
- Familiarity with issues of human rights in childbirth/gender studies/women’s sexual and reproductive rights/human rights in general
- Working knowledge of social media outlets, specifically Facebook
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience with social media analytics, including Facebook Insights
- Outgoing, enthusiastic and creative
- Works well independently and as part of a team
- English-Spanish bilingualism an asset
- Marketing, communications and/or public relations experience an asset
- Basic knowledge of Photoshop, knowledge of Illustrator is a plus
Duration
This role has flexibility in timing. HRiC
expects the Communications Volunteer to contribute at a ratio of 8 hours per
week for 6 months, commencing on May 1, 2019.
Volunteer
role location:
Home based position. The Communications
Volunteer will make their contributions remotely.
Benefits
and recognition
- Flexible hours
- Contribute from the comfort of your home
- Direct line of collaboration with Board Members
- Valuable experience for Communications, Marketing, Gender and Human Rights students; and individuals with an interest in the women’s rights sector as well as for anyone with a passion for advancing the fundamental rights of pregnant and birthing women
- HRiC provides its volunteers with the visibility and recognition they deserve. The volunteer’s name, position and picture will be included in the organisation’s website.
- HRiC will provide reference letters for all volunteers who successfully complete a placement.
If you are interested, please send your
application to laurajeanrenaud@humanrightsinchildbirth.org, no later than April 30, 2019.
Applications must contain a curriculum vitae and a brief motivation letter (1 page).
Download this document in PDF format here.
by Maria Laura Jeanrenaud | Apr 9, 2019 | Get Involved, Job Postings
Human Rights in Childbirth is a global organization that connects grassroots activism with legal advocacy to make human rights in childbirth a reality for women around the world. HRiC is run by a Board of passionate volunteers, who believe in equal rights for all. Equality that can only be achieved if the full spectrum of women sexual and reproductive rights and health is upheld, especially during pregnancy, childbirth and the post-partum period. Learn more about HRiC here.
Volunteer Position Description
The Social Media Volunteer will support
planning and implementation of engagement strategies to engage the public in
HRiC’s work and to increase the organization’s reach online. The Social Media
Volunteer will directly contribute to increasing HRiC’s capacity to advocate for
the human rights of birthing people by increasing public awareness of human
rights in childbirth issues and communicating progress on specific HRiC
campaigns, projects and programs.
Volunteer role: Communications Volunteer
Purpose: Expand HRiC’s outreach and promote HRiC’s work to advance the rights associated with pregnancy, childbirth and the post-partum period.
Supervision: While the Communications Volunteer will be supervised by one designated Board Member; the Communications Volunteers is expected to work with all Board Members as necessary.
Duration: May 7, 2019 – November 7, 2019
Payment: This is an unpaid position. Please see Benefits and Recognition further below.
Expected
contributions:
Day to day management of the HRiC Facebook page in English, and expand HRiC’s community through:
- Creating and implementing online engagement campaigns
- Monitoring analytics to identify viable ideas
- Create engaging blog and social media content
- Distribute press releases and media alerts
- Promote HRiC’s programs and operations through social media campaigns and single posts
- Monitor posts and moderate comments
- Help with related tasks as allocated by supervisor from time to time
Qualifications
- High School Degree or Bachelor’s Degree in Communications or a related field (or working toward a degree program)
- Familiarity with issues of human rights in childbirth/gender studies/women’s sexual and reproductive rights/human rights in general
- Working knowledge of social media outlets, specifically Facebook
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience with social media analytics, including Facebook Insights
- Outgoing, enthusiastic and creative
- Works well independently and as part of a team
- English-Spanish bilingualism an asset
- Marketing, communications and/or public relations experience an asset
- Basic knowledge of Photoshop, knowledge of Illustrator is a plus
Duration
This role has flexibility in timing. HRiC
expects the Communications Volunteer to contribute at a ratio of 8 hours per
week for 6 months, commencing on May 1, 2019.
Volunteer
role location:
Home based position. The Communications
Volunteer will make their contributions remotely.
Benefits
and recognition
- Flexible hours
- Contribute from the comfort of your home
- Direct line of collaboration with Board Members
- Valuable experience for Communications, Marketing, Gender and Human Rights students; and individuals with an interest in the women’s rights sector as well as for anyone with a passion for advancing the fundamental rights of pregnant and birthing women
- HRiC provides its volunteers with the visibility and recognition they deserve. The volunteer’s name, position and picture will be included in the organisation’s website.
- HRiC will provide reference letters for all volunteers who successfully complete a placement.
If you are interested, please send your application to laurajeanrenaud@humanrightsinchildbirth.org, no later than April 30, 2019.
Applications must contain a curriculum vitae and a brief motivation letter (1 page).
Download a PDF version of this document here.
by Nicholas Rubashkin | Dec 10, 2018 | Get Involved, Job Postings
The Kristeller Maneuver, or fundal pressure, is an emergency obstetric maneuver that is used routinely in many parts of the world. A research team is currently being assembled to complete a project on the prevalence of the Kristeller and women’s experiences of it. This is the perfect opportunity for a Masters student who is looking for a research topic for his/her thesis project, with the supervision and assistance of experienced midwifery and obstetrics researchers.
This is a project where the chosen student would be given the opportunity to acquire the following skills:
1. Survey development, including assessing the validity of the survey and cultural appropriateness (language, health system) using a novel and important method.
2. Analysis of quantitative data, including cleaning data, developing a conceptual model, descriptive statistics and regression equations (likely logistic regression).
3. Drafting scientific publications
The chosen candidate will be the lead researcher for the majority of the following research steps; for items that are currently outside the skill set of the chosen candidate, we will work to find people who can do them.
Steps:
1. Development of a study protocol
2. Ethics approval at your university
3. Survey validation: cognitive interviews with women to assess the intelligibility of the survey.
4. Program the survey
5. Ensure that we have a functional backend that will give us a usable dataset (file, format, etc).
6. Launch the survey: Recruitment, managing the team, advertising and promotion
7. Data cleaning
8. Data analysis
If you are interested in participating, please send a short letter of motivation and CV to Dr. Nicholas Rubashkin, nick@humanrightsinchildbirth.org by January 10th 2019.
HRiC President
Nicholas Rubashkin obtained his MD and MA (Anthropology) from Stanford University. He is an obstetrician who was born at home on a remote island in the state of Maine.
He is currently a PhD candidate in Global Health Sciences at the University California San Francisco (UCSF) where his dissertation research will focus on the global cesarean epidemic. He is also a clinical professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at UCSF.
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