[AE-668] | ADVOCACY ADVISER FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Center For Reproductive Rights


**Job Title**: Advocacy Adviser for Latin America and the Caribbean **Department**: Programs **Center Background**: The Center for Reproductive Rights (the Center) is a global human rights organization working to ensure that reproductive rights are protected in law as fundamental human rights around the world. With offices in New York City, New York; Nairobi, Kenya; Bogota, Colombia; Geneva, Switzerland; and Washington, D.C., the Center is a non-profit, non-partisan organization changing law and policy throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States. Our 230+ diverse professionals are committed to advancing the Center's human rights mission through game-changing litigation, legal policy, and advocacy work. This has powered the Center's exceptional growth to an operating budget of over $50 million and won the respect of law firms in countries around the world, with an additional $29 million annually of donated legal services, representing the work of countless lawyers from more than 46 countries. The Center's Strategic Plan sets a high mark for impact**: By 2030, half of the world's population will be living under stronger protections for reproductive rights than they are today.** The Center has a track record of success to back up this ambitious goal. Since our founding in 1992, the Center has transformed how reproductive rights are understood and applied by courts, governments, and human rights bodies worldwide on issues including maternal health, abortion, assisted reproduction, and adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). We have won groundbreaking cases before national courts, U.N. Committees, and regional human rights bodies. Additionally, the Center has led the development of historic, proactive legislation advancing robust protections for reproductive rights and has built the legal capacity of women's rights advocates in more than 65 countries and counting. **The Role**:The Advocacy Adviser for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will work under the supervision of the Senior Advocacy Adviser for Latin America and the Caribbean, in close collaboration with other program staff to support and build the work of the program. This position will work closely with LAC legal, communications, programs and external relation teams. The Advocacy Adviser will also work with teams across the organizations and regions, including Global Advocacy, Pro Bono, and others, and will also closely work with external regional partners. The Advocacy Adviser position will be integral to the implementation of the Center's specific regional projects, particularly its ground-breaking litigation to advance reproductive rights within both the Interamerican Human Rights System and the Universal Human Rights System. The position will be based in the Center's **Bogotá **office. International travel required. **Primary Responsibilities**:The primary job responsibilities for the Advocacy Adviser for LAC include, but are not limited to: - Undertake legal and policy analysis of a variety of reproductive rights issues, conceptualize innovative strategies to hold States accountable for their human rights obligations relating to reproductive rights, and stay abreast of relevant jurisprudential developments. - Undertake legal and policy research on international human rights law and standards. - In collaboration with the Legal team, with the Communications team, and the Program Management Team, the Advocacy Adviser will design and implement advocacy strategies to advance programmatic work. - Support implementation of the work of the Center in prioritized countries of work. - Support program litigation strategy across the LAC team by working in close collaboration with partner organizations; researching and writing legal and political context memoranda; drafting UN submissions and submissions before the IASHR. - Ensuring and supporting the participation of the Center in platforms and events; and by identifying innovative claims for use in national, regional, and/or international fora. - Support developing advocacy strategies before the Organization of American States (OAS) and the UN, including drafting memos, advocacy documents; thematic submissions regarding Latin America and the Caribbean; and implement such strategies. - Supporting the drafting of publications and other materials to advance program work. - Working in coordination with staff from the Global Legal Program and other programs, and in collaboration with civil society organizations, academics, and other external stakeholders, to further advocacy aims. - Representing the Center before OAS, IAHRS and UN bodies, organizing briefings and other events with OAS agencies, the IACHR, UN and other bodies. - Supporting the Senior Advocacy Advisers, Associate Directors, and VP in providing technical assistance to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other stakeholders. - Help identify, build, and maintain partnershi

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