Calling aspiring advocates: MenEngage Alliance Advocacy Internship 2025-2026

Paid internship | Part time | Worldwide | 6‑month placement

MenEngage Global Alliance is looking for a self-motivated advocate for women’s rights and gender justice with a passion for policy advocacy to join the MenEngage Alliance team for a part-time, flexible internship placement for up to 6 months. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. 

You will develop skills and experience in critical political and activist work that aims to help advance women’s rights and gender equality through transforming patriarchal masculinities and engaging boys and men.

With support from the advocacy manager and the wider team, you will accompany and support various policy processes and across a variety of United Nations and multilateral spaces, as well as support in the consolidation of the Alliance’s advocacy amplification of its advocacy work from national to regional to global levels. You will have the opportunity to tap into the experiences and knowledge of the network’s 10200+ global membership to create compelling content that supports feminist approaches to working with men and boys around the world.

This role will be done remotely, wherever internet connectivity permits. You will have regular contact with the advocacy manager using video calls, instant messaging, and email – as well as support from the MenEngage Alliance Global Secretariat team.

About MenEngage Alliance

MenEngage Alliance is a social change network of over 1200 members across 7 regions and 84 countries, that comprises many, if not most, of the leading voices on men and masculinities in the world, including practitioners, service providers, researchers, activists and donors. The Alliance brings together significant social capital to address the pressing development, rights, equality, health-outcomes and justice issues of our time, in partnership with other organizations and activists in the field. Through our organizing we facilitate collaborative actions across constituencies, to support gender transformative programming and policies that are inclusive of a men and masculinities lens and how these factors influence people’s rights, health and well-being. 

The Alliance plays a pivotal role in shaping the discourse and agenda on transforming masculinities and engaging men and boys within the broader movement for women’s rights and gender justice, particularly in the areas of gender-based violence prevention, advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights for all, redistributing unpaid care-work, and advancing gender, peace and security. The Global Secretariat is a small team who run the daily operations of the Alliance.

Responsibilities

You will be working closely with the advocacy manager and the wider team to:

• Map outcomes of Human Rights Council, United Nations General Assembly, High-Level Political Forum and other relevant global and regional intergovernmental processes and support in drafting relevant updates and analysis for dissemination to the wider Alliance
• Support in the planning and coordination of advocacy events and learning spaces
• Support in convening and keeping meeting minutes for various advocacy spaces within the Alliance
• Track and monitor upcoming campaigns, global awareness-raising actions, and solidarity actions with other social, youth, and environmental justice actions and actors.
• Update the MenEngage Alliance advocacy calendar over the strategic plan period including global and regional sessions 
• Work alongside advocacy manager and communications team to connect with regional networks to support in drafting advocacy and activism updates, that disseminate national, regional and global advocacy outcome across the Alliance and elevates national/​regional advocacy knowledge products at global level
• Join team calls and meetings as needed.
• Support drafting and coordinating content for the MenEngage policy briefs and advocacy write ups and other analysis and advocacy communications products
• Support drafting monitoring and updated mapping of normative frameworks across the Alliance’s expanding areas of focus.
• Other tasks can be discussed based on your individual skills and interests, as well as the priorities for MenEngage Alliance.

Skills and experience

The following list shows some of the skills and experience you will need. If you do not feel you have all of these skills, please consider applying based on the skills and qualities that you feel make you a relevant candidate for this internship:

• Attention to detail, interpersonal skills, and self-motivation.
• Fluent English and/​or Spanish and strength/​interest in writing.
• Some experience in policy advocacy and activism, preferable with the United Nations.
• Abilities and skills to produce quality written content.
• Abilities and skills in researching and processing information from a broad range of sources.
• Strong analytical skills related to social and political norms and structures.
• Interest and understanding of feminism, women’s rights, and ​‘men and masculinities’ work.
• Education or work experience background in gender studies or related fields will be an advantage

Terms

The internship is part-time and the number of hours can be mutually agreed, along with the financial remuneration. All applicants are expected to be able to work for at least three months, with a preference for those able to work longer.

Applications

Please submit a motivation letter and CV through this link by August 30^th, 2025. If you cannot access the link you may reach out to email hidden; JavaScript is required