Global Fellows work alongside HRC staff and LGBTQ+ and human rights activists to:

• Gain new ideas and tools to advocate for equality back in their home countries.
• Share news and information about their local equality movement.
• Make meaningful connections with HRC staff who are working on programs of similar interest.

Description of HRC Global Fellow Duties

HRC will work with Global Fellows to provide professional development opportunities and training to:

• Strengthen their program management, leadership skills, staff and other organizational capacities.
• Facilitate networking and speaking opportunities between Global Fellows and global equality partners and supporters.
• Provide more in-depth training opportunities for Global Fellows to learn about specific HRC programs of their interest.
• Provide mentorship to Global Fellows to develop a project of interest.

Qualifications

To be eligible for the Global Fellows program, applicants must be participants in an external exchange program which provides financial and logistical support to them during their proposed stay in Washington, DC.

Applicants should have two or more years of relevant experience in the nonprofit/NGO/social sector for LGBTQ+ equality, English proficiency (oral, writing, reading), be an international applicant (U.S. citizens are not eligible), and must commit to return to their home country after the Global Fellows program has ended. Global Fellows must also be able to obtain a B-1 visa for travel to the U.S.

How to Apply

Applicants should note in their external application their interest in being placed at HRC. The external organization will then approach HRC about the possibility of being placed with us. Successful candidates will be contacted by their external organization to let them know if they have been accepted by HRC.

Read From Some of our Former Global Fellows:

Phong Vuong | Vietnam (2022)

• Learn more about Phong’s work as a Global Fellow

Sidita Zaja | Albania (2019)

• Learn more about Sidita's work in Albania

• Learn more about Sidita's time as a Global Fellow

Mwamba Nydanda | Tanzania (2019)

• Learn more about Mwamba's work and time as a Global Fellow

Maurance Chuwa | Tanzania (2019)

• Learn more about Maurance's work and time as a Global Fellow.

Thu Le | Vietnam (2018)

• Learn more about Thu's work and time as a Global Fellow.

Ryan Danyang Law | China (2017-2018)

• Learn more about Ryan's work on HIV and AIDS programs in China.

Efe Songun | Turkey (2017-2018)

• Learn more about Efe's time as a Global Fellow.

• Learn more about Efe's experience with Istanbul Pride.

Denitsa Lybenova | Bulgaria (2017)

• Learn more about Denitsa and her time as a Global Fellow.

Diego Mora | Colombia (2016-2017)

• Learn more about Diego and his time as a Global Fellow.

• Learn more about Diego's research on why language is important in Latin American media coverage of HIV.

• Lea más sobre la investigación de Diego sobre la importancia del lenguaje en la cobertura del VIH en los medios latinoamericanos.