Position: Paid internship opportunity for Socio-economic survey and gender analysis in Meghalaya
Vacancy: 2 nos
Salary: Rs 10,000/- per month
Location: Shillong, Meghalaya.
Duration: 2 months
Last date submission: Jan 15, 2023 (before 5 PM)
Drop your CV to: infonesfas@gmail.com
Introduction
Northeast Slow Food and Agrobiodiversity Society (NESFAS) is undertaking a project to enhance the conservation and sustainable use of agrobiodiversity and wild biodiversity in Meghalaya. In this endeavour NESFAS is undertaking the upgradation of People’s Biodiversity Registers (PBR) through strengthening of Biodiversity Management Committees (BMC). Following the upgradation of the PBRs, BMCs and communities are engaged in a process to improve the management of biodiversity and natural resources within their lands. As part of this work, NESFAS intends to conduct a socio-economic survey and subsequent gender analysis to better design the implementation strategy and achieve gender equity and social inclusion.
The overall objective is to understand people’s natural resource dependencies and assess how gender equity and social inclusion can be ensured through curated interventions for sustainable development through conservation efforts.
NESFAS, is therefore seeking paid interns to conduct household surveys in the following districts of Meghalaya – East and West Khasi, Ri -Bhoi and East and West Jaintia Hills districts.
Scope of work
The interns will work closely with NESFAS and Partner organization The Nature Conservancy to conduct household survey using a semi-structured questionnaire schedule for a comprehensive socio-economic assessment and gender analysis. Upon completion of the survey, the candidates will be required to enter the data collected in an excel format and subsequently analyse the data under supervision. This could be an opportunity for final year Master’s degree students to undertake field surveys for their dissertation on a topic of their choice from within the ambit of the above mentioned scope of work.
Qualifications
Candidates who are in the final year or have completed a postgraduate degree in Gender and Cultural studies/ Anthropology/ Sociology/ Gender development studies or another field relevant to this assignment may apply. We are looking particularly for candidates who are familiar with the language in the above-mentioned regions and are interested in expanding on their knowledge of survey methods.
