MSCA Doctoral Fellowship: Governing the gender-health nexus - York, United Kingdom - University of York

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    Full time (flexibility available)
    Description

    Role

    To undertake a PhD with the project title of Governing the gender-health nexus: Delivering sexual and reproductive health.

    The objectives include to:

  • Identify the challenges of delivering sexual and reproductive rights for women and girls in Latin America, especially in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Identify how regional organisations address reproductive rights and the role of advocacy in policy recommendations..
  • Contribute analytically and empirically to a better understanding of the challenges in LAC of delivering gender equality and health for all, in accordance with the SDGs.
  • Provide support to the research in York and to the project as a whole and assist with its day to day operations
  • Skills, Experience & Qualification

  • Master's degree in International Relations, Development Studies, Politics , or cognate disciplines
  • Knowledge of relevant subject area
  • Excellent Spanish and English
  • Experience, interest and enthusiasm of and for working in the project area
  • Ability to undertake academic research,including preparing, setting up, conducting and recording of field work, the development of questionnaires and conducting surveys
  • Ability to organise own research activities to agreed deadlines and quality standards
  • Excellent IT and social media skills
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills to enable the effective presentation of research and outcomes to key stakeholders
  • Ability to communicate complex information effectively to a range of audiences
  • Positive attitude to colleagues and students
  • Willingness to work proactively with colleagues in other work areas/institutions
  • Ability to plan and prioritise own work in order to meet deadlines
  • Commitment to personal development and updating of knowledge and skills
  • Interview date: to be confirmed