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Work, Employment and Globalisation (WEG) at the ISS!


WEG - Something for you?

The Specialisation is ideally suited to young professionals interested in labour issues, especially those with an interest in employment creation, labour governance, capabilities for work and the informal economy.

Participants usually have a background in a variety of social and political science disciplines and include Labour Ministry officials, labour market researchers, NGO and trade union researchers and activists as well as other national and international officials in a variety of areas connecting to work and employment.

This mixture of professional backgrounds and the large variety of nationalities and cultures among staff and students provide the exceptional participatory learning environment that characterises the ISS.


Scholarship

The Dreilinden foundation provides a scholarship for an MA student from the Global South and East in the area of decent work for lesbian, gay, trans- and intersexual (LGBT) persons.

We now welcome applications for the 2011/12 academic year at the ISS. more information can be found here: http://www.iss.nl/Portals/Work-Employment-and-Globalization-at-the-ISS/WEG-something-for-you#Costs

I'd appreciate your help in disseminating this information to eligible persons or related organisations!


Decent work sums up the aspirations of people in their working lives. It involves opportunities for work that is productive and delivers a fair income, security in the workplace and social protection for families, better prospects for personal development and social integration, freedom for people to express their concerns, organize and participate in the decisions that affect their lives and equality of opportunity and treatment for all women and men.

thanks & best regards!


karin



Karin Astrid Siegmann
Lecturer, Labour and Gender Economics
International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS)
Kortenaerkade 12
2518 AX The Hague, The Netherlands
Phone: +31-70 4260 473
Fax: +31-70 4260 799
E-mail: siegmann@iss.nl
Web: www.iss.nl/weg
Blog: www.iss.nl/wegblog

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Apply for 2011/12 scholarship for MA in Development Studies with focus on decent work for lesbian, gay, trans- and intersexual (LGBT) persons!

The Dreilinden gGmbH has joined hands with the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS) for capacity building in the area of decent work for lesbian, gay, trans- and intersexual (LGBT) persons. Dreilinden provides a related scholarship for an MA student from the Global South and East. The selected applicant will participate in the ISS MA Programme in Development Studies with a major in Work, Employment and Globalisation (WEG). Eligible applicants are nationals of a developing or transition country and have a documented background in work for human/labour rights for LGBT persons. We welcome applications for the academic year 2011/12 (closing date is July 1, 2011). Learn about the 2010/11 fellowship holder here


Dreilinden

General admission requirements for the ISS MA Programme as well as information about the application procedure can be found at http://www.iss.nl/Prospective-students/How-to-Apply

For more information about the Dreilinden-ISS scholarship, please contact WEG convenor Dr. Karin Astrid Siegmann via e-mail at siegmann@iss.nl or phone +31-70-4260 473. All other inquiries about the ISS MA Programme can be directed to the ISS Student Office at student.office@iss.nl.