Project Support Intern/Volunteer: VOICE team

Title: Project Support Intern/Volunteer: VOICE team (National Survivor Networks and SEMA)

Location: The Hague, The Netherlands

Period: 6 months, November 2026 – May 2027, Full-time (80% possible)

About Us

The Dr. Denis Mukwege Foundation is an international rights-based, survivor-centred organisation, dedicated to ending sexual violence as a weapon of war globally. The Mukwege Foundation supports survivors’ demands for a world where sexual violence as a weapon of war is no longer tolerated, and bears consequences for individual perpetrators and states. We work for a future where survivors receive the holistic care and compensation they need to rebuild their lives. We create opportunities for survivors to speak out and be heard, and where they can organise to create change, influence policies, and demand justice and accountability.

The Mukwege Foundation’s ‘Voice’ programme focuses on strengthening survivors’ agency to actively influence and participate in policy and practice concerning them at national and international levels.

At the global level, SEMA – the Global Network of Victims and Survivors to End Wartime Sexual Violence – offers a safe global platform for survivors to come together for solidarity, to share experiences and knowledge, to advocate powerfully for the abolition of the use of sexual violence as a tactic of war, and to lobby for the recognition of the rights of survivors to quality holistic care and to restorative justice.

At the national level, the Mukwege Foundation supports the initiation, development, and strengthening of in-country survivor networks, creating safe spaces for peer-to-peer support and building survivors’ capacities to enable them to actively engage in advocating for their rights. The Mukwege Foundation is currently supporting national survivor networks in Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Iraq, Syria, Mali, Myanmar, Nigeria, Nepal, Uganda, Ukraine, South Sudan and Sudan.

Internship/volunteer role overview

The 6-month internship with the Mukwege Foundation has the primary objective of supporting programme managers of national survivor networks and SEMA with reporting, activity planning, and other project management tasks related to the networks in our countries of operation.

Tasks:

The Project Support Intern/Volunteer will assist the programme managers with:

• Supporting national survivor networks and SEMA with – as needed – drafting survivor consultations reports, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, preparing workshops and trainings, etc.;

• Conducting desk research to understand country contexts and assess opportunities;

• Logistics for activity implementation, including helping with planning in-country visits of programme managers;

• Managing relationships with the Mukwege Foundation’s local implementing partners (drafting contracts, reviewing reports, etc.);

• Donor reporting (narrative and financial);

• Drafting content for social media on VOICE activities;

• Supporting the VOICE team by maintaining shared folders, updating internal tools, and taking minutes during team meetings

With mutual agreement, other discrete tasks of a similar nature may also be assigned.

Profile of the candidate

Mandatory:

• The candidate must either be enrolled in or have graduated from a Master’s program in the field of International Affairs, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, International Relations, Law, or other related field;

• Strong interest in the topic of armed conflict and conflict-related sexual violence;

• Strong organisational and communication skills;

• Perfect command of English, both oral and written;

• Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint;

• Attentive to details, highly organised, and autonomous;

• Ability to prioritise and work under pressure;

• Hands-on attitude, proactive mindset;

• Commitment to women’s rights and a survivor-centred approach.