Migration and Asylum Project (MAP) Catalyst for Change Fellowship 2026-2027 (up to ₹45,000) – YOA

Deadline: August 15, 2026

Applications are open for the Migration and Asylum Project (MAP) Catalyst for Change Fellowship 2026-2027. The Fellows can have an unparalleled OPPORTUNITY to spend twenty-4 months gaining each educational, authorized and area expertise working within the areas of migration, girls’s rights, safety of displaced communities, and being part of a motion to construct an inclusive and responsive authorized safety panorama by way of a rule of legislation-centered method.

The place will probably be a novel alternative for a extremely motivated candidate to elevate consciousness round points associated to pressured migration and displacement, acquire an in-depth understanding of programmes, have interaction with home and worldwide specialists, and, most significantly, work together with the migrant and displaced communities. The Fellows could also be positioned in any of MAP’s three main programmes – assist for survivors of sexual & gender-primarily based violence, authorized empowerment of migrant staff, and direct help to displaced communities.

The Fellows can have the uncommon likelihood to use core human rights and worldwide legislation ideas to immediately influence the lives of their purchasers. Over the course of the Programme, the Fellows will probably be skilled to successfully leverage the legislation as a instrument to defend the rights of displaced populations, contribute to ongoing advocacy, litigation, and policymaking efforts and undertake path breaking analysis within the area. Fellows can even have the chance to have interaction with MAP’s key companions and collaborators, which incorporates UN companies, civil society organisations, and state establishments.

Responsibilities

Some key tasks, relying on the programme the Fellows are assigned to, might embrace:

• Provide authorized assist and illustration to migrant and displaced populations in India;
• Engage with the goal communities by way of trainings, conferences and different occasions to unfold consciousness on their authorized rights and their entry to justice;
• Assist in operationalising neighborhood authorized desks in recognized settlements to conduct in-takes and present individualized help to weak purchasers;
• Conduct trauma-knowledgeable interviews with potential purchasers to determine safety wants, put together authorized/supporting documentation, and carry out such different duties associated to casework;
• Engage in programme-primarily based analysis, coverage and advocacy;
• Assist in strengthening MAP’s neighborhood-primarily based networks comprising of Paralegal Volunteers, NGOs, neighborhood leaders and so forth., and coordinate their grassroots interventions;
• Assist in sustaining workplace databases and drafting workplace correspondence; and
• Such different actions, that are required to meet MAP’s targets.

Stipend

• ₹45,000 (topic to relevant TDS) together with different advantages.

Eligibility

• MAP is wanting for candidates who’re graduates of legislation or different associated fields, with 0-2 years of expertise. Candidates will need to have a deep dedication in the direction of human rights and entry to justice points.
• Residents of Mizoram and fluent Mizo audio system are inspired to apply.

Application

The deadline for receiving functions is 5:00 pm (IST) on 30 June 2026. If you’ve got any queries, write to [email protected] with the topic line “Application for the post of M.A.P. Catalyst for Change Fellowship 2026- 2027”.

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For extra data, go to MAP Catalyst for Change Fellowship.