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As the United Nations turns 75 years old in October, it is time for all of us to reflect on what the UN has and has not achieved over all those years. For many young people, the lack of payment of interns within the UN Secretariat is one of the failures that the UN...
From the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Fair Internship Initiative has been monitoring the impact of this unprecedented situation on UN internships. In March 2020, we launched a survey among UN interns to disclose how Covid-19-related measures have impacted...
Remote internships explained: watch the video An open letter to the Secretary-General on “remote” unpaid internships Fair Internship Initiative On 11 March 2020, the WHO assessed COVID-19 as a pandemic, and the UN, like the rest of the world, prepared to contain the...
Unequal gender norms and sexism makes women and interns more vulnerable within our Organisation. According to the 2018 review of UN internship programmes, from 2009 to 2015 female interns made up 56% of all UN Secretariat interns, with male counterparts accounting for...
By Fair Internship Initiative Mr. Guterres, why do you think interns should not be paid? It has been known for some time now that the UN Secretariat policy on internships requires reform. In 2018, the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) identified 16 benchmarks that...
