Volunteer Human Rights Researcher

What will you be doing?

Our research programme is the cornerstone of ReportOUT. The mission of Human Rights Researchers is to inform wider social, political and educational change via conducting and collating research on global human rights abuses against sexual and gender minorities using a range of data collection techniques. Our research has been cited by the UN, international media and government and NGOs. Projects you could be working on include:  

In-depth country profiles of the lived experiences in sexual and gender minorities in nation states in partnership with local NGOs – current and past projects have included Uganda, Mongolia, Belize, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Mexico, Mongolia, Ethiopia, and Morocco.     Responses to the UN and other global bodies on the treatment of sexual and gender minorities, where we have been cited in reports to the UN General Assembly multiple times   Country profiles on ‘The Global Guide to Queer Rights’ for which over 100 chapters have been completed    International thematic studies, with current projects focusing on the non-binary and intersex experience, media abuse of LGBTQ+ communities in the Middle East and mental health of gay and bi men in Pakistan.  

Our volunteer team is as diverse as they come with representation from around the world and a host of experience within academia, public and private sectors and NGOs. Currently over 30 countries from every continent are represented in our team.   It doesn’t matter what your background, nationality or identity is, if you have experience of research in any context and you’re passionate about LGBTQ+ human rights, you will find a home at ReportOUT. This is a volunteering experience like no other – we ask a lot of our volunteers but receive near-universal positive feedback on the work our volunteers contribute to and the impact they feel they’re making. 

What are we looking for?

Our research programme is the cornerstone of ReportOUT. The mission of Human Rights Researchers is to inform wider social, political and educational change via conducting and collating research on global human rights abuses against sexual and gender minorities using a range of data collection techniques. Our research has been cited by the UN, international media and government and NGOs. Projects you could be working on include:  

In-depth country profiles of the lived experiences in sexual and gender minorities in nation states in partnership with local NGOs – current and past projects have included Uganda, Mongolia, Belize, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Mexico, Mongolia, Ethiopia, and Morocco.     Responses to the UN and other global bodies on the treatment of sexual and gender minorities, where we have been cited in reports to the UN General Assembly multiple times   Country profiles on ‘The Global Guide to Queer Rights’ for which over 100 chapters have been completed    International thematic studies, with current projects focusing on the non-binary and intersex experience, media abuse of LGBTQ+ communities in the Middle East and mental health of gay and bi men in Pakistan.  

Our volunteer team is as diverse as they come with representation from around the world and a host of experience within academia, public and private sectors and NGOs. Currently over 30 countries from every continent are represented in our team.   It doesn’t matter what your background, nationality or identity is, if you have experience of research in any context and you’re passionate about LGBTQ+ human rights, you will find a home at ReportOUT. This is a volunteering experience like no other – we ask a lot of our volunteers but receive near-universal positive feedback on the work our volunteers contribute to and the impact they feel they’re making.

What difference will you make?

The impact of this role will help draw attention to human rights abuses and will help further address how these abuses could be improved in various countries.