As a global movement, Amnesty attracts a high number of applicants for staff positions. This is a great opportunity to enhance our work as well as to consider diversity in our recruitment processes. As a movement we have found great strength in developing a diverse and inclusive organisation.
Having a diverse and inclusive approach to leadership is critical to the work of Amnesty International because it ensures that decision-making involves the right mix of knowledge, skills, and experience required for complex human rights work. Having different viewpoints can result in healthy and enriching debates, which can lead to better decision-making, and help make the organisation more relevant, effective, innovative, and responsive to its ever-changing human rights environment.
Since 2015, Amnesty has worked for a more diverse and inclusive organisation provides the movementl with:
In order to prepare and develop a recruitment process for diversity and inclusion, and to attract an appropriate pool of suitable candidates, several key activities can be carried out:
