NETWORK LAWYER – STRATEGIC LITIGATION UNIT (SLU), COUNTERING ANTI-RIGHTS ACTORS (CARA)

Employment Duration
1 January 2026 – 31 August 2028

Role Overview
The position sits ISLA’s Countering Anti-Rights Actors (CARA) thematic area. The Network
Lawyer will work exclusively on strategic litigation, the development of the Strategic
Litigation Unit, and CARA-aligned tasks. They will lead feminist strategic litigation under the
CARA thematic area within KELIN’s Strategic Litigation Unit. The role requires a
sophisticated understanding of the strategies, tactics, and legal manifestations of anti-rights
actors across Africa, and an ability to design litigation and movement-aligned interventions
that respond to these threats.
The lawyer will implement the CARA Strategy and strengthen KELIN’s institutional capacity
to resist coordinated anti-rights mobilisation that threatens women’s human rights,
democratic institutions, and progressive jurisprudence.

Duties and Responsibilities
The Network Lawyer shall apply CARA-aligned legal and political expertise to:
Implement the CARA Strategy at national level

• Analyse and track anti-rights actors and their influence on law, policy, and rights-
  based advocacy.
• Translate CARA strategic priorities into litigation, advocacy, and movement-building
  actions specific to the Kenyan context.
• Support refinement and operationalisation of the CARA Strategy and its
  implementation pathways.
  Participate fully in the Countering Anti-Rights Actors Thematic Area
• Engage in cross-jurisdictional collaboration with CARA lawyers across Africa.

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