English-to-Turkish translation & proofreading on FGM in Türkiye (12,000 words)

Host entity: Orchid Project

Application deadline: 21/10/2026

Mission and objectives

Our vision is a world where every woman is safe, healthy and lives free from female genital mutilation (FGM). Our purpose is to work with anti-FGM activists to promote, sustain and safeguard the physical and emotional well-being of women by the global eradication of FGM.

We need to significantly scale up and accelerate our efforts, using identified effective practices to guide our approach. Everyone has an important role to play in ending FGC. Ending cutting can’t be achieved by one organisation alone. It requires a movement of organisations, activists, politicians, ambassadors and leaders at all levels.

Assignment context

Orchid Project is catalysing an end to female genital mutilation / cutting (FGM/C) by working collaboratively and in partnership to accelerate change at community, national, regional and global levels, and by sharing knowledge and best practice. By collating and interpreting data, Orchid Project influences influencers (e.g. UN bodies) and equips local organisations with advocacy and training tools to strengthen their on-the-ground work.

The unprecedented series of The Law and FGM reports across Africa received the Trustlaw's Collaboration Award in 2018 and the Best Collaboration Initiative Award at the Lawyermag Awards in 2019. The European series of The Law and FGM reports have been launched and are going through the translation process into the relevant national languages.

By translating this report, volunteers with a Human Rights / Gender and legal background would deepen their understanding on how the role the law plays in eradicating a very deeply anchored harmful tradition and in protecting girls, what further actions could be carried out, and how organisations use such tools to advocate for social change. This task ensures the volunteers are part of this change. It could also broaden the volunteers' interest in human rights, potentially influence career prospects, or help save an uncut girl in their countries.

Task description

Translate and proofread two reports (3,850 and 8,050 words) related to Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting (FGM/C), criminal law terminology and international conventions into Turkish. Two volunteers will be selected and will be working in pair. Coordination will be managed by Orchid Project, direct communication will take place via email (please check your junk inbox). Five weeks will be given for the translation and proofreading, with a possible margin if needed.

Skills and experience

Trukish proficiency at native-speaker level, fluent in English.
Experience in translation from English to Turkish is essential and at least one of the following areas of expertise is preferred: International Law, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), Women’s Health and/or Gender, or Human Rights. Knowledge and understanding of legal terminology will be a deciding factor, especially criminal law.
Please give details of previous work with application.
Applicants may be asked to translate a short paragraph as part of the selection process.

Full eligibility requirements, conditions of service and application instructions are available on the official UNV platform.