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July 2019
SDGs in Action Film Festival- 11 July 2019
The SDGs in Action Film Festival, coordinated by the UN DESA Division for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is a competition seeking short films that highlight how people and organizations around the world are taking action for the 17 global goals. The Festival was launched in 2018 in connection with the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development that takes place each July at UN Headquarters in New York. The competition offers amateur and professional filmmakers around the globe the chance to…
Find out more »Job: Communications Manager
Restless Development (restlessdevelopment.org) are looking for a communications manager who can: Gather inspiring stories ethically and safely Tell which stories work for the media and knows how to pitch these stories to press Are you that person? Read more about this opening HERE.
Find out more »Call for expression of interest
The YIAGA Centre for Legislative Engagement (YIAGA-CLE) is a think-tank established to promote the development of the legislature in Africa through innovative research, capacity development and public engagement. The goal of the Centre is to ensure the legislature is capacitated to discharge its legislative functions in compliance with democratic principles and standards. The Centre provides innovative and cutting-edge interventions to address these gaps in the Legislature. Job description The primary responsibility of the CLE Program Officer is; Day to day…
Find out more »Special Call for Proposals: Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
Through this special call, Urgent Action Fund – Africa (UAF – Africa) will be providing funding for a range of initiatives aimed at advancing women’s economic empowerment in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda with grants of up to USD 20,000 for up to nine months! Who can apply? Informal and formal, small / medium women-led organisations, groups, cooperatives or collectives in rural, peri-urban and urban areas of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, such as (but not limited to): women’s rights organisations associations of…
Find out more »UAF Africa- Communications and Media Associate – Francophone
Who we are Urgent Action Fund-Africa (UAF-Africa), is a consciously feminist and women’s human rights pan- African Fund, registered in Nairobi, Kenya. Operating as a virtual organisation, the Fund boasts of strategic presence in Africa’s five sub-regions- East Africa: Nairobi, Kenya; North Africa: Cairo, Egypt; Central Africa: Bujumbura, Burundi; Southern Africa: Harare, Zimbabwe and West Africa: Abuja, Nigeria. Recognising the need to move resources rapidly on a continent where opportunities and threats arise and decline quickly, UAF-Africa uses a Rapid…
Find out more »Call for applications: Young Women Social Entrepreneurs
Are you a young woman running a start-up social enterprise in KISUMU, KILIFI or THARAKA NITHI County? Akili Dada is looking for you! Application Deadline: 6th September 2019 About this call Akili Dada acknowledges the role of social entrepreneurs in facilitating change and designing solutions to challenges that our communities face. Our investment grows out of our belief that young women, especially from underserved communities at the grassroots, are best positioned to address community challenges. Akili Dada is seeking to invest in 3o young women…
Find out more »August 2019
Legal Fellow, Kenya
The Legal Fellow will conduct specialised legal research and analysis and draft legal memos and opinions on women’s and girls’ rights. The primary role of the Legal Fellow shall be conducting specialised legal research and analysis, as well as drafting legal memos and opinions on women’s and girls’ rights, as assigned by the Judge to whom they are attached. This research and analysis will assist the Judge in utilising the Maputo Protocol and other international human rights instruments in their…
Find out more »Legal Fellow, Uganda
The Legal Fellow will conduct specialised legal research and analysis and draft legal memos and opinions on women’s and girls’ rights. The primary role of the Legal Fellow shall be to conduct specialised legal research and analysis and draft legal memos and opinions on women’s and girls’ rights, as assigned by the Judge to whom they are attached. This research and analysis will assist the Judge in utilising the Maputo Protocol and other international human rights law instruments in their…
Find out more »Consultant, Deliver for Good Kenya
Women Deliver is a leading global advocate that champions gender equality and the health and rights of girls and women. Our advocacy drives investment–political and financial –in the lives of girls and women worldwide. We harness evidence and unite diverse voices to spark commitment to gender equality. And we get results. Anchored in sexual and reproductive health, we advocate for the rights of girls and women across every aspect of their lives. We know that investing in girls and women…
Find out more »Regional Advocacy Coordinator (Re-advertisement)
The DRC office in Nairobi is a Regional Office providing support and guidance of DRC programs in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan, DR Congo and Burundi. The Advocacy Coordinator is responsible for identifying advocacy issues, preparing and implementing advocacy plans, documentation and communicating lessons and good practices from implementing programs to various users, and raising DRC profile with stakeholders in the EAGL region. The Advocacy Coordinator will work to advance DRC displacement related policies and positions through…
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