Deadline: August 20th, 2021. APPLY HERE The Gratitude Network is creating a community of powerful leaders positively contributing to the lives of under-resourced children and youth globally. With our Fellowship we seek to increase the leadership development capacity of leaders who in turn transform their organizations. We engage Coaches and Expert Advisors to support our Fellows to hone their leadership skills, work with their teams more effectively, and ultimately increase their organization’s impact for children and youth. We also bring…
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Tuesday, August 24, 8:00 AM ET | 1:00 PM BST | 3:00 PM EAT | 5:30PM IST Register here Social norms define gender roles, responsibilities, and power dynamics. These deeply rooted, unwritten “rules” can result in harmful outcomes for adolescent girls—preventing them from accessing opportunities and realizing their rights. Fortunately, social norms can shift over time. But changing them requires deep commitment from a range of stakeholders: family members, male allies, communities, schools, policymakers, organizations, and other champions of girls’ development. Working with local…
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Established in 2000, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is a feminist grant making foundation that supports local, national and Africa regional women’s organisations working towards the promotion and realisation of women’s rights and recognition of African women’s leadership in all spheres of life.1 As Africa’s first women’s fund, AWDF plays a pioneering role in of both feminist movement-building and philanthropy on the continent. How to apply Interested consultants, team of consultants or consultancy firms should express their interest…
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Deadline: 6th September, 2021 APPLY The Youth Activist - Youth Allies (YA-YA) Network provides training and leadership experience to the next generation of activists in the movement for social and economic justice. YA-YA is a youth-driven, citywide, anti-racist, anti-sexist organization and allies with the LGBTQ+ community. We provide free (and often with stipend) core training to young activists. The EMPOWER Fellowship program at YA-YA is rooted in the foundation of social justice advocacy; that we, ourselves, must take an active…
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Focus Area: AAC Content Development Function: Advocacy Communications (AC) Role: Content Support – development, design and management. Objective: To develop and implement a program of work around generating content from AAC events and from partners/networks for the AAC to share with external audiences; thereby to contribute to the Advocacy Communications (AC) Strategy. Scope: To work closely with the AC Team to deliver the following: Resources – finding them, analysing them and promoting them in interesting ways across our various platforms Building up a…
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Focus Area: AAC Membership Administration Function: Advocacy Communications (AC) Objective: To maintain and grow the AAC membership by providing them with great content from AAC events and from partners/networks, that meets their particular advocacy needs; thereby to contribute to the Advocacy Communications (AC) Strategy. Role: Membership Support Objective: To deliver a program of work to excite the AAC Membership through targeted, specific communication to every segment of the AAC community. Scope: To work closely with the AC Team to complement and build…
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Domaine d’interevntion: Afrique occidentale et centrale francophone (bilingue) Fonction: Développement de contenu et soutien aux membres Objectifs: Identifier / développer un contenu de qualité pour notre public francophone d'Afrique occidentale et centrale et soutenir sa diffusion par des moyens innovants et passionnants. Produire le contenu à partir de nos événements de l'AAC et de nos partenaires / réseaux, pour que l'AAC le partage avec nos publics externes francophones. Contribuer à la stratégie de communication de l'AAC. Identifier, analyser et promouvoir les ressources d'apprentissage…
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September 10th submission deadline for 15 December decision (Round 3 – 2021) To apply please download the Application_Form Notes to support the Completion of the Grant Application form can be found here. Funding information: Grant size: $10,000 to $100,000 Countries/ Regions: All countries Area: Women and Gender Set up in 2001, the Trust was funded by Feminist Review. Run as a collective since its inception in 1979, the voluntary work of Feminist Review’s editorial teams over the years has provided the means…
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Deadline : 14 September 2021. APPLY HERE UNDP is searching for 25 young African women to join the second cohort of the African Young Women Leaders (AfYWL) Fellowship Programme. The AfYWL Fellowship Programme offers an interesting assignment with UNDP at its HQ in New York or in one of its regional or country offices. The fellow may also be assigned to the UN Secretariat or the AU Commission. For the second cohort (2021-2022), UNDP will work with the AUC and…
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Time: From 3:00PM-4:30PM CEST (9:00PM - 10:30PM MYT) Organised, in conjunction with the UNGA and the Global Safe Abortion Day in September 2021, the webinar will be moderated by ARROW’s Executive Director, Sivananthi Thanenthiran and will feature a stellar line of speakers working on safe abortion from the Global South. The webinar aims to shed light on the situation of safe abortion in the Global South with a special focus on the impact and challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic…
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DEADLINE: 15th September, 2021 APPLY Think Different Global is a community of great thinkers & young enthusiastic people who are working on educating people about United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) using the tools of education, art, media and events. We are welcoming people from every discipline and culture who live an alive passion to push humanity forward by working on the UN SDGs. We believe passionately in the power of ideas and potential of youth to solve the…
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DATE: 16th September, 2021 (5:00pm - 9:00 pm EAT) REGISTER HERE The Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW) is happy to invite you to our virtual Stories of Change Conference on 16th & 17th September 2021. Over the past year, DSW has been busy capturing lessons learnt within our advocacy capacity development project in East Africa. We have organized a 2-day virtual conference to discuss and identify key success factors in advocacy capacity development. On day 1, we will be presenting stories of change…
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The Hewlett Foundation’s commitment to building equitable partnerships has been a constant thread in its philanthropic approach. This discussion will cover the lessons learned over the past five years of our SRHR grantmaking and expectations for the years to come as we focus on shifting decision making and resources closer to the communities we seek to serve. Our GRE team and grantee partners will explore the role of power in initiatives and partnerships and how this affects progress towards shared…
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On September 22 at 730 ET, Dr. T will bring together youth family planning champions from around the world to discuss what is being done to protect access to FP during the pandemic. Additionally, we will be launching our ICFP Voices Community Action aimed at collecting and sharing personal stories on the power of family planning. Join us to hear these personal stories about family planning, how essential it is to universal health coverage, and how it has been affected…
Find out more »This event aims to create the space for an open conversation on the current philanthropic approaches of sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice funders working in Africa. The discussion will shed light on grantmaking and beyond the grant dollar strategies, and how these align to funders’ emerging opportunities and limitations. This conversation will also allow us to share more about our new Global Reproductive Equity strategy and our grantmaking priorities for the next five years. DATE: September 23, 2021…
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FEATURING Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Co-Founder of the Malala Fund Raven Lacerte,Co-Founder and Ambassador at Moose Hide Campaign Pratima Gurung, President, NIDWAN and General Secretary of Indigenous Persons with Disabilities Global Network All around the world, young feminist activists are daring us to reimagine the boundaries of possibility and accelerating our progress toward a more just and sustainable future. On September 23, Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai, courageous advocate Raven Lacerte, and renowned activist Pratima Gurung will invite us into conversation about the power of young activists to…
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