Events

Webinar: The Sustainable Development Goals and LGBTI populations

Zoom

Leaving no one behind: the Sustainable Development Goals and LGBTI populations Register Date: May 5 Time: 9 AM EST (4pm EAT)   Webinar Description In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development . All of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets seek to realize the human […]

Webinar: Applying for ECOSOC consultative status

Webinar on applying for ECOSOC consultative status (5 May 2021, 11:00am - 12:30pm New York Time, 1800 -1930 EAT) The NGO Branch is pleased to invite interested NGOs to an informational session about the application process for ECOSOC consultative status. The event will be held on-line on 5 May 2021 at 11am (New York Time) […]

Partnership grant with Amplify Change

Partnership grant Apply > Deadline: May 06, 2021 Donor: AmplifyChange Grant Type: Grant Grant Size: More than $1 million Countries/Regions: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo DR, Cote DIvoire (Ivory Coast), Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, […]

Partnership grant with Amplify Change

Partnership grant Apply > Deadline: May 06, 2021 Donor: AmplifyChange Grant Type: Grant Grant Size: More than $1 million Countries/Regions: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo DR, Cote DIvoire (Ivory Coast), Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, […]

Vaccine Justice: How can feminists collectively organise to hold States accountable?

Thursday May 13th, 9:00 - 10:30 AM EST Register here Join feminists from around the world, in a teach-in & a strategy session, to explore the many ways transnational corporations, philanthrocapitalism and the vaccine nationalism of Northern States are interfering with public decision-making to prioritise corporate interests over public interests in our world today - […]

The Heinrich Boll Stiftung Global Feminist Pitch

Deadline: 15 May 2021. Early applications strongly encouraged. About the Global Feminist Pitch The circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic have disrupted the striving of women and LGBTIQ+ activists worldwide for equality, security, and freedom. The shrinking space, an increase in nationalism and authoritarianism, as well as the anti-feminist and right-wing populist rhetoric are affecting the […]

Resisting Homophobia in Ghana: a Queer & Feminist Strategy

Register Date: 17th May - 4:00pm (UTC) On 17 May, the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT), join AWID’s global feminist community in a live conversation with queer feminist activists from Ghana. Learn about how queer and feminist collectives are organising to resist homophobia, and how you can be in solidarity with Ghanaian […]

Civic organisations operating within restrictive laws and regulations in Eastern Africa: Best practices and policy recommendations.

Register Civil society is a central pillar of democracy and a critical layer between state, business and family. In all their diversity, civil society actors have sought to fulfil crucial roles, which include: • Delivering services to poor and marginalised people; • Giving excluded communities a voice in processes that affect their lives; • Advocating […]

Training: Resource Mobilisation for Advocacy

Apply here. Rationale The Advocacy Accelerator has been engaging with African advocates in various sectors over the last year. Overwhelmingly, advocates said that they wanted training on conducting advocacy online. They were forthright about their need for training that includes resource mobilisation for advocacy. Course objective The course, Resource Mobilisation for Advocacy, will equip you to: Find […]

African Liberation Day Mobilisation

Virtual

May 25th- African Liberation Day Mobilisation Register here African Liberation Day is an annual commemoration of the foundation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) on the 25th of May 1963, and aims to promote unity and solidarity among African people and states. It also is the anniversary of the launch of Africans Rising on […]