Events

Webinar: Digital Security best practices for Civil Society

As promising as technology might be for human life and organisation’s wellbeing, there are some potential risks and vulnerabilities that civil society organisations need to be aware of and manage through the adoption of right preventive mechanisms and strategies. Join West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) in the upcoming webinar: "Digital Security best practices for […]

Alternative Financing Models for Civil Society Organizations Webinar

As a pioneer in the civic space in West Africa,  West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) is aware of the financial difficulties civil society organisations (CSOs) in the region constantly face. WACSI with support from its partners therefore continues to drive initiatives aimed at building the financial resilience of CSOs in West Africa, to ensure […]

Tackling Climate and Justice Challenges with Crowdsourcing Solutions – Submit Your Ideas!

Deadline: Sep 30, 2022 Donor: Crowd4SDG Grant Type: Awards, Prizes and Challenges Grant Size: $1000 to $10,000 Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Environment Are you passionate about climate justice and have a project or an idea for a solution that supports individuals' and communities’ preparedness for Climate Change? Crowd4SDG wants to hear from you! For more […]

Register for Women Deliver 2023 Conference

Women Deliver convenings catalyze conversations with stakeholders from around the world, break barriers, address challenges, and identify opportunities to advance gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and improve the wellbeing of girls and women, in all their intersecting identities. The Women Deliver 2023 Conference (WD2023) will take place in Kigali, Rwanda and online from 17-20 […]

Job Call: Africa Regional Strategy Lead

The Association for Progressive Communications is looking for an Africa Regional Strategy Lead to join our virtual office and team. Overview of the position: Purpose of the position: The Africa Regional Strategy Lead will provide direction for and coordinate APC's advocacy work and movement building strategy on digital rights and internet governance in the region. […]

Get Up Rise Up Fund Application

Do you have a BOLD, creative idea for your campaign—or a daring and urgent direct action—but you need a little tangible boost (i.e. cash) to help it happen?  Africans Rising and Beautiful Trouble are relaunching the Get Up Rise Up Direct Action Fund! We seek to quickly resource scrappy grassroots local groups (both registered and […]

Residential Fellowship Application

The Youth Lead Center  is accepting applications for the 2023–24 academic year with a deadline of October 6, 2022. Fellowship applicants are asked to complete the online application form and to upload the following documents: 1,000-word project proposal short bibliography (up to 2 pages) curriculum vitae (up to 4 pages) one-page tentative outline of the […]

Mental Health for Advocacy Training

Mental health is an essential part of a person's overall well-being. Mental health is real, and affects how we think, feel and act. It plays a role in our ability to handle stress, to form relationships, and research suggests that it can even affect physical health. As one of the new flagship courses offered by […]

Girl Up Academy Leadership course

Girl Up Academy is your source for self-paced learning experiences developed to help you continue growing as a leader and changemaker. Girl Up's Leadership Course Girl Up’s brand new Leadership Course will help you strengthen your skills and abilities as a Leader of Self, Leader of Peers, and Leader of Change! As you make progress, […]

Discussion on The Importance of Strategic Thinking for Grassroots Organising in Africa 

Description Over the years, political organising continues to fail in terms of delivering development dividends to citizens. This has forced many organisations to find new ways of doing development differently and one of these ways is through grassroots organising. Citizens are more than ever eager to invest in nurturing power through constituency building in a […]