Launched by the President of the Republic on December 10, 2021, the Marianne initiative for human rights defenders aims to better help them in their fight, abroad and in France. The Marianne Association for Human Rights Defenders was created to unite the actors involved in our country (State, organizations and associations for the promotion of human rights and reception, local authorities, qualified personalities, etc. ) and carry the aid pillar of the initiative in France, for the benefit of around fifteen winners per year (reception, personalized support, networking, etc.).
WORTH
- The aid programme in French provides reception (including accommodation if necessary), the payment of a monthly grant for living in Paris, personalised support and networking with human rights defenders for 6 months.
- Project development: training in public speaking, communication, fundraising and project management; language courses; access to specific courses at Sciences Po Paris as an auditor; networking with actors in France involved in the promotion of human rights, as well as with former winners of the programme.
- Meetings/interviews: industrial visits, meetings and inventions of high-levelled personalities.
- Connection with a mentor throughout the programme.
- Industrialized meetings according to the cause and the needs expressed Psychological support will be offered if necessary.
ELIGIBILITY
- You are a human rights defender as defined by the United Nations(https://www.ohchr.org/fr/special-procedures/sr-human-rights-defenders/about- human-rights-defenders), of age and non-French nationality, regardless of your place of residence;
- You can provide one or more documents/evidence, produced by others (recommendations, press articles, etc.), attesting to your commitment/action in favour of human rights;
- You can justify that participation in the Marianne Initiative’s French aid program will strengthen your capacity for human rights activists in your country and internationally, and that it will allow you to create or develop existing or planned links or projects with French organizations (see the online form at the link below) ;
- You have a valid passport (valid for at least six months) or you are willing to follow the procedures to obtain one;
- You are not subject to any legal prohibition to leave the country;
- You are willing to travel to France from January 2023 to June 2023.
DEADLINE: 14th Septemberer 2022
To apply and for more information visit here
