Are you a young woman human rights advocate or peacebuilder in charge of a neighborhood group? Are you engaged in efforts to create and maintain peace, offer local aid to the needy, avert conflicts, or advance equality and human rights? Do not pass up this opportunity if your response is YES!
Strengthening Young Women Peacebuilders’ Capacity in Complex Crises is a pilot program that the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), in partnership with the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), is launching to assist young women in charge of civil society organisations in fragile and/or conflict-affected nations.
ELIGIBILITY
- Be a young woman between 18 and 30 years old. LGBTIQ+ individuals are encouraged to apply.
- Be a citizen of, and be living in, one of the following countries or territories: Afghanistan, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Iraq, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, and Yemen.
- Have not yet received funding from the United Nations.
- Be a founding or key member of a legally registered civil society organization working on peacebuilding, human rights, women’s rights, youth rights, or related.
- Have a working knowledge of either English, French, or Spanish.
DEADLINE: August 15, 2022
To apply and for more information, visit here
