Cultural Survival is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the Community Media Indigenous Youth Fellowship Project that will support young Indigenous individuals in their efforts to build their capacity as radio broadcasters and journalists through specific trainings, community radio visits or exchanges, radio production, conference attendance, and other identified education and training opportunities.
WORTH
- Responding to the needs of youth in the community, particularly young women and youth leaders.
- Building capacity in media, journalism, radio production, advocacy skills, technical abilities, and regional networking.eg: Fellows may participate in trainings or courses at local or regional universities or with other agencies relevant to the fellowship.
- Development of radio content on topics related to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), decolonized history of Indigenous Peoples, protection of lands and resources, Indigenous women’s rights, Indigenous youth issues, cultural and ancestral heritage, national legislation affecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights.
- Fellows may participate in an international forum such as the UN Permanent Forum on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples with the purpose of bringing their communities’ concerns to the international stage and learning about how these mechanisms work and contribute to Cultural Survival work at the United Nations.
- Developing training, workshop facilitation, program development, institutional development, and hands on experience to successfully represent the voices of their communities and bring awareness of local issues to global conversations in relation to indigenous youth.eg: Fellows may learn how to use and access Free Software program to create an online radio programming to amplify the local issue to an online global platform.
ELIGIBILITY
- Responding to the needs of youth in the community, particularly young women and youth leaders.
- Building capacity in media, journalism, radio production, advocacy skills, technical abilities, and regional networking.eg: Fellows may participate in trainings or courses at local or regional universities or with other agencies relevant to the fellowship.
- Development of radio content on topics related to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), decolonized history of Indigenous Peoples, protection of lands and resources, Indigenous women’s rights, Indigenous youth issues, cultural and ancestral heritage, national legislation affecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights.
- Fellows may participate in an international forum such as the UN Permanent Forum on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples with the purpose of bringing their communities’ concerns to the international stage and learning about how these mechanisms work and contribute to Cultural Survival work at the United Nations.
- Developing training, workshop facilitation, program development, institutional development, and hands on experience to successfully represent the voices of their communities and bring awareness of local issues to global conversations in relation to indigenous youth.eg: Fellows may learn how to use and access Free Software program to create an online radio programming to amplify the local issue to an online global platform.
DEADLINE: January 15, 2018
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