FRIDA is recruiting passionate and committed young feminist activists from other parts of the world including North Africa to join its Global Advisory Committee.
FRIDA/The Young Feminist Fund is a new initiative that funds and strengthens the participation and leadership of young feminist activists globally. FRIDA believes in the power of young people as agents of change and promotes progressive youth leadership through grantee partners and other initiatives.
ELIGIBILITY
- At least 5-10 hours a month available to dedicate to FRIDA
- Three or more years demonstrated commitment to advancing women’s rights, equality and non-discrimination and feminist movement building;
- Three or more years demonstrated thematic or regional expertise with young women’s organizations/initiatives working for women’s rights, including time in a leadership role at a local, national, regional or global level;
- Functional spoken and written English language skills, with Arabic, French, Russian, Mandarin, and Hindi extremely desired
- Skills in such areas as project management, workshop facilitation, capacity-building, movement building and/or monitoring and evaluation;
- Candidates also must have at least two years experience in at least ONE of the following areas:
- Fundraising experience, such as applying for or receiving monetary grants from a donor or organizing fundraising activities with individuals (ie. events or online crowdfunding)
- Grant-making, international development, or funding institution (experience grant-making or monitoring, evaluation, and learning for young women’s groups and/or start-up, small or community-based groups highly desirable)
- Communications experience, managing websites, communication campaigns, writing blogs and op-eds,
- Private sector especially in the areas of law, finance, accounting and/ or corporate social responsibility. Candidates must have an educational background that aligns with their current role in the private sector
DEADLINE: 10th June, 2015
To apply and for more information visit here
