BBC Hausa Launches Women’s Writing Award
BBC Hausa yesterday launched its first ever short story writing award for female writers. The contest is open to all women writing in Hausa irrespective of their nationality or experience. BBC Africa Entries for the award must be original works between 1000 to 1500 words. A panel of judges will select one winner and […]
Attention African writers and photographers: Submissions for The Gerald Kraak Award and Anthology now open
Submissions are now open for The Gerald Kraak Award and Anthology on the topics of gender, human rights and sexuality for a range of writing genres and photography. The Jacana Literary Foundation (JLF), in partnership with The Other Foundation, invite writers, journalists, academics, bloggers, poets and photographers to submit for consideration exceptional works – published […]
Call For Expression Of Interest – Research Consultants
ActionAid is a global movement of people working together to further human rights and defeat poverty for all, through the Human Rights Based Approach to programming. Our current programming areas are Education; Food and Agriculture; Human Security in Conflict and Emergencies; Health; Just and Democratic Governance; and Human Rights. Promoting good governance, campaigns and advocacy, […]
Race for Next UN Secretary-General Taking Shape
Four of the six declared candidates hail from the Balkans with the former Yugoslav countries hedging that strong trade links with Russia, as well as EU membership in the case of Croatia and Slovenia, and EU accession status, in the case of Macedonia and Montenegro, could see them bridge the West-Russia divide in the UN […]
ISHR 2016 training for human rights defenders: now open for applicants!
ISHR today published the call for applications for its 2016 Geneva training programme for human rights defenders. If you are a human rights defender keen to increase your interaction with the UN system, apply now! The training will take place between 8 and 22 June 2016 and provides defenders with opportunities to put their advocacy skills directly into action at […]
2016 List of Scholarships for African women and Developing Countries
A number of organisations encourage women empowerment through education at different levels by offering specific scholarships for African women from Africa and developing countries. Although women looking for scholarships can as well apply for other scholarship programmes that are non-gender specific, there are sponsorship programmes that reduce the competition by offering their scholarship programmes solely […]
African Leadership Center (ALC) Peace and Security Fellowships for African Scholars 2016-17
Deadline: March 18, 2016 The African Leadership Center (ALC) is now accepting applications for the Peace, Security and Development Fellowships for African Scholars starting in September 2016. The programme seeks to nurture junior African Scholars interested in pursuing a career in Peace, Security & Development, and to equip them with the skills necessary to […]
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