Ms Foundation for Women Fellowship: Apply!

Deadline: February 15, 2013

Ms Foundation is pleased to announce the Ms. Foundation Fellowship. This one-year fellowship (Sept. 2013 to Aug. 2014), housed in the Ms. Foundation’s newly established Advocacy and Policy department, will fund a talented early to mid-career individual to pursue a project in support of the foundation’s ongoing work. If successful, the project may be eligible for continued funding.

The Ms. Foundation for Women Fellowship provides the opportunity for dynamic leaders to leverage our resources and support to develop promising strategies to shift policies and cultural conditions that enable inequality to thrive. Recognizing a particular urgency within marginalized communities, we fight for equal pay, reproductive justice, an end to violence and child sexual abuse, and countless other issues that impact women.

They seek fellowship proposals that apply creative, relevant tactics to improve conditions for women regarding the following critical issues:
Child sexual abuse
Economic justice
Reproductive justice
Sexualization of girls

The Fellow selected will be a full-time, paid employee of the Ms. Foundation for Women and receive:
Financial compensation up to $85,000 for one year (dependent upon project terms and experience)
Health benefits
The opportunity to apply for a continuation grant of up to $50,000
Office space and equipment at the Ms. Foundation (for NYC-based applicants only)
Professional development, networking, and mentoring opportunities

For more information, click here.

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Australian Development Scholarships

 Bachelors/Masters/PhD Degrees


Deadline: 30 April 2013
Study in: Australia
Course starts Sept 2013

Brief description:

Australian Development Scholarships (ADS) are scholarships for international students who wants to study in Australian Universities. Scholarship holders are required to return to their country of citizenship for two years after they have completed their studies to contribute to the development of their country.

Australian Development Scholarships are available for vocational education and training courses, undergraduate degrees, postgraduate degrees, and PhD degrees at participating Australian universities and Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutions.

Host Institution(s):

Participating Australian higher education institutions and technical colleges


Fields of study:

Study programs must relate to your country’s priority areas for development. These are listed on the participating country profiles.

Number of Scholarships:

Up to 1000 Australian Development Scholarships are awarded each year across 31 countries with scholarships awarded equally between men and women.

The number of scholarships and fields of study are determined annually by each ADS participating country and in accordance with the Australian Government’s bilateral development assistance program. Some countries may limit the level of study (technical, undergraduate or postgraduate) and give priority to certain fields of study to better meet development needs and Australia’s specific aid objectives for each country.



Target group:

You are only eligible for ADS if you are a citizen of one of the countries listed below:
Asia
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Indonesia, India, Laos, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam
Pacific
Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Pacific Collectivities (New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Wallis and Futuna), Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue and Tokelau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
Africa
Angola, Algeria, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia
Middle East
Iraq, Palestinian Territories
Caribbean Countries
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Latin America
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

Women and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.


Scholarship value/inclusions:
ADS are offered for the minimum period necessary for the individual to complete the academic program specified by the Australian higher education institution, including any preparatory training. The following benefits generally apply:

• Full tuition fees

• Return air travel—payment of a single return, economy class airfare to and from Australia, via the most direct route

• Establishment allowance—a once only payment of A$5,000 as a contribution towards as accommodation expenses, text books, study materials

• Contribution to Living Expenses (CLE) is a fortnightly contribution to basic living expenses paid at a rate determined by AusAID. From 1 January 2013, CLE payable to Scholars studying under an ADS is A$30,000 per year.

• Introductory Academic Program (IAP)—a compulsory 4-6 week program prior to the commencement of formal academic studies covering information on life and study in Australia.

• Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) for the duration of the award (for award holder only)—provided to cover the student’s basic medical costs (with the exception of pre existing conditions).

• Pre-course English (PCE) fees—if deemed necessary PCE may be available for students for in-country and/or in-Australia training.

• Supplementary Academic Support may be available to ensure a Scholar’s academic success or enhance their academic experience.

• Fieldwork (for research students only)—may be available for eligible research students for one return economy class airfare via the most direct route to their country of citizenship or within Australia.

Eligibility:

To be eligible to receive a Scholarship, applicants must:

a. be a minimum of 18 years of age at the time of commencing the Scholarship

b. be a citizen of a participating country (as listed on AusAID’s Scholarship website) and be residing in and applying for the Scholarship from their country of citizenship

c. not be married or engaged to or be a de facto of a person who holds, or is eligible to hold, Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency, at any of the application, selection or mobilisation phases or while on-scholarship in Australia

Note: Residents of Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau with New Zealand citizenship are eligible but must apply for an AusAID 576 student visa.

d. not be current serving military personnel

e. not be applying for another long-term AusAID scholarship unless they have returned to their home country and resided there* for twice the length of the total time that they were in Australia (for example, a previous Scholar who has been on AusAID scholarship/s in Australia for four years will not be eligible to apply for another AusAID scholarship until they have been home for eight years)

f. not hold or have held an Australian Government-funded scholarship (e.g. Endeavour Award) in the preceding two years, at the time of application

g. satisfy any specific criteria established by the applicant’s country and/or government of citizenship

h. be able to satisfy the admission requirements of the institution at which the Scholarship is to be undertaken (this may mean that Post will need to withdraw a Scholarship offer if the recipient cannot satisfy the institution’s admission requirements. This may not be known until Post requests a placement at selected institutions)

i. be able to satisfy all requirements of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) for an AusAID Student Visa 576 (this may mean that Post will need to withdraw a Scholarship offer if the recipient cannot satisfy the visa requirements)



Application instructions:
Most applications will open on 1 February 2013. Check the open and close dates for your country, and select your country of citizenship/residency from the list of participating countries for specific information on eligibility, priority areas and how to apply.

If you intend to apply, you must read the Scholarships handbook. Some countries encourage and allow you to apply online while others require hard-copy applications. See your country page for specific information for your country.

There is usually one annual selection round in each country. Each Country Program has different timelines but deadline falls around March-April annually.

It is important to read the how to apply page and visit the country specific pages, and the official website (link found below) for detailed and updated information on how to apply for this scholarship.

Contact information:

Enquiries about ADS should be made with the Australian Diplomatic Mission in your country of citizenship. Contact details are found at this page.

Website:
Official Scholarship Website: http://www.ausaid.gov.au/scholar/pages/studyin.aspx

Related Scholarships: Australia Scholarships for International Students; List of Australia Scholarships

Source link: http://www.scholars4dev.com/3253/australian-development-scholarships/#ixzz2I1FdTAdc

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Training of Trainers on Youth and Human Rights Workshop

Dates: 18-23 March, 2013 (Tentative)
Venue: New Delhi
The CYP is one of the pioneer international and intergovernmental organizations devoted entirely to youth development under the Youth Affairs Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat, based in London and operates through four regional Centres of which the Asia Centre is located in Chandigarh catering for the needs of youth in eight Commonwealth Asian countries.
Despite advances in recent years, the Asia continues to face significant human rights challenges. Human rights issues in Asia vary widely and are specific to each country’s political history and development. Asia region is facing many issues that are causing much adversity to the people and human rights situation continues to deteriorate - armed conflict, poverty, discrimination, etc. Ending discrimination relies on an active civil society that encourages debate, builds understanding, and advocates for change. Human rights defenders shine a spotlight on violations and promote improvements. They speak out on issues of discrimination and stigmatisation, often at great personal risk to themselves and their families. We recognise their important role in demanding government accountability and transparency, and the fulfilment of human rights obligations. Defending human rights and ending discrimination is not, though, the sole preserve of civil society. It falls ultimately to governments. And – across the globe – political commitments on human rights often fall short of reality. Considering the potential of young people to play a meaningful role in promotion of Human Rights, we are going to organise a Training of Trainers on Human Rights with the following Goal, Objectives and Expected Outcomes.
Goal
The goal of the train-the-trainer workshop is to better equip youth trainers with effective and practical tools to promote human rights and Commonwealth values amongst youth.
Objectives
By the end of the training-of-trainers session, participants should be able to:
• Train other youth in human rights promotion and protection, including good governance and democratic practice
• Use a basic instructional design model to plan and develop effective human rights training for youth
• Facilitate HRE activities with youth in their communities more effectively drawing on methods, techniques, skill and attitudes developed and practiced during the workshop
• Better able to promote youth participation and engagement in their communities and societies so that youth will become more actively involved in issues that affect them
• Apply a variety of methods and processes for evaluating their HRE activities
Outcomes
• Increased number of human rights youth trainers able to train others in human rights promotion and protection, including good governance and democratic practice
• Increased knowledge and skills of youth workers to promote youth participation and engagement
• Improved expertise of youth trainers in using facilitation skills that are based on the participatory approach to HRE
• Improved awareness of youth workers of human rights and human rights dimensions of current issues affecting young people
The Training of Trainers is being designed to train youth trainers who meet the following criteria:
1. Age
The training workshops are suitable for young people aged 18 and above.
2. Prior human rights knowledge
No formal human rights training or education is required. However it is expected that participants will have a basic understanding of the concept of human rights and a basic knowledge ofthe UN human rightsmechanisms, regional human rights mechanismsor national human rights mechanisms.
3. Prior leadershipexperience
No prior formal leadership qualifications are necessary. However it is expected that participants will have had on-going experience in a leadership role working and engaging with other young people for social change in their communities. They should also model the change which this training aims to see – thus they should be regarded as persons themselves who espouse and live by the human rights ethos.
4. Prior training experience
This training is designed to build the capacity of participants to deliver their own human rights specific training. Although a significant aspect of the training will aim to build the capacity of participants to deliver training sessions, it is expected that participants will have had some experience of designing and delivering training workshops to other young people so that they are already equipped with the basic communication and interpersonal skills needed to impart human rights knowledge to young people.
5. Prior experience of working with young people
It is expected that participants will have had significant experience of working with young people in their local communities.
If you meet the above mentioned criteria please do send us your CV by 15th January, 2013.
The CYP Asia Centre will meet the cost of travel, board and lodging of few participants based on merits.
Stanzin Dawa
Programme Manager,
Email: s.dawa@commonwealth.int
Mobile: +91-9988902204https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommonwealthYouthProgramme/10151190116190998/

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Commonwealth Conference on Education and Training of Youth Workers

Please note the the deadline for the submission of Abstracts has been extended to 11th January 2013. keep sending your abstracts to papers@cyponline.org

To register, kindly navigate to http://ccetyw.cyponline.org/login.html

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2013 ESPA International Interdisciplinary Research Grants

Closing date for outline bids: 23 January 2013 at 16:00 UK local time (GMT/UCT)

The ESPA 2013 call has been designed to enhance the academic and development impact of the ESPA programme by filling significant gaps in the ESPA portfolio and, where possible, capturing emerging opportunities. The call provides an opportunity for the world's best researchers to add significant value to the ESPA programme by filling important research, knowledge and evidence gaps that have been identified.
This Announcement of Opportunity (AO) invites applications into one of three research themes for empirical, inter-/multi-disciplinary projects that are addressing a range of ecosystem services and associated benefits, and are linked to a multi-dimensional analysis of poverty and the ways that poor people can move out of poverty. It is a requirement of all ESPA-funded projects to deliver research excellence with impact.
The three research themes are:

1. Sustainable, ecosystem-based pathways out of poverty
2. Ecosystem services and the urban environment
3. Building on ESPA success

There is a budget of up £4m available for this call, for grants in the range of £200,000 to £500,000. Projects will be funded for a maximum duration of between 24 and 30 months, with an expected start date between 1 September 2013 and 1 November 2013.
Projects will be selected through a two stage process, firstly with submission of an outline bid proposal, after which a subset will be invited to submit full proposals.
Details of the science scope of the call, as well as the application process, are available below. You are advised to read the Announcement of Opportunity documents before beginning your application.

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