tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50840798058372790412024-03-13T23:43:32.240+03:00Empowered DivasAims to Encourage,Inspire and Support SistersKate Kiamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137227743475328418noreply@blogger.comBlogger272125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084079805837279041.post-70054483899379441332020-12-13T20:12:00.003+03:002020-12-13T20:12:53.783+03:00WIAN Mentors Application -2021<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic";">WIAN | The Women in International Affairs
Network is a digital platform that seeks to change the conversation about
gender, youth equality and career development in the international sector.
Their 7-month mentorship programs were established to help students, graduates
and early career professionals with limited work experience navigate the
international sector through provision of practical support, guidance and empowerment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: .35pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y6m6EOeK9Ag/X9ZLXe5ZgKI/AAAAAAAAJPE/9ggh6X_2VTkyDztM7k9-i7IeSEN87PJiwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/48358081_352855571959282_8218301147870396416_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y6m6EOeK9Ag/X9ZLXe5ZgKI/AAAAAAAAJPE/9ggh6X_2VTkyDztM7k9-i7IeSEN87PJiwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/48358081_352855571959282_8218301147870396416_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic";"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: .35pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Through WIAN mentoring, experienced
professionals, managers and leaders share their skills and experiences to build
the confidence and capability of entry level women. Mentoring provides the
opportunity for a learning experience for both mentor and mentee, and
demonstrates their focus on information and knowledge sharing at a practical
level.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 22.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Why
they do it.</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 22.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: .35pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Entry
level candidates receive little support in getting their foot in the door, with
qualified students and graduates often left with little guidance, information
and even less confidence. WIAN aims to remedy this by uniting experienced and
early-career women from across disciplines in international affairs.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: .35pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Using their platform,
participants spend 7 months engaging with one another and sharing their
experiences within a safe space. With particular attention on connecting women
and facilitating relationships, their programme aims to foster a culture of
information sharing, encourage and empower the next generation of female
leaders, and create a vital network of women from different backgrounds,
capability, interests, sectors and generations.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: .35pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Apply
to be a mentor <a href="https://www.wianetwork.com/2021-mentorship-scheme?fbclid=IwAR2Gwt5viVlmG8tTkaWLSiUJyNjh_MEHjmzBo9ibBCk_RGgRqKK9fj8EQjw">here</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: .35pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Applications
for their 2021 mentees cohort open on December 18<sup>th</sup> 2020. Find out
more <a href="https://www.wianetwork.com/mentorship">here</a> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Kate Kiamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137227743475328418noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084079805837279041.post-68740377655521119672020-09-16T12:33:00.004+03:002020-09-16T12:33:34.659+03:00On Feminist Leadership during a Pandemic<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">Leadership is never an easy task. Add the
current pandemic situation and very easily feelings of being overwhelmed, and
things spiraling out of control become unmanageable. As a woman in leadership
position, and a self-proclaimed feminist, I have been reflecting on what ‘‘feminist
leadership’’ can look like during these uncertain times and want to offer the
following principles for both leadership and followership alike.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">Self & Collective Care <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">Working remotely more often than not means
you are clocking more than your 40 hours quite easily. Burn out is therefore
more eminent amongst teams than before and women especially report feeling
guilty about taking time off for themselves. We all know that if you are
exhausted, your performance and productivity levels can be affected, so take
time off if you need to. Practice your boundaries, log on and off work for the
hours you need to, take lunch and health breaks, exercise and model this
behavior for yourself and for others. If your company can afford it, consider
taking collective time off work together or institutionalize game nights or other
fun ways of meeting virtually as a team to collectively care for each other and
yourselves. A great resource we are utilizing as a team at my workplace is the </span><a href="https://join.shinetext.com/"><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">Shine
App</span></a><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;"> for our daily
self-care and meditation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">Empathetic Leadership <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">The strongest way to build relationships is
to be genuinely curious about the people you lead and work with. I call this
seeing people! In these difficult times as a leader you must truly see people.
Your colleague may be going through a loss in the family, a partner being laid
off or uncertainty in their employment status. These circumstances will evoke
emotional and mental responses and will ultimately affect how they show up to
work. Empathetic leaders are trusted leaders. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">Heaven knows you cannot lead teams if
people don’t trust you, and in any crisis trusted leaders are the best bet to
keep the boat afloat! So, before you get started with that kickoff meeting,
check in with how your colleagues and peers are doing. Truly be present, be
flexible, listen and ask how you can be of support to those who need it.
Encourage ‘‘camera-on’’ practices to help people feel more connected and get
comfortable with holding space for yourself and others. Encourage 1-1 meetings
with teams and consider peer support groups. At WIAN, we recently introduced a buddy
system and we are excited to practice holding space for our colleagues in this
way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">Transparency <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">As a rule of thumb, keep all teams informed
and in the loop. In a crisis, any good leader will increase the cadence of team
briefings to ensure anxiety levels are kept in check and that the teams’ trust
in the leadership and in their employer is unwavering. This is not the time to
make false promises, update on what you know and check in for team concerns
which you should address when you have more clarity. Be believable, be credible,
be trustworthy and be clear. A truly feminist leader will check in with both core
and support teams. Many organizations have cultures that often leave interns,
junior roles and support staff out of the conversation. This is not the time to
keep updates classified, but rather lead with transparency, compassion, and
humility.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">We are living through unprecedented times. As
a leader you may be called upon now more than ever to make hard decisions at
this time. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">I leave you with Maya Angelou’s words ‘I</span><i style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">
have learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you
did but people will never forget how you made them feel’. </i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">I trust that you
will be a feminist leader as you navigate this crisis.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;"><o:p> First Published by The Women in International Affairs Network- By Kate Kiama</o:p></span></p>Kate Kiamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137227743475328418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084079805837279041.post-49209097560925891802020-07-28T10:35:00.001+03:002020-07-28T10:35:20.859+03:00Panel of Young Advisers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #333e49; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In 2020, Chatham House is founding a Panel of Young
Advisers to guide the institute on a wide range of new and existing initiatives
that aim to engage upcoming generations internationally. The Panel will be
invited to review our strategy as well as broader opportunities for the next
generation, and share their ideas with key people at the institute, such as the
Chair of Chatham House, members of our governing Council, and Executive Leadership
Team. Panel sessions will be convened remotely via video conferencing so panel
members can be based anywhere in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Advisers will provide you the opportunity to:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shaping Chatham House’s next generation engagement strategy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to a diverse network of individuals who take a proactive interest in global
affairs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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events exclusive to Chatham House members.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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unparalleled insight into industry opportunities and issues.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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professional and individual development.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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invited to join the Panel you agree to:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Chatham House or via video conference) at least three sessions per 12-month
period, the first of which will be held in September 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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discussions about the future of international affairs and the opportunities and
challenges facing the next generation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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feedback on Chatham House’s next generation objectives and the institute’s
related activities and outputs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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build a sustainably secure, prosperous and just world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333e49; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We are looking for engaged individuals who are active
in their field and/or community. You will be encouraged to bring new ideas to
help the institute adapt our next generation aims and objectives as we step
into our second century. We welcome applications from people who represent the
diversity of the countries we work with and who can bring different perspectives
to our work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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record of entrepreneurship in any field.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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within your area of expertise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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few questions about you and your ideas and preferences. We are not asking for a
full CV so there is no need to send this to us, but of course mention any
achievements that you think we should know about. We will be in touch as soon
as possible, please note that applications are evaluated continuously and the
posting may close at any time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kate Kiamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137227743475328418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084079805837279041.post-54160327546578037462020-07-27T11:44:00.002+03:002020-07-27T11:44:54.128+03:00Digital Content Manager - THE WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS NETWORK<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="line-height: 150%;">Deadline: </span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;"><b>Friday 14th August 2020</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Dear applicant, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Thank you for your interest in the
post of <b>Digital Content Manager </b>with the Women in International Affairs
Network. Please ensure you read this application pack in its entirety before
submitting your application.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="line-height: 150%;">Who we are </span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">WIAN is a digital platform disrupting
the way society talks about career development, gender and youth inequality in
the international sector. We’re a social enterprise, and act as a resource hub
and mentoring initiative for the next generation of female professionals
through our programmes and tailored career and lifestyle content. Whether it be
a career in international development, foreign policy, human rights or
politics, our mission is to prepare and equip women with industry relevant
skill sets and knowledge to secure international job opportunities. We provide
tailored career advice, connect our members with career opportunities, and
through mentorship, nurture the necessary skills for a sustainable
international career. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Our members have access to industry
experts, forums to get answers to their burning career questions and a platform
to build lasting connections. We are the number one destination for women in
international affairs and have built a powerful community that spans the globe
and connects women of all experiences. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="line-height: 150%;">About the role </span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We are looking for a Digital Content
Manager with passion, experience and skills to join our team. The primary
responsibility of the Digital Content Manager is to create, edit, and manage
all WIAN’s original content and resources. WIAN is made up of 3 teams,
Operations, Programmes and Communications. Sitting in the Communications team,
the Digital Content Manager will work closely with the Social Media Manager,
Content Editor and Communications Officer to lead the production and management
of original content. The Manager will also play a vital role in developing
WIAN’s brand voice. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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months: </span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">•<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 150%;">Lead the recruitment and management of a team of content contributors <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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impact <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">•</span><span style="line-height: 150%;">Manage the publication of WIAN’s original content including editing, proof
reading, publishing, and monitoring and evaluation of conten</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> Help to design, develop, and manage creative online content including video
production, animation content and video ads.</span></span></div>
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partnerships with 3rd party video publishers. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="line-height: 150%;">Volunteering at WIAN </span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">WIAN is a remote start-up, with staff
volunteers based around the world, including in Africa, North America, Asia as
well as the UK. Our staff are home-based, and most are in full-time employment
whilst working for WIAN. Each volunteer is motivated by their passion to
dismantle gender and youth inequality in the international sector, and we
accommodate their schedules through flexible working hours. Although guidance
and support are provided to all volunteers from the whole team and from line
managers, successful candidates will need to have a can-do attitude, with the
ability to build from the ground up, good time management skills, a strong
ability to take ownership of their role and thrive under a macro-management
culture. Working in a start-up you will be comfortable being involved in all
aspects of the business. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In this application pack, you will
find the following: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Job Description and Person Specification <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Terms and Conditions <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">III.
Application details <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">You will be joining a dedicated team
of women who are committed to the career development of women in international
affairs. You can find out more information about WIAN on our website, at </span><b>www.wianetwork.com</b>. For
any further information or questions on this vacancy, please contact the
Recruitment team at <b>recruitment@wianetwork.com.</b></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>TERMS AND CONDITIONS </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This is an unpaid, voluntary,
part-time position which will be performed remotely, and we actively encourage
applications from candidates of all genders and level of experience. We
anticipate that volunteers will spend a <b>minimum of 5 hours per week </b>on
their work for WIAN, although this may be more at peak times. This will also
include regular attendance to meetings with your supervisor, direct reports and
teams. All volunteers are subject to a 3-month trial period, upon completion
and passing, you will become an official volunteer. Commitment to this role is
an expected minimum of one year. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The duties set out in the job
description are not extensive, and this role will, on occasion, involve some
out of hours communications and work. This role may also require the volunteer
to undertake other responsibilities not outlined above which are commensurate
with a role of this nature, and which have been discussed and agreed with the
line manager and/or Chief Executive and Operations Officers. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The post holder must be, and remain
committed to WIAN’s mission, vision and values as we support, empower and equip
women and female professionals at all stages of their careers. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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send a <b>CV, one page covering letter and writing sample (2 pages max) in the
field of international affairs / development / women’s empowerment </b>to us
via email at: <b>recruitment@wianetwork.com</b>, with your name and [“Content
Manager”] in the subject line. <b>Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis
with the deadline to apply at 11:59pm BST on August 14th, 2020. The position
will be filled as soon as a well-qualified person is identified. </b>Incomplete
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Kate Kiamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137227743475328418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084079805837279041.post-42696186433843483332020-06-30T15:41:00.000+03:002020-06-30T15:41:27.225+03:00Influencing How We Lead<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was born a feminist! Having grown up in an all-girls household and then later in a catholic boarding school for my secondary school, my formative years were generally christened with girl power and lyrics to boot! I do recognize how privileged I am to have been born a feminist now. When I did stumble upon this mammoth of a word in my early 20s, I was happy to owe the badge which I still adorn with pride.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is largely because I was socialized from an early age to know that we are all equal regardless of those little boxes human beings like to confine and describe others as. If you ask people today whether they consider themselves feminist or not, you will likely get a variation of reactions. If you probe further, you may realize that they could be more feminist that they are willing to admit more often than not! In other instances, they are in a bit of a denial. We would rather not take on the title for lack of deeper analysis of the worldview. However the fear of backlash for going against the very core of patriarchy is very real.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In our African setting, publicly labelling yourself as a feminist may lead to rebuke and ostracization at the very minimum from both genders. Even in the West, women are cautious about when to openly identify as a feminist. In the Women20 Summit in Berlin last year, when some of the world’s most influential women leaders were asked point blank if they considered themselves feminists, it was sadly not a surprise that not all hands went up. In relation to the contributions women make to the feminist movement. The women who didn’t raise their hands are in most feminist eyes obvious feminist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A few weeks ago, Akili Dada was honoured by the presence or Dr. Hilda Tadria, the founder of Mentoring and Empowerment Programme for young Women (MEMPROW)at our offices. A practical feminist and force to reckon with in the gender and social development space on the continent and beyond, she graced us with an informal brown bag meeting one afternoon and shared her lessons and insights on her feminist journey. Dr. Tadria reiterated that in this day and age, we must be feminist and be bold about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is because societies continue to be patriarchal. We have a ripe opportunity to change the oppressive and unequal dynamic between men and women. She further expounded on the need to question the privilege that men have by virtue of their gender and how we ought to disrupt this for a more equal world. She also articulated that living a feminist life is not a something we should throw around like a fashion trend; it is a way of being. Our feminist living should influence how we lead and relate with others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dr. Tadria taught us that regardless of whether we are ready to take on the big F word or not, women all over the world over and especially in our very own communities are making strides in the quests for gender equality and parity. Young African women today must acknowledge that a lot of these gains are as a direct result of previous generations carrying the feminist mantle. We now have the onus to fan this flame because a few battles may have been worn in this quest, but the war is still far from over.</span></div>
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Kate Kiamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137227743475328418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084079805837279041.post-26560164226442820282020-05-21T17:32:00.003+03:002020-05-21T17:34:27.384+03:00Educating & Keeping Girls Safe in a Pandemic<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">Prior to the current COVID- 19 pandemic,
Sub – Saharan Africa was reported as the region with the highest out-of-school
rates for all age groups. According to UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Fact
Sheet No. 48<a href="file:///C:/Users/Kate/Desktop/Keeping%20Girls%20Safe%20in%20a%20Pandemic.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
of the 63 million out-of-school children of primary school age, 34 million, live
in Sub-Saharan Africa. The region also accounts for the 27 million out of
school adolescents. It is trite that due to poverty levels, cultural and social
beliefs, more girls are likely to be excluded from education than boys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For every 100 boys of secondary school age
out of school there are 123 girls denied the right to education in the said
region<a href="file:///C:/Users/Kate/Desktop/Keeping%20Girls%20Safe%20in%20a%20Pandemic.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>.
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">Three years ago, Akili Dada started
programming for girls in Turkana County of Kenya. Turkana is the poorest region
in the country and has a population of 926,976.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Kate/Desktop/Keeping%20Girls%20Safe%20in%20a%20Pandemic.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
It has also been home to the Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei Integrated
Settlement hosting over 58,000 refugees. Through our Young Changemakers
program, Akili Dada has been providing scholarships to adolescent girls in the
region as well as hosting residential leadership academies for over 300 girls
as well as teacher and parent engagements. Akili Dada’s partner school in the
region, also doubles up as a shelter for its student population. Predominantly
a boarding high school, the school is also a source of refuge for students who
cannot go home during the holidays due to violent seasonal rivers ,bandits, tribal
clashes, harmful cultural practices such as beading which is often a precursor
to early and forced marriage as well as severe famine and extensive drought. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">With the Government Directive to
unilaterally shut down all institutions of learning across the country as a
way to curb the spread of the Corona virus, we are deeply concerned about the
social, physical and psychological cost of these decision especially as relates
to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>underserved girls such as those we
program for in Turkana. We do know that the number of adolescent girls who will
remain out of school after this pandemic will greatly surpass the over 132
million girls globally who were already out of school. At the date of writing
this article<a href="file:///C:/Users/Kate/Desktop/Keeping%20Girls%20Safe%20in%20a%20Pandemic.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>,
there has been no reported COVID-19 case in Turkana County. While we applaud
the Government’s efforts to address the pandemic and reduce further infections,
we call for a more pragmatic response for adolescent girls and other vulnerable
groups of people. Indefinitely closing schools that also act as shelters is a
counter productive measure that may see very few girls return back to school.
Even if they do return, we will be plagued with a further alarmingly high national
teenage pregnancy rate as well as an upsurge in harmful cultural practices. The
e-learning and radio programming as a stop gap measure to mitigate the massive
disruption to education access is also a far to reach option for most
households in Turkana. There will be <span style="color: black;">a real risk of
regression of studies in the region for both girls and boys. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the primary pathway of an in school set up must be considered an option and a
priority in this region. Keeping students in school in this region will mean
that they are safe from cross fires and bandit attacks. Keeping students in
school in Turkana will also mean that they are afforded at least three meals a
day. Keeping girls in school will also ensure they are safe from being beaded,
from getting pregnant and with access to sanitary towels. Keeping girls in
school will also mean that they are guaranteed a right to gain an education
despite being living in a pandemic!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Global Education Monitoring Report (GEMR) (2016). “Leaving No One Behind: How
Far on the Way to Universal Primary and Secondary Education?” GEMR policy paper
27/UIS fact sheet No. 37. Montreal and Paris: UIS and GEMR.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Kate Kiamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137227743475328418noreply@blogger.com1Turkana County, Kenya3.3122477 35.5657862-0.74293629999999977 30.402212199999997 7.3674316999999991 40.729360199999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084079805837279041.post-26238352320752485172020-03-26T18:08:00.000+03:002020-03-26T18:10:20.534+03:00Remarkable girls in Turkana and Kilifi Counties.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Approximately
three years ago at Akili Dada we started the conversation of scaling our
programs and being more intentional to serve the most underserved girls and
young women in our communities. For the Young ChangeMakers Program, scaling our
scholarship program meant venturing into new territories where few other
scholarships funds were present and where the need was dire. After a year of extensive
research, site visits, learning and unlearning what works for girls in these
geographies we finally settled on two pilot schools: St. Daniel Comboni
Secondary School and St. Thomas Girls Secondary School in Turkana and Kilifi counties
respectively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 2019, we successfully
awarded scholarships in both schools.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">According to the
Ministry of Health - Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Report, the net
enrollment rate of children in primary school in Turkana County is 59%. Only
12% of girls in this region transition to secondary school. Many girls in the
region are at risk of dropping out of school due to poverty, harmful cultural
practices such as FGM and early and forced child marriage. In Kilifi, on the
other hand, only a quarter, (26%) of children in the official secondary
school-age are enrolled in secondary school. The Kenya Demographic and Health
Survey 2014 shows that 1 in every 4 girls aged 15-19 years in Kilifi has delivered
a child. Alarming high rates of teenage pregnancy, low illiteracy, poverty and
poor parenting plague the region. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yet with these shocking
statistics, barriers and huge impediments there are always outliers. In our
humbling and fulfilling experience programming in both these regions we have
met them! Not one girl but many of them! We have seen firsthand perspective how
girls with a will and an opportunity can soar. For instance, we have met the fantastic
four; Dzidia, Susan, Swabra and Safina from St. Thomas Girls who invented an
IED Detector for the Kenya Defense Force as part of their science project! We
have met the pioneer KCSE candidates from St. Daniel Comboni who despite lack
of proper infrastructure in their school were able to send a dozen girls to
public university later this year. We have met girls who are hungry to learn,
who want a seat at the front row of their class and who want the same for their
sisters, cousins and neighbors! We have met girls who are challenging lack of
implementation of the back to school policy and who refuse to accept that they
cannot be a teenage mother and a student at the same time. We have met girls
who have spoken up and who have convinced their parents and guardians that
education is truly their key and their right to life. We have met girls who are
hopeful for the future and who want to change the narrative for girls in
Turkana and Kilifi. We are excited to be part of their journey and can’t wait
to see how their stories unfold….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kate Kiamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137227743475328418noreply@blogger.com0Kenya-0.023559 37.906193-16.069316999999998 17.251896000000002 16.022199 58.56049tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084079805837279041.post-45369771212930744642017-08-17T13:11:00.001+03:002017-08-17T13:11:25.333+03:00Kamae Girls Borstal Institution Graduation Speech<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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behalf of Akili Dada, we are truly delighted to be part of the 1<sup>st</sup>
inaugural graduation ceremony and to share in this momentous celebration with
you. We applaud the efforts of the 21 young ladies who are the reasons we are
here today. We salute you for your hard work, resilience and determination and
pray that these are traits that will stay with you and that will serve you well
for a long long time to come…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Before
we get to the most important part of today’s ceremony; which is the cake
cutting- allow me to tell you a story…. When I was 6 or 7 years old, I pushed
my big sister into a pond of brown murky water. This pond was actually a rather
deep garbage hole by any standard and I pushed my sister in deliberately. At
the time, I thought it would be funny and I did not think of the possible harm
that may have befallen my own big sister! When I was 8 or 9 years old, I got
into a fight with a boy who was one class my senior because he was a bully.
When I was 14 of 15 while in High School, I found out one of my classmates was
using drugs which were actually stolen and instead of reporting her
immediately, I kept the drugs in my locker for a whole term…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Looking
back at my childhood escapades, today I realize how many laws I potentially
broke and how many mistakes some near fatal I have made. For instance, pushing
my sister into that pond could have easily turned to at best- assault
occasioning actual bodily harm or grievous bodily harm or at worst; God forbid
–attempted murder! My first and only fight with Christopher the bully could
have resulted in me being charged with battery and storing stolen drugs because
I thought I was protecting a classmate , that would have just had me charged
with handling stolen goods, aiding and abetting the furtherance of a crime and
being in possession of narcotics to name but a few. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The
punishment for each of those crimes is a custodial sentence which means I could
have easily been here in this institution just like you. You have made
mistakes, but so have I….if everyone here would be really honest with
themselves and if we are lucky with us too; you will realize they have made
mistakes too…Some of them have perhaps driven rather recklessly while on their
cell phone or even worse while after a drink too many, others have perhaps
taken something that isn’t there’s while the rest may have said something
untrue about a person. That could have them charged too with reckless and
dangerous driving, theft and defamation…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The
thing about being human also means we make mistakes. Lots of them!!!Some of
them may crush our worlds while others may go unnoticed but they are all
mistakes! Mistakes teach us, mistakes scare some of us but mistakes do not
define us. Someone once said that when you make a mistake, there are three
things you should do:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I
don’t know what mistake lead you here and quite frankly it doesn’t matter! But
I do want to know if you have admitted it, if you are learning from it and if
you solemnly swear never to repeat it!!!! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The
mere fact we are gathered here on this beautiful day may be a good indication
that some if not all of us are not letting our mistakes prevent us from
achieving our goals. I encourage each and every one of to you to keep pursuing
that which sets your soul on fire, to keep growing and too keep going. And when
you do leave here, which you will….I pray that you will put yourself out there,
that you will aspire to continue with your education and that you will remember
that you are not your mistake and you are not your struggles, you are not your
shortcoming but that you are a beautiful, amazing and all sorts of incredible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kate Kiamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137227743475328418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084079805837279041.post-86982096846045610802017-07-01T13:35:00.002+03:002017-07-01T13:35:41.193+03:00Academy Robert Bosch Fellowship (Central & Eastern Europe and Africa)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">The
Academy Robert Bosch Fellowship (Central & Eastern Europe and
Africa) is open to citizens of the following countries:</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Angola</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Ethiopia</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Mozambique</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Tanzania</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">The deadline for this fellowship has
been extended and will close on Friday, 7 July 2017 at 23h59 (BST).
Please note that previous applicants need not re-apply.</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">This
is a 9 month fellowship. The Fellowship will be based at Chatham House from
month 1-3, The Institute of International Relations Prague from months 4-6
and back at Chatham House from months 7-9.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">In
the following application you will be asked to submit your CV, a writing
sample, two references of which one must be academic, and answer questions
on your research proposal and leadership capabilities. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Please note that at this stage we only require the
contact details for your referees, not full references.</strong></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">For
the writing sample please attach one piece of writing of which you must be
the sole author. The writing sample must be in English (or an English
translation completed by the applicant only) and no more than 10 A4 pages in
length.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">For more information on this Fellowship
please click <a href="https://www.chathamhouse.org/academy/fellowships/robert-bosch-fellowship-central-europe-africa" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #005984;">here</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">If
you have any queries please email <a href="mailto:AcademyRobertBoschFellowships@chathamhouse.org" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #005984;">AcademyRobertBoschFellowships@chathamhouse.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kate Kiamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137227743475328418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084079805837279041.post-68957337149627622802017-04-27T12:42:00.000+03:002017-04-27T12:42:01.163+03:00Westerwelle Young Founders Programme 2017<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Founders Programme 2017 and attend the Young Founders Conference in Berlin,
Germany from 13 to 16 September 2017</span></b></div>
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Understanding supports collaboration that transcends borders: between young
entrepreneurs, executives and decision makers from around the world. The
Foundation globally connects people and ideas and creates spaces for
interaction and innovation. It fosters an approach that puts consensus over
conflict and community cooperation over confrontation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Westerwelle Foundation hosts an annual conference in Berlin: the Young Founders
Conference. Its focus is to connect young founders from developing and emerging
economies with each other and with the German startup scene. The participants
of the Young Founders Conference 2017 will have the unique opportunity to meet
and interact with successful German entrepreneurs and political decision
makers and will join a network of like-minded outstanding young founders from
developing and emerging countries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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access to:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Berlin, 13 to 16 September 2017<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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entrepreneurship conferences<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #3c3c3c; font-family: "Source Sans Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Young Founders Conference 2017
will take place in Berlin from 13 to 16 September 2017</span></b><span style="color: #3c3c3c; font-family: "Source Sans Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Application Deadline: 15th May 2017<br />
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<strong>Date: 12 -23 June 2017</strong><br class="manualbr" /><strong>Venue: Dakar, Senegal</strong></div>
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<strong>Call for Applications</strong></div>
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The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, CODESRIA, invites applications from academics and researchers from African universities and research centers to participate in the 2017 session of the Gender institute, which will take place in Dakar, Senegal from June 12-23, 2017.</div>
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Over the last two decades, CODESRIA has convened an annual gender institute to fortify efforts at integrating gender research and scholarship into the mainstream of social science in Africa. The overall objective of the gender institute continues to be to contribute to a greater awareness about gender issues in African social research milieus, the integration of gender analysis into social research undertaken in Africa, and the inclusion of gender approaches in the agenda of social science debates on methodology. Besides, the institute has served as a strategy to catalyze efforts by feminist academics in the universities to create space for women’s studies as a new epistemology in the study of the disciplines and challenge the prevailing androcentric view of society and culture. Ultimately, these efforts were not meant to be ends in themselves. They were part of the broader efforts to make universities in the continent much better and entrench them as critical spaces for the continent’s transformation.</div>
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After slightly over two decades of CODESRIA’s engagement with issues of gender scholarship using various fora, including the Gender Institute, the 2017 session of the institute seeks to provide an opportunity for participants to reflect on gains made and persisting challenges. This is especially in respect to the ways in which the engagements have made universities in Africa better institutions to spearhead the project of social transformation.</div>
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Universities in the continent have grown tremendously. New continental, regional and national level development blueprints such as the African Union’s vision 2063 place higher education and gender dimensions as central to realizing the visions articulated in different policy documents. At the institutional levels, enrollments are surging, institutional diversity is growing and missions have been reviewed to refocus the teaching and research functions of universities to better address societal needs. Feminist scholarship now flourishes in a number of institutions compared to the situation two decades ago. Revised curricular, new access policies and funding interventions have increased the number of women participating in the institutions.</div>
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At the same time, there is a sense that the institutions continue to operate in a manner that does not engage more organically with emerging problems in society. Increased graduate unemployment has, for example, been blamed on lack of better preparation at the institutions; growing pressures for curriculum reform and decolonization, including pressures to decolonize feminist scholarship abound; new challenges in graduate education are emerging, including the urging to connect graduate level teaching and research to global trends; among others. These issues bring into focus the need to re-examine how the various developments, including a greater embracement of feminist and gender scholarship, have contributed or limited the potential of the institutions to connect more organically with society.</div>
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Universities have since their establishment been conceived as critical drivers of social transformation and change. At the very least, this conception implies that universities have to work in ways that trigger fundamental changes in society’s core institutions, the polity and the economy, with major implications for relationships between social groups or classes, and for the means of the creation and distribution of wealth, power and status. This means going beyond the reproduction outcomes that have often been more apparent to examining the potentials that academic discourse creates to fundamentally reshape social relations for the common good. The immersion of feminist scholarship into all aspects of university life in Africa therefore logically creates an expectation of alternative outcomes. Indeed, transformation is at the very core of feminist praxis. As a theory of knowledge and an intellectual practice, feminism deconstructs the epistemological foundations of patriarchy and contributes to the emancipation of women as subjects, but also in the transformation of institutions as sites for critical intellectual engagements.</div>
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Feminism and gender discourses have potential to create alternative visions of society by challenging structural obstacles to progressive social change. While past scholarship has focused on examining how the institutions have been made receptive to feminist scholarship and to the female gender in a physical and epistemological sense, it is time reflections were made on the extent that feminist scholarship has made universities in Africa better institutions for society; for the transformation project. How empowering has gender scholarship been in imagining better approaches to studying and producing knowledge on and about Africa?</div>
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Candidates submitting proposals for consideration as laureates should critically interrogate the outcomes of feminist and gender scholarship in connection to the broad debate on the role of higher education in social transformation; understood more generally as the radical and fundamental changes in society’s core institutions, the polity and the economy, with major implications for relationships between social groups or classes, and for the means of the creation and distribution of wealth, power and status. Proposals should more specifically interrogate issues revolving around trends in knowledge production and consumption, its content, quality, utility and demand for Africa’s transformation and its fit with regards to sustainable development concerns in Africa.</div>
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<strong>Laureates</strong></div>
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Candidates submitting proposals for consideration should be PhD students or early career academics in the social sciences and humanities and those working in the broad field of gender and women studies. Scholars outside universities but actively engaged in the area of policy process and/or social movements and civil society organizations are also encouraged to apply. The number of places available for laureates of this Institute is only fifteen (15). Africa-based academics and non-African scholars who are able to support their participation are also encouraged to submit proposals for consideration.</div>
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Applications for consideration as laureates for the institute should include:<br class="manualbr" />1. One duly completed application form;<br class="manualbr" />2. An application letter indicating institutional or organizational affiliation;<br class="manualbr" />4. A curriculum vitae;<br class="manualbr" />5. A research proposal of not more than ten (10) pages, including a descriptive analysis of the work the applicant intends to undertake, an outline of the theoretical interest of the topic chosen by the applicant, and the relationship of the topic to the problematic and concerns of the theme of the Institute;<br class="manualbr" />6. Two (2) reference letters from scholars or researchers known for their competence and expertise in the candidate’s research area (geographic and disciplinary), including their names, addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses.</div>
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<strong>Deadline</strong></div>
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The deadline for the submission of applications is 15th May 2017. Laureates will be informed of the outcome of the selection process by 30 May 2017. Selected laureates will be expected to prepare and submit completed draft research papers to be presented during the Institute to CODESRIA no later than 15th June 2017. Laureates will be expected to work on the submitted draft (and not on the abstract of the proposal) and prepare it during the Institute for subsequent possible publication.</div>
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All applications should be sent by email to: gender.institute@codesria.sn</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The WTO Young Professionals Programme (YPP) is a unique opportunity for qualified young professionals up to the age of 32 years as at 1 January 2018, from eligible developing and least-developed country (LDC) WTO Members, to enhance their knowledge and skills on WTO and international trade issues. The Programme aims to widen the pool of professionals from these countries who can later be more competitive with respect to recruitment in the WTO and/or other regional and international organizations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Applicants must be 32 years old or younger, as at 1 January 2018. A cover letter (letter of motivation) MUST accompany the application – the letter should also note UP TO THREE areas of work that applicants would be interested in, in order of preference. Applications with no accompanying letter will not be considered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is a limited programme that offers selected young professionals with the opportunity to gain work experience in the WTO. There is no guarantee of an extension of the programme or of a job offer after the one-year programme.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The selected Young Professional will be placed in a specific Division of the WTO Secretariat in accordance with the needs and priorities of the Organization; and based on the identified areas of interest of the Young Professional. Each Young Professional may express interest in not more than three areas of WTO work; and in order of preference.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The areas of work may include, inter alia, Accessions, Agriculture, Dispute Settlement, Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs), Government Procurement, Market Access (tariffs and non-tariff barriers), Rules, Trade and Development, Trade Facilitation, Economic research, Trade Policy Analysis, Trade in Services and Investment, Council and Trade Negotiations, Trade and Environment, Technical Barriers to Trade, Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures, Trade-Related Technical assistance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="sections" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Starting Salary:</strong></span> CHF 3,500 monthly salary (approximate)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Advanced university degree in law economics, or other international trade-related subjects relevant to WTO work.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Knowledge and skills:</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Minimum two (2) years of relevant experience.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Languages:</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fluency in English. A good working knowledge of one other official WTO language, French or Spanish, would be an advantage.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Additional Information:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Preference shall be given to nationals from WTO Members without any representation at the professional level in the Secretariat.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Eligible Regions: </b>WTO Member Countries</span></div>
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Kate Kiamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137227743475328418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084079805837279041.post-65244730394625734512017-04-12T12:40:00.000+03:002017-04-12T12:40:04.182+03:00YSEALI Professional Fellows<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Kate Kiamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137227743475328418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084079805837279041.post-65110301318205563132017-04-08T11:30:00.001+03:002017-04-08T11:30:55.663+03:0010th UNESCO Youth Forum Nominations (Africans Only) *Deadline 12th April, 2017*<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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10th UNESCO Youth Forum 25th - 26th October will ensure maximum interaction
between youth and UNESCO staff, working on youth actions. It will last for 2
days and some 80 to 100 young people from all over the world – but not
representing their own countries – will be invited to attend. The primary aim
of the Forum is to start developing long-term relationships with exceptional
youth for the better implementation of the Organization’s Operational Strategy
on Youth.<br />
The objectives of the Forum will be as follows:<br />
• To discuss how UNESCO can better engage with youth and scale up outstanding
youth actions<br />
• To develop lasting relationships between exceptional youth and UNESCO’s
Programme Sectors to promote the better implementation of the Operational
Strategy on Youth<br />
• To co-design a series of regional Youth Spaces (to be held over the next 2
years) to enable youth to address the issues most affecting them at a
regional/sub-regional level.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nominations
will be made by UNESCO Secretariat in accordance with strict criteria:<br />
- The participant has either led or co-shaped an innovative social initiative
that relates to one of UNESCO’s areas of competence<br />
- This social initiative has received a significant amount of public
recognition/government recognition/media coverage<br />
- A particular emphasis should be placed on stories of resilience<br />
- The participant is aged between 15-24 where possible, or should be within the
youth age definition of his/her country or region<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is
vital that any youth proposed are truly inspiring and leading change in their
communities and beyond and that they have an important story to tell. These
stories should be included in the submission form and evidence must be
provided. Listing events the youth have attended or organizations they belong to
is no longer sufficient.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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further information about the sort of youth we are looking for, please have a
look at the #YouthOfUNESCO stories on the UNESCO Youth Facebook page <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.facebook.com/UNESCOyouth&sa=D&ust=1491643017406000&usg=AFQjCNFPbtRS-VICjjsrRjtd98Evnn8d8Q"><span style="color: blue;">www.facebook.com/UNESCOyouth</span></a> <br />
The idea is to nominate the most inspiring youth from our networks and beyond
working on a subject related to UNESCO's field of competence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kate Kiamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137227743475328418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084079805837279041.post-67711696729798808562017-04-05T08:59:00.000+03:002017-04-05T08:59:35.678+03:00ART COMPETITION & EXPOSITION <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Kate Kiamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137227743475328418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084079805837279041.post-34821072260977859762017-03-25T10:04:00.000+03:002017-03-25T10:04:56.942+03:00Africa France Young Leaders Programme 2017 in France<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Young Leaders program aims to identify, unite, value the very high potential
African and French in a spirit of “promotion” of exception. The promotion will
bring together young African and French leaders in two sessions in France and
Africa with the aim of forging personal ties and proposing a common reflection
on global issues.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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expenses (Including visas, Transport and Accommodation) will be paid for.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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African?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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inclusive, sustainable and shared growth between the African continent and
France?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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commitment and involvement that has an impact on your community or
country?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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be part of the first Young Leaders promotion by AfricaFrance!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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diaspora.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="msoIns"><ins><a href="https://www.youthop.com/workshops/africa-france-young-leaders-programme-2017-france" target="_blank"><b><span style="border: solid windowtext 1.5pt; color: #1e73be; padding: 6.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; text-underline: none;">APPLY NOW</span></b></a><a href="http://www.africafrance.org/programmes/young-leaders/" target="_blank"><b><span style="border: solid windowtext 1.5pt; color: #1e73be; padding: 6.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; text-underline: none;">OFFICIAL LINK</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></ins></span></span></div>
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Kate Kiamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137227743475328418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084079805837279041.post-10452657058557246322017-03-24T22:27:00.000+03:002017-03-24T22:27:06.469+03:00British Council’s Future Leaders Connect Program 2017 in UK!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Future Leaders Connect is where exceptional individuals (aged
18-35) from around the world join a long-term network of emerging policy
leaders. You will develop your policy making expertise, make valuable
connections and gain the skills to have real impact. Together you will discuss
major global policy issues in the Houses of Parliament, engage with inspiring
leaders, visit some of the UK’s leading global institutions and collaborate to
produce innovative policy recommendations. The skills, experience and
connections you will make through Future Leaders Connect will support you to
seize your leadership potential.</span></div>
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<o:p></o:p><br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Become
a member of a long-term network, connecting with other future leaders from
across the world<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Access
to a nine day programme of leadership and policy skill development<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enhance
your professional development<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Opportunity
to have your voice and ideas heard in the UK Houses of Parliament<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Attend
private meetings with some of the UK’s most senior leaders<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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world famous leadership institutions<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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from senior policy experts and campaigners<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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to future opportunities from the British Council<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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are looking for people who can passionately articulate their vision for
global change and explain the role of policy making in helping them to
achieve this.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You
should be willing to engage in this long-term opportunity with the British
Council to become a member of Future Leaders Connect and be committed to
the network.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You
are likely to be in your early to mid-career, aged between 18 and 35 (on
14th May 2017) and already have examples of when you have demonstrated
leadership.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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will need to live in one of our participating countries (<b>Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco,
Nigeria, Pakistan, Tunisia, and the UK</b>) and be eligible to access a
visa to come to the UK.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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are looking for emerging leaders who are committed to support the
development of their country through policy change, and so encourage those
to apply who have good contextual knowledge and strong networks in the
country they are based in.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are looking to recruit a diverse group of people with different
experiences, ideas and backgrounds.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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able to speak English at IELTS level 6 or equivalent (this means you
generally you have an effective command of the language despite some
inaccuracies, inappropriate usage and misunderstandings. You can use and
understand fairly complex language, particularly in familiar situations).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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cannot be currently employed by the British Council or be an
immediate family member of a British Council employee. (In this case
immediate family member is defined as one’s spouse, parents,
grandparents, children, grandchildren, siblings
and immediate in-laws (mother-in-law, father-in-law,
brother-in-law and sister-in-law). Adopted children and stepchildren are
also counted as immediate family members.)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eligible Regions: </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Egypt,
India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tunisia, UK<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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their country<o:p></o:p></ins></span></span></div>
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to the UK, nine days of development opportunities<o:p></o:p></ins></span></span></div>
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Kate Kiamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137227743475328418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084079805837279041.post-52748270916181925232017-02-22T08:34:00.000+03:002017-02-22T08:34:04.383+03:002017 Call for New Members<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">The Youth
Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (YCSRR) is an international
organization of young people (ages 18-29 years) committed to promoting
adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health and rights at the national,
regional and international levels. We are students, researchers, lawyers,
health care professionals, educators, development workers, and most
importantly, we are all dedicated activists.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Together, we work
to ensure that the sexual and reproductive rights of all young people are
respected, guaranteed and promoted, and strive to secure the meaningful
participation of young people in decision-making that affects the lives of
young people and adolescents. We do this through advocating, generating
knowledge, sharing information, building partnerships and training young
activists.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Youth Coalition
is excited to open its 2017 call for applications for new members!</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">We are looking
for young people who are passionate about sexual and reproductive health and
rights and are eager to further their experience through international advocacy
work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">The YCSRR relies
on an active volunteer membership. Most of our work is done virtually and takes
place via an interactive online platform called Podio, as well as through email
and Skype. In order to be a member, you must be between the ages of 18 and 29
and support and promote our<a href="http://www.youthcoalition.org/about/principles-values/"><span style="color: #00afdb; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> principles
and values</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">On the whole, the
work that we do is focused on advocacy at the international level.
Specifically, our members attend international conferences and meetings where
they advocate for youth sexual and reproductive rights. We also develop
advocacy strategies, create publications and organize trainings on specific
issues such as abortion rights and youth participation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">YCSRR accepts
members from different backgrounds, with varying skills and experiences. We
accept up to two members per country. As our working language is English,
members must possess sufficient listening, speaking, reading and writing
English language skills. In addition to supporting our principles and values,
we look for members who have enough time to meaningfully contribute to the work
that we do (members are required to devote a minimum of 7 hours per week to YC
activities, which includes responding to emails, contributing to online
discussions and taking part in our planned activities). Previous knowledge of
international-level advocacy and policy instruments (e.g. the International
Conference on Population and Development’s Programme of Action, the Sustainable
Development Goals, etc.) is considered an asset.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Youth Coalition
for Sexual and Reproductive Rights recognizes the contributions and crucial
perspectives that individuals from marginalized communities bring to our team.
People including, but not limited to, those from the following groups are
encouraged to apply: indigenous peoples; women; mothers; single parents;
immigrants; protected persons/refugees; people of colour; lesbian, bisexual,
gay, two spirit, transgender, gender non-conforming, gender fluid, non-binary,
agender, gender queer, and questioning people; intersex people; people with disabilities;
and those marginalized on the basis of class or caste.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">We especially
encourage applications from young people in the following regions: Pacific,
Middle East and North Africa, Latin America, South Asia, the Caribbean and East
Asia.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Desirable skills
and competencies include:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Strong leadership skills;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Facilitation and public speaking skills;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Experience in public health;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">A human rights background (gender justice or feminist background
preferred);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Experience in the field of development;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Research and writing experience;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Experience with policy analysis;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Experience in organizing advocacy campaigns; and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Experience and/or involvement with local/regional/international
volunteer and/or youth organizations<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">If you believe
that you meet the above criteria, please follow these steps to apply:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Submit all documents to <a href="mailto:membershipcommittee@youthcoalition.org"><span style="color: #00afdb; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">membershipcommittee@youthcoalition.org</span></a> by<b> 23:59
EST/NYT March 13, 2017.</b> No late applications will be considered.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the membership committee will review it. Applicants who move on to the next
level will be invited to participate in a Skype interview. <i>Please note
that due to the high volume of applications only applicants invited to the next
stage of the recruitment process will be notified</i>. Thank you for your
understanding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Documents to be
included:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Membership Application Form</span></a>);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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teacher, colleague, friend, etc. (letter can be in English, French, Hindi,
Russian, Spanish, Tagalog or Urdu) describing your involvement in sexual and
reproductive rights work, your work in youth advocacy, and your English
proficiency (if applicable).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">If you have any
questions about YCSRR or the membership application process, feel free to
contact us at <a href="mailto:membershipcommittee@youthcoalition.org"><span style="color: #00afdb; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">membershipcommittee@youthcoalition.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kate Kiamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137227743475328418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084079805837279041.post-73081307336712109032017-02-18T10:51:00.001+03:002017-02-18T10:51:48.903+03:00Zawadi Africa Education Fund-Applications Now Open <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Providing
Scholarships to Academically Gifted Girls in Kenya, Uganda & Mozambique<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Deadline</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: 31 March <a href="https://www2.fundsforngos.org/tag/2017/"><span style="color: black;">2017</span></a></span></div>
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<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lrac7I6R52M/WKf9BxKwSYI/AAAAAAAABww/VzZ8lsO_XHAo1caSf0qFaZNkhmtn_Kp2wCLcB/s1600/zawadi-africa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lrac7I6R52M/WKf9BxKwSYI/AAAAAAAABww/VzZ8lsO_XHAo1caSf0qFaZNkhmtn_Kp2wCLcB/s320/zawadi-africa.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Zawadi <a href="https://www2.fundsforngos.org/tag/africa/"><span style="color: black;">Africa</span></a> <a href="https://www2.fundsforngos.org/category/education/"><span style="color: black;">Education</span></a> Fund is a program designed to
provide scholarships to academically gifted girls from disadvantaged
backgrounds from Africa to pursue higher education.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Zawadi Africa
Education Fund is based on the highly successful Kennedy/Mboya Student airlifts
of the 1960s, through a partnership with individuals and institutions with an
interest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Criteria</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A girl who has completed her
secondary school examination e.g. The <a href="https://www2.fundsforngos.org/tag/kenya/"><span style="color: black;">Kenya</span></a> Certificate
of Secondary Examination (KCSE)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Has demonstrated academic excellence
(A Plain or A Minus)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Has demonstrated <a href="https://www2.fundsforngos.org/tag/leadership/"><span style="color: black;">leadership</span></a> qualities
e.g. in school as a prefect, in the community, church, leadership in peer
related activities etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Has overcome insurmountable odds such
as serious financial challenges, oppressive social-cultural practices such as
early marriages and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) etc. in order to attain
academic excellence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to Apply</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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be submitted via postal mail at the address given on the website.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eligible Countries</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: Kenya, <a href="https://www2.fundsforngos.org/tag/uganda/"><span style="color: black;">Uganda</span></a> and <a href="https://www2.fundsforngos.org/tag/mozambique/"><span style="color: black;">Mozambique</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For more
information, please visit <a href="http://www.zawadiafrica.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Zawadi Africa Education Fund</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sylfaen, serif; font-size: 12pt;">This summer, you can be a part of new and growing markets of
social enterprise in key communities around the world.</span></b><span style="font-family: Sylfaen, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ghana, Nepal, Bangladesh, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru, India, and Jordan for 8-
to 10-week professional internships. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sylfaen, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Each participant is matched with an emerging social enterprise for
a professional internship lasting up to 10 weeks. Internships are fast-paced
and entrepreneurial, and provide an excellent foundation for a global career in
social impact. You will have the responsibility and support to make a lasting
difference for the organization. Some language expertise may be required in
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<span style="font-family: Sylfaen, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Don’t miss a great opportunity to do something meaningful this
summer—and jump-start an international career in the social impact field. We’re
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Kate Kiamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137227743475328418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084079805837279041.post-605580185343311802017-02-14T12:08:00.005+03:002017-02-14T12:09:41.672+03:00Open Mainframe Project Summer 2017 Intern Program Now Accepting Applications<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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accepting eight student i</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; outline: 0px;">nterns<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; outline: 0px;"> during the summer of 2017 to work in the Open
Mainframe Project development community. Each intern will work closely with a
mentor for the duration of his/her internship. For a list of suggested intern
development projects, please see our<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/openmainframeproject/tsc/projectplanning" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline: 0px; transition: color 0.2s linear;"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; outline: 0px;">Project Ideas Page</span></span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; outline: 0px;">. Internship
development projects do not need to be limited to ideas on this wiki page. If
you have a great idea for a development activity for Open Mainframe Project,
you can submit the idea as part of your application and, if chosen, the Open
Mainframe Project Internship Administrator will find a suitable mentor for you.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Each
intern will work remotely from his/her location of choice. There is no physical
work facility provided or required.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Open Mainframe Project will also give the ability for each intern successfully
completing the program to present their project at an industry conference. The
Open Mainframe Project will provide a stipend for travel for each student. To
help support the student for presenting, the project will provide professional
resources and training to help build their presentation skills.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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more details and to apply!</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">About the Open Mainframe Project </span></b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Open Mainframe Project is intended to serve as a focal point for deployment and
use of the Linux OS in a mainframe computing environment. The Project intends
to increase collaboration across the mainframe community and to developed
shared tool sets and resources. Furthermore, the Project seeks to involve the
participation of academic institutions to assist in teaching and educating the
mainframe Linux engineers and developers of tomorrow. Through our internship
program, students can expand their knowledge of mainframe technology, while at
the same time helping contribute to open source projects that will make it
easier for these infrastructure applications to run on Linux on System Z.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kate Kiamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137227743475328418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084079805837279041.post-12998015964817385312017-02-10T09:35:00.001+03:002017-02-10T09:35:12.427+03:00African Women Ambassador Internship Programme Now Open<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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in Geneva, Switzerland<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #004a80; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Are you interested in women’s rights, economic empowerment,
women’s health, peace and security? Do you come from Mali, Djibouti, Namibia,
Sierra Leone or Swaziland? Then you might be the right person to
join our African Women Ambassador Internship programme in Geneva this
spring.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #004a80; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">This is a three month internship mentored by African Women
Ambassadors in Geneva and organised in collaboration with the World YWCA.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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can apply?</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #004a80; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #004a80; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Young
Women from Mali, Djibouti, Namibia, Sierra Leone and Swaziland between 22-29
with good written and oral English or French, a Bachelor or Master’s degree in
international relations or similar studies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in the application form below, send your CV, motivation letter and degree
specialization by email to the Human Resources Officer at:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:hresources@worldywca.org" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.3s;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />
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Kate Kiamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137227743475328418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084079805837279041.post-938446945667928332017-02-08T16:33:00.002+03:002017-02-08T16:33:37.188+03:00Ashinaga Africa Initiative 2017<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Contribute to Sub-Saharan Africa’s development through higher
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organization, which provides educational and emotional support to orphaned
students. The organization has supported over 95,000 orphans in the last 45
years, and many of its graduates are actively contributing to society in a
variety of fields across the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2014. Its mission is to contribute to Sub-Saharan Africa’s expanding role in
global development through increasing access to higher education abroad. We
support orphaned students who are committed to returning home and initiating
change by providing access to full financial support to study at university
abroad (equivalent to undergraduate degree), including tuition, room, travel
cost and other necessary fees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Have lost one or both parents.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Have completed 12 years of education
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Rwanda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Ghana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi,
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Were born after 1st October 1994.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Do not have the financial means to
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performance at high school.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Are able to participate in the two
Ashinaga preparatory programs, over the course of one year, before attending
university.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Are willing to return home, or to
Sub-Saharan Africa, and contribute to society in Sub-Saharan Africa after
graduating from university.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Have no dependents who could interfere
with academic progress.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Are in good health condition and
capable of studying abroad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">This application form.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">One passport photo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Copy of term reports / high school
transcripts (the last 2 years).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Academic transcripts or diplomas from
university/post-secondary institution, if applicable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Copy of General Certificate of
Secondary Education (GCSE).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Completion of essay 1 and essay
2. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Essay 1:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> Please describe how you grew up and experienced losing
your parent(s). What challenges have you faced after the loss and what and how
did you do in order to overcome them? Please write in detail especially the
action you took to continue further education. (Maximum 500 words)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Essay 2:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> Please write a “personal statement” in English
describing why and what you want to study at university abroad. Also, please
mention whether you have any future plans of how you want to use the knowledge
and experience that you gain after graduating from university. (Maximum 500
words)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Copy of death certificate of deceased
parent(s) or alternative official document.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Copy of birth certificate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Recommendation letter from a principal
or a class teacher.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Copy of national ID card or passport.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Awards or activity certificates, if
any.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Final Deadline:
February 28th 2017*</span></b><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">**We’ll only accept “Copy of General
Certificate of Secondary Education”, if students are graduating in 2016. Please
send the copy via email to admissions.en@ashingaga.org as soon as you receive
the result (at latest by March 31, 2017).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">If you have any problems during the
course of the online application, please send an email to <a href="mailto:admissions.en@ashinaga.org"><span style="color: blue;">admissions.en@ashinaga.org</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Please also note that ONLY Successful
candidates will be contacted via email in late March 2017 to be invited to
attend an interview in their home country, which will take place in April 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">This application and
selection process is free for students, and anyone asking for payment at any
stage of this process is doing so against the will of Ashinaga, and should not
be paid.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kate Kiamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137227743475328418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084079805837279041.post-13750594087546987072017-02-06T16:39:00.002+03:002017-02-06T16:39:11.990+03:00Youth Peace Camp 2017<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Youth Peace Camp engages young people and youth
organisations from conflict affected regions in dialogue and conflict
transformation activities based on human rights education and intercultural
learning during and after the camp.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Objectives: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The main objectives (personal, organisational and
institutional) of the Youth Peace Camp are:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(knowledge, skills and attitude) of participants in human rights education,
conflict transformation, intercultural learning and dialogue, including a
critical understanding of personal and collective identities and their role in
conflicts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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experiences of conflict and violence and coping strategies in a positive and
safe atmosphere of living and learning together.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To introduce and share existing youth work
practices and experiences of young people working on dialogue and conflict
transformation in their home communities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To motivate and support participants in their role
as multipliers and peer leaders in peace building activities with young people
encouraging them to implement follow-up initiatives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To associate the participants and their
organisations with the mission and activities of the Council of Europe, in
particular its youth sector, regarding youth work in the field of conflict
transformation and intercultural dialogue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In 2017, the camp will bring together groups of
young people from the following countries and communities: Cyprus (Greek
Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots), Kosovo*, Serbia, South Caucasus region and
Ukraine (in particular the Luhansk and Donetsk regions) during its eight day
programme. Each group should include an average of 6 participants.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* All reference to Kosovo, whether to the
territory, institutions or population, in this text shall be understood in full
compliance with the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1244 and
without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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information please check out: <a href="http://youthapplications.coe.int/Application-forms/APPLICATION-FORM-Youth-Peace-Camp-2017">http://youthapplications.coe.int/Application-forms/APPLICATION-FORM-Youth-Peace-Camp-2017</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kate Kiamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137227743475328418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084079805837279041.post-31773055163797160412017-01-24T14:42:00.003+03:002017-01-24T14:42:11.974+03:00Andela Looking For An All-female Kenyan Coding Cohort<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Are you a hardworking lady? Do you dream of changing the
world with software? Do you have a passion for technology? Do you have a
passion for improving the lives of your fellow citizens? Or helping to improve
the lives of all Africans? Consider applying to the </span><span style="color: #1155cd; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Andela </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Fellowship, a 4-year, paid
opportunity to master the craft of professional software development while
working for leading technology companies around the globe. Developers are
expected to be tomorrow's most successful leaders both on the continent and
around the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Andela recruits the most talented developers on the African
continent, shapes them into technical leaders, and places them as full-time
distributed team members with companies that range from Microsoft and IBM to dozens
of high-growth startups. Backed by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, GV (Google Ventures)
and Spark Capital, Andela is building the next generation of global technology
leaders.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">As a high-performing Andela Developer, you are guaranteed
ongoing professional development training and employment with Andela for a period
of four years. After the four year program, Andela Developers can be expected
to; start their own technology companies, go on to work at other companies
seeking employees of the highest caliber, or be hired by Andela to continue their
mission of training 100 thousand young
Africans across the continent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Apply today at </span><span style="color: #1155cd; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">https://andela.com/apply </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">and see if you have what it takes!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">The application submission deadline is </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-BoldMT;">February 15, 2017 </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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