Safe Sister: The Women’s Digital Safety Fellowship for East Africa 2019
Safe Sister: The Women’s Digital Safety Fellowship for East Africa 2019
Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants for Safe Sister: The Women’s Digital Safety Fellowship for East Africa 2019… Interested apps and procedures on this page to secure this opportunity.
Safe Sister: The Women’s Digital Safety Fellowship for East Africa 2019
We are pleased to announce the 3rd round of our women’s digital safety fellowship program starting March 2019.
- Type: Training
- Number of Awards: Limited
- Value of Award: Participation involves
- Eligible Countries: Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda
About the Award: Two years ago, we started the work of building a community of tech-savvy East African women ready to stand up and defend digital rights and digital safety while fighting online harassment in their communities. Since then 21 amazing women from Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan and Tanzania have been trained to play an important role in their communities as digital security mentors!
We are excited to announce the expansion of this unique group of women. We are looking for creative, self-motivated and dependable women who want to take their digital safety skills and online activism to the next level – inviting women human rights defenders from Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda to apply.
Selection Criteria: Priority will be given to applicants who:
- Demonstrate experience with strong technical competencies (though this need not be formal education);
- Have experience with tech and human rights initiatives;
- Demonstrate an understanding of their own and their community’s digital safety challenges and needs;
- Propose creative project ideas; and
- Construct clear project objectives/goals.
- Minimum 4 hours per week for 3 weeks before the first workshop to complete self-study assignments and exercises. Please note these exercises are mandatory for participation in the workshop;
- Must be available for weekly email check-ins with mentors;
- Must be able to attend a one-week workshop to be scheduled in March 2019 in Kampala, Uganda;
- Opportunity to seek small grants to carry out community digital safety activities of your own;
- Working with mentors and peers as you improve your skills and work to defend your community; and
- Opportunity to participate in a 2nd gathering of Safe Sisters to further grow skills and reflect on practice and experienced gained during project implementation.
Application Details
Application Form – How to Apply: Application requires
- Applicants must have a demonstrated interest in digital safety and security;
- Applicants should have experience working in the human rights and/or media field with strong links to communities who are digitally at-risk;
- Applicants must hold a sufficient level of english, as english will be the working language; and
- Applicants must complete and submit the application form here.
Application Deadline
15th February 2019.
For More Information:
Click Here to the Official Webpage of Safe Sister: The Women’s Digital Safety Fellowship for East Africa 2019 for more information.
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