Media and Visual Journalism Fellowship on Militarism, Peace & Women’s Human Rights

• Eligibility Criteria:
  – The fellowship is open to women media professionals, journalists, and visual journalists from Asia and the Pacific with at least three years of experience.
  – Experience in covering women’s human rights, grassroots movements, and development issues particularly in the context of militarism, conflict and peace will be an added advantage.
• Type of funding: Programmatic
• Target country: Asia Pacific countries (Pakistan, India, Burma/Myanmar, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia and the Philippines)
• Application language: English

The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) is inviting women media professionals, journalists and visual journalists across the Asia-Pacific region to participate in the Media and Visual Journalism Fellowship on Militarism, Peace and Women’s Human Rights.

This year’s media fellowship aims to deepen media and visual reportage on the plight of women and the gendered impact of conflict and militarism on women and communities especially in conflict-affected areas such as Pakistan, India, Burma/Myanmar, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Interested media professionals, journalists and visual journalists may apply for individual fellowship or team up (one journalist and one visual journalist) for team fellowship. Selected individuals will be given a stipend of USD 3,000 while teams will be provided with USD 5,000 to cover expenses for research and travel (conditions permitting) according to work plans co-developed with APWLD.

See here to learn more and apply.

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