Reporting Grant on Gender-based Violence in the Balkans

• Eligibility:
  – all journalists and writers who believe they have a good story on an under-reported topic concerning gender-based violence in the Balkans,
  – staff reporters from local and national media who wish to co-publish the story with them.
• Type of funding: Programmatic
• Target countries: Albania, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Kosovo
• Application language: English

BIRN has partnered with ATINA NGO to counter the growing trend of violence based on the victims’ gender by increasing the capacity of journalists to understand the complexity of gender-based violence and exploitation and empowering them to engage in covering gender-related issues. Through its programme, BIRN is looking for journalists and writers interested in revealing the scale of gender-based violence in the region.

They are particularly interested in stories that cover under-reported topics of violence against women in the region. The applications will be evaluated based on the following: relevance of the presented story, feasibility, originality of the piece, professional qualifications of the applicants, motivation expressed in the application and journalistic approach

See here to learn more and apply.