Deadline: 30th September, 2025
Are you a young African woman passionate about peace, justice, and accountability? Do you believe your voice should shape how governments and institutions deliver on their promises to women and youth? This is your chance to step into leadership, sharpen your skills, and join a continent-wide movement!
Researchers Without Borders (REWiB), in partnership with the African Union Gender Peace and Security Programme, is hosting a 5-day training to strengthen young African women’s skills in monitoring, documenting, and reporting on the implementation of the WPS agenda.
Graduates of the training will design and implement localized monitoring initiatives, and their findings will feed into a continental WPS monitoring compendium to be shared with the African Union, national governments, and WPS-HA Compact partners.
Benefits
At the end of the training, participants will have gained
- A solid foundation on the WPS and YPS agendas.
- Practical skills in data collection, community monitoring, and reporting.
- Hands-on experience designing, pitching, and implementing your own youth-led accountability project.
- A certificate of completion endorsed by the African Union and partners.
- Membership in a network of young African WPS monitors connected to AU and UN platforms.
Eligibility
We are looking for 20 dynamic young women who are
- A solid foundation on the WPS and YPS agendas.
- Practical skills in data collection, community monitoring, and reporting.
- Hands-on experience designing, pitching, and implementing your own youth-led accountability project.
- A certificate of completion endorsed by the African Union and partners.
- Membership in a network of young African WPS monitors connected to AU and UN platforms.
How to apply
Submit your application to [email protected] by 30th September, 2025
Your application should include
- A short personal statement (max 500 words) on why you want to join the fellowship.
- Your CV/Resume (max 2 pages).
Selected participants will
- Attend a physical training in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in November 2025, and follow-up virtual training sessions.
- Design and implement a localized monitoring activity on WPS implementation in their community.
- Produce a short community monitoring report or narrative brief.
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