Deadline: 15 February 2019
Defenddefenders is inviting applicants for the 3rd round of Women’s Digital Safety Fellowship Program starting March 2019.
Two years ago, they 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!
Participation Involves
- 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 their own;
- Working with mentors and peers as applicants improve their skills and work to defend their 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.
Eligibility Criteria
- They 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.
Application Requirement
- 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.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
Eligible Countries: Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
For further information, please visit https://www.defenddefenders.org/jobs/safe-sister