Deadline: 14-Jun-23
Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) under the auspices of the Voices for Climate Action (VCA) programme welcomes proposals from African based feminist creative organizations, collectives, and coalitions to partner in developing innovative advocacy knowledge products and materials.
Through this partnership, the hope is to illuminate the precarious and yet often ignored nexus between the climate crisis and the economic justice struggle. Cognizant of the power of the arts and creative expression in raising political consciousness and challenging dominant orthodoxies, they are seeking proposals that will contribute towards building a critical mass of Pan-African feminist leaders and thinkers working to influence policies and ensure the adoption of feminist alternatives as strategies for sustainable development.
They encourage partners with diverse creative capabilities from audio, visual, and other artistry displays that can portray the lived experiences of African women, girls and gender diverse persons. The work of the partners will target key actors such as feminist movements and women’s rights organizations, civil society organizations, human rights activists, government technocrats, policy makers and media practitioners.
The approach focuses on building broad societal support for local solutions and stimulating action from diverse perspectives and alternative approaches. They facilitate unexpected new coalitions that protect and expand civic space and engage in inclusive dialogue that builds mutual trust. In doing so, they shift ownership to local civil society and support them in movement building, raising their voice to the global level and challenging power balances. They focus on strengthening mutual capacity for co-creating alternative scaled climate solutions; Setting the agenda and building movements in climate action through amplified storytelling; and undertaking joint lobbying and advocacy to make policy and financial flows responsive to locally shaped climate solutions.
Funding Information
- Grants will be awarded annually for the duration of the VCA programme (2023 – 2025) depending on performance and availability of funds.
- Grants range up to EUR 10,000 – EUR 50,000 annually and applications should be within this range.
Eligibility Criteria
- They welcome organizations/creative hubs/collectives with the following areas of expertise:
- Minimum 3 years’ experience implementing advocacy projects using arts and creative strategies
- Proven commitment to human rights and women’s rights activism and demonstrable experience in social justice or human rights broadly
- Technical knowledge of/expertise in areas of economic and climate justice
- Evidence of previous experience in using arts and creatives for advocacy/activism
- A team with interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with people in a multicultural, multi-interest, multi-ethnic environment,
- Ability to communicate and work effectively in English.
For more information, visit Akina Mama wa Afrika.