Deadline: 20-Jun-23
The BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH) is offering art fellowship opportunities in collaboration with Oroddho Foundation under “Our Voices Our Futures” programme.
10 Fellowship grant opportunities will be provided to young (high school/college-going students) Bangladeshi artists interested in creating awareness and amplifying the voices of structurally silenced women in the country through art based advocacy. The selected Fellows will work closely with a mentor and be guided by experts to develop and implement their ideas to create innovative artwork or content to advocate for the rights of these women. This initiative aims to engage high school youths to become aware of the need for diversity, challenge stereotypes and biases, and engage in constructive conversations about diversity.
Interested candidates are encouraged to submit their proposals on the issues related to the rights of structurally silenced women which include but are not limited to gender-diverse people, indigenous women, commercial sex workers, single working women, women’s human rights defenders (WHRDs), Dalit women and women with disabilities.
Topics
- Each applicant must justify why their proposed group is structurally silenced. Following are some suggested topics, but you can propose other topics as well, with proper justification.
- The experience of violence (for structurally silenced women) in physical space and/or online space
- Social resistance movements from the past or present that inspire you (or a movement you can imagine happening in the future)
- Communities coming together: Solidarity between people across different identities and contexts
- Culture of violence: Patriarchal and heteronormative indoctrination of all genders
- Your reimagination of a world where everyone’s rights are ensured: what it would look like
- The applicants can choose any medium for their project to develop innovative advocacy materials, including painting, sculptures, posters, digital painting, poetry, acting, comedy, music, writing, comics, theatre, video/films, dance, etc. Other ideas are also welcome.
- Each individual can submit up to two proposals. However, only one proposal will be approved per person.
Funding information
- The fellowship grant will cover the development and/or installation cost of the artwork/ advocacy material up to 25,000 BDT for each. It also includes the dissemination of the products to a larger audience.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any students from grades 8 to 12 (English medium) and classes 8, 9, 10, and Intermediate 1st and 2nd year (Bangla medium) can apply for this grant. The student must be aged between 15 to 19 years.
- Previous experience in similar content creation and experience working in the women’s rights, gender, and diversity arena will add value to the application.
- Applicants who have experienced structural silence for their identity (i.e., gender, ethnicity, disability, etc.) will get preference for the fellowship.
- Committed applicants should complete and hand over the final product within the grant period, i.e., 25 June to 25 July 2023.
Assessment and Selection Criteria
- The overall quality of the proposal specifies a convincing rationale, message, and content; the target audience and expected impact of the product must be clearly framed
- Innovativeness, a unique approach to stigmatised and less-talked-about issues will get a preference
- Feasibility regarding the work plan, budget, and resources available
- Relevance of the proposal to meet the objectives of the project
- Plan for dissemination targeting policy and/or legal reforms
- ndividuals belonging to marginalised communities will get a strong preference if they fit the above criterion.
For more information, visit BRAC JPGSPH.