Deadline: 7-Nov-21
The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) is inviting women media professionals across Asia and the Pacific region to participate in its 2021 Media Fellowship on Migration and Migrant Women’s Human Rights.
This media fellowship programme intends to strengthen feminist analysis on the plight of migrant women in both mainstream and alternative media spaces. Women media professionals who work in Nepal, India, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Malaysia, and Kyrgyzstan are most encouraged to apply.
Accepted Media Fellows will be invited to a four- to six-day online capacity building workshop on migration and migrant women’s human rights in January 2022. The workshop will feature discussions on migration and migrant women’s human rights, impact of laws and policies of migrant women’s host and destination countries, and Development Justice.
At the workshop, the Media Fellows will have the opportunity to meet APWLD members from the region who are migrant rights defenders, activists, and advocates. Based on discussions and interactions with grassroots activists and experts, the Media Fellows, in consultation with APWLD, will develop a plan on how to produce critical analysis on women migrant workers and their human rights.
They may also be given opportunities to attend (virtually or physically) civil society and United Nations (UN) advocacy meetings on migration issues, depending on travel restrictions.
APWLD Roles and Responsibilities
- APWLD will provide a stipend of USD 3,000/journalist and USD 5,000/team to cover expenses for research and travel (conditions permitting) according to workplans co-developed with APWLD.
- APWLD Secretariat will also provide continuous support in shaping articles and analysis, including feedback on all stories before publishing.
- APWLD will feature the Media Fellows’ stories on all its digital assets: website, social media, and other APWLD publications where they see fit. Likewise, APWLD has the right to feature the published news stories on their website, social media and other publications, either as an excerpt or in complete form.
Fellowship Conditions
Reporting and Publishing Criteria
- Individual fellows may produce either:
- Three (3) news/feature stories of at least 1,000 words each or a multi-part series of at least 3,600 words with one story in investigative or in-depth reporting form. Out of the three stories, one should focus on APWLD members or partners working on migrant women’s issues within their country/sub-region and another one should focus on migrant women’s issues in the region.
- Two (2) audio visual outputs or multi-part series of at least five minutes each for video or 20 minutes each for audio with one output in investigative or in-depth reporting form. Out of the two outputs, one should focus on APWLD members or partners working on migrant women’s issues within their country/sub-region and another one should focus on migrant women’s issues in the region.
- Team Fellows may produce either:
- Three (3) news/feature stories of at least 1,500 words each or a multi-part series of at least 5,000 words with one story in investigative or in-depth reporting form. Out of the three stories, one should focus on APWLD members or partners working on migrant women’s issues within their country/sub-region and another one should focus on migrant women’s issues in the region.
- Three (3) audio visual outputs or multi-part series of at least five minutes each for video or 30 minutes each for audio with one output in investigative or in-depth reporting form. Out of the three outputs, one should focus on APWLD members or partners working on migrant women’s issues within their country/sub-region and another one should focus on migrant women’s issues in the region.
- Media fellows may also choose to work across audio-visual media and text media. They will produce two outputs, with at least one that focuses specifically on APWLD members or partners working on migrant women’s issues within their countries.
- There will be some flexibility in length of written text and audio-visuals on a case-by-case basis. The pieces can be long feature, advocacy-focused, data driven or documentary style.
Selection Criteria
The fellowship is open to all practicing women media professionals from Asia and the Pacific. Only seven (7) individual and team applicants will be accepted to the fellowship program. Applicants must have the following minimum qualifications:
- At least four years of media work experience
- Proficient in English and a language from the Asia or the Pacific region
- Able to travel overseas as required (conditions permitting)
- Commitment to feminist movement building
- Experience in covering women’s human rights, grassroots movements, and development issues particularly in the context of migration is an advantage.
- If applying under the team category, application should be made in the name of both co-applicants.
- Applicants whose work covers Nepal, India, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Malaysia, and Kyrgyzstan will be prioritised.
For more information, visit https://apwld.org/call-for-application-apwld-media-fellowship-on-migration-and-migrant-womens-human-rights/