Deadline: 28-Mar-22
The Department of State Consulate of the United States in Islamabad is seeking applications to increase the number of qualified women journalists and reporters in Sindh and Balochistan through professional training and the creation of a formal support network for women journalists.
The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), women journalists barely constitute five per cent of Pakistan’s body of 20,000 working journalists.
Project Goal
- The primary focus specified in this NOFO is to strengthen and increase the number of professional women journalists in Pakistan’s media industry.
- This project seeks to encourage and empower women journalists in Sindh and Balochistan provinces with quality training, opportunities, and support mechanisms to become leaders in the modern news media.
Project Objectives
- PAS Karachi seeks proposals to:
- strengthen and increase the number of qualified women journalists in Pakistan through professional journalism trainings;
- enhance their media entrepreneurial skills in print and broadcast media;
- establish a formal support network; and
- organize a final conference for all participants to collaborate, inspire, and learn from each other.
Funding Information
- Funding Mechanism Type: Grant
- Estimated Total Project Funding: $75,000
- Estimated Award Ceiling: $75,000
- Estimated Award Floor: $50,000
- Length of Project Period: Two years
- Anticipated Program Start Date: 1st October 2022
Project Audience(s)
- Over the next 24 months, the potential grantee will train about 50 entrylevel and mid-career women journalists from print, online, and broadcast media in Pakistan. The grantee will help them attain the following objectives set forth in this NOFO.
- Gender: Female
- Geographic Location: Pakistan
- Age Group: Entry-level and mid-level
- Level of Education: College / University level
- Social Class: All
- Religious Practice: All
- Profession: Journalists from print, online, and broadcast media
Eligibility Criteria
- The following non-profit organizations are eligible to apply:
- Non-governmental organizations
- Public and private educational institutions
- Think Tanks
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=337626