The United Nations Foundation through its Universal Access Project has announced a press fellowship to Rwanda which is intended for journalists who work for U.S. media outlets and who are interested in global sexual and reproductive health issues, international development, U.S. foreign policy, and the United Nations. The fellowship will offer stipend to cover travel and lodging costs and will take place the week of November 11th.
At the conference, selected journalists will have direct access to leading global experts, policymakers, researchers, advocates, and young people working to achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including family planning.
Executive Director of the Universal Access Project, Seema Jalan said, “Four billion people globally are of reproductive age at a time when progress on achieving sexual and reproductive health and rights for all is under threat. This fellowship will offer an opportunity for journalists to explore these dynamics at both a global and local level, and to meet women, families, and young people in Rwanda whose lives are impacted by access – or lack of access – to this fundamental health care.”
The conference’s location is in Rwanda, an emerging economy that has made strides in expanding contraceptive access, offers a unique backdrop to explore country-level progress and challenges on sexual and reproductive health and family planning, and to see firsthand how family planning impacts women, families, and communities.
