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Deadline: 30 April 2017 The Women’s World Summit Foundation (WWSF) is currently inviting applicants for its annual Prize to honor women and women's groups around the world exhibiting exceptional creativity, courage and commitment for the improvement of the quality of life in rural communities. The Prize aims to draw international attention to … [Read more...] about Nominations Open for 2017 WWSF Prize! Honoring Women around the World for their Creativity in Rural Life

Deadline: 27 January 2017 The Global Entrepreneurship Network is inviting applicants for its Maria Contreras-Sweet Award for Global Impact that recognizes leaders that empower new communities to innovate and advance social and environmental goals globally via entrepreneurship. The award highlights leadership that gives all entrepreneurs the power … [Read more...] about Nominations Open for GEN’s Maria Contreras-Sweet Award for Global Impact!

Deadline: 10 March 2017 Do you now someone using innovative agricultural practices to support biodiversity? If yes, then Solution Search contest is open for entries! Rare and IFOAM-Organics are inviting applicants for its “Solution Search: Farming for Biodiversity “contest with an aim to increase awareness of biodiversity, its value and the many … [Read more...] about Entries Open for “Solution Search: Farming for Biodiversity Contest” Worldwide!

Deadline: 3 February 2017 Front Line Defenders is currently accepting nominations for 2017 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk. The annual Front Line Defenders Award was established in 2005 to honour the work of a human rights defender who, through non-violent work, is courageously making an outstanding contribution to … [Read more...] about Nominations Open for 2017 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk!

Deadline: 27 January 2017 Proposals are open for the 3rd Asian Conference on Education for Sustainability (ACES 2017) to be held at the Tokyo REI Hotel Nagoya, Japan Saturday and Sunday, March 4-5, 2017. By creating and implementing coherent policies that are holistic and humanistic in nature, societies can be more inclusive and better suited for … [Read more...] about Apply for the 3rd Asian Conference on Education for Sustainability!

Deadline: 18 December 2016 What do the concepts "indigenous people" and “indigeneity” mean? Are they terms that promote indigenous and human rights, or are they tied to changing power relations in discursive ways? What is the role of these terms in the Finnish context? What are the past and current experiences of indigeneity? The University of … [Read more...] about UArctic Call for Papers:  Indigeneity in the Arctic to Promote Indigenous and Human Rights

Deadline: 15 December 2016 The IAUP Programme Committee is currently inviting applicants to participate in the new IAUP Young Scientists Conference 2017 and to submit their abstracts. An innovative scientific conference format was created to be able to discuss a variety of complex global challenges from interdisciplinary perspectives. The IAUP … [Read more...] about IAUP Young Scientists Conference 2017: Inviting Investigators from Around the Globe

Deadline: 13 January 2017 Applications are open for the 2017 conference “TransCon” to learn, educate and empower the transgender and gender non-conforming community and their allies. TransCon is a conference by Aqua Foundation for Women for the transgender community. It serves as a space to educate and empower the transgender community as well as … [Read more...] about Applications Open for 2017 Conference “TransCon”!

Deadline: 12 June 2017 The Centre for Human Rights, based at the University of Pretoria, with the support of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, is seeking applicants for its 9th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition, will be held at  Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland from 18 to … [Read more...] about Applications Open for 2017 Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition!

Deadline: 15 February 2017 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is inviting applicants for its UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2017, funded by the Cano Foundation (Colombia) and the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation (Finland). This Prize was established by UNESCO’s Executive Board, in 1997, in … [Read more...] about Nominations Open for UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2017!

Deadline: 31 January 2017 Applications are now open for Institute for the Study of Human Rights’ (ISHR) Alliance for Historical Dialogue and Accountability (AHDA) Fellowship Program, a unique opportunity for practitioners who are interested and engaged in historical dialogue work to participate in both training and academic study at Columbia … [Read more...] about Applications Open for Institute for the Study of Human Rights’ AHDA Fellowship Program!

Deadline: 1 March 2017 The Open Society Foundation is seeking applications for its Open Society Fellowship Programme with an aim to support individuals pursuing innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges. The Open Society Fellowship invites proposals relevant to the following propositions: Human rights … [Read more...] about Open Society Fellowship Programme: Supporting Open Society Challenges Worldwide

Deadline: 15 January 2017 The Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia, has currently launched nominations for the 2017 Allard Prize for International Integrity, awarded biennially to an individual, movement or organization that has demonstrated exceptional courage and leadership in combating corruption, especially … [Read more...] about Allard Prize for International Integrity: Protection of Human Rights and Fight against Corruption