Scholarships
Scholarships (among others): training on advocacy and policy influencing and training on gender mainstreaming in development.
Cyber Secure The Hague: Free Cybersecurity Tools and Advice for NGOs
With over 500 cyber attacks on NGOs since 2016, it’s more important than ever to make your NGO cyber resilient. Threats to NGOs include targeting by foreign governments and cyber criminals. While the City of The Hague provides cybersecurity assistance to international organisations, extending these resources to all local NGOs is challenging. To meet this need,
the CyberPeace Institute, DIVD, and The Hague Humanity Hub are all joining forces to help more NGOs become cyber secure.
Interested? For more information, or to enroll, please contact assistance@cyberpeaceinstitute.org
Mentorship and Ambassador Profram (MAP)
New Women Connectors is thrilled to announce the start of its new program: the Mentorship and Ambassador Program (MAP). The initiative is dedicated to empowering migrant and refugee community leaders, enabling them to become influential voices in policy-making and decision-making processes.
For the MAP, New Women Connectors will select 20 emerging leaders from the migrant and refugee communities and provide them with the knowledge and connections needed to make a meaningful impact. These leaders will be matched with experienced mentors who offer support in navigating current barriers and will guide them toward achieving their goals. It will create a network of skilled advocates, partners, and mentors working together to bring about change at the European decision-making level! Read more about the program by clicking here.
In this program, diversity of experience and knowledge is key. New Women Connectors aims to build a vast network of skilled advocates working on different topics and originating from various backgrounds. NWC specifically seeks women, non-binary, and LGBTQIA+ ambassadors who demonstrate leadership potential and solid commitment to their community. Moreover, NWC actively seeks advocates from various cultural and minority backgrounds, representing a spectrum of socio-economic and educational experiences.
New Women Connectors is looking for both Ambassadors and Mentors within this program. The deadline to apply is April 30th.
Are you passionate about making a difference within your community? You might be the next Ambassador; apply here.
Do you have valuable knowledge and experience you want to share with the future generation of policy-changers? You might be one of the future Mentors; apply here.
Rainbow Advocacy Programme
RFSL, the Swedish Federation for LGBTQI rights, has launched the call for applications for the fourth cycle of the Rainbow Advocacy Program 2024 – 2025. Applications are open until 10 March 2024.
RAP is a 13-month-long fellowship for LGBTIQ+ activists from the Global South and East to learn, network, collaborate and gain hands-on experience in UN advocacy.
The program is visionary as well as unique in its approach as it combines both the human rights and the development frameworks, with the latter focusing on the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals.
Read more and apply here
(English) Amnesty International - Free online courses
The first course,
"Combatting Gender-based Violence Online," takes approximately 90 minutes to complete and is available in English, French, Spanish, Italian, and Polish. It covers the impact of technology on gender-based violence and the importance of creating safe and inclusive online spaces.
The second course,
"Confronting and Countering Gender-based Violence," takes approximately 90 minutes to complete and is available in English, French, Spanish, Hungarian, Slovenian, and Polish. Through real-world examples and interactive activities, learners will explore the root causes, impacts, and consequences of gender-based violence.
Both courses are free and accessible to learners of all backgrounds and experience levels!
Now that the influx of Ukrainian refugees to the Netherlands is increasing, the Language Centre of the University of Groningen would like to meet the need that may arise among this group to learn the Dutch language. It has therefore decided to make the free online beginners' course 'Introduction to Dutch' permanently available for the time being. This means that anyone can start the course at any time.
The course lasts three weeks and is intended for anyone who wants to learn Dutch. Subjects such as introducing yourself and telling about family, friends, work or study are covered and short films give an impression of living in the Netherlands. You can register for free
here.