Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship 2025: (Deadline 21 April, 2025)
Applications are open for the Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship 2025. The GRASP Fellowship seeks to build a vibrant, highly connected, and intergenerational network of African women policy professionals from diverse disciplines to drive policy change for equitable agri-food systems in sub-Saharan Africa.
Fellows will be drawn from diverse organizations including government agencies, non-governmental organizations, academia, research organizations, the private sector, civil society, regional and sub-regional communities among others. The Fellowship targets African women at different stages of their professional careers who are actively engaged in finding solutions that address gender inequalities in policies.
Benefits
- Successful applicants, known as AWARD Policy Fellows, receive customized training in leadership, negotiations, gender, and agrifood systems policies. Coupled with mentoring, coaching, and peer learning support, this training is designed to sharpen their skills in analyzing policies from a gender perspective and equip them to lead policy processes.
- Fellows will get an opportunity to apply their learnings and gain hands-on experience by designing and implementing policy innovation projects focusing on important policies of their choice.
Eligibility
- Open to nationals of Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Uganda.
- Resident in Africa for the entire duration of the fellowship.
- Have at least a master’s degree in a relevant discipline in agrifood systems.
- Have at least ten years working experience in agrifood systems related areas.
- Demonstrated interest and contribution to gender and policy issues at national, regional, or continental levels.
- Employed in national and international organizations, including government agencies, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, development, civil society, regional and sub-regional communities, or academia.
- Not a Fellow of a previous or ongoing AWARD Fellowship
- Satisfactory level of proficiency in the English language to enable them to participate in training and other fellowship activities.
Application
The call for applications closes at midnight on April 21, 2025, East Africa Time (GMT+3). Applications will NOT be accepted after this date.
For more information, visit GRASP.
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