Apply for a Cultivate Fellowship by the Gender and Youth Activity (GAYA) to cultivate inclusion for food security

?What is the Cultivate Fellowship?

• A capacity-strengthening opportunity for field-based emergency and resilience food security implementers
• Focus on using qualitative methods to increase gender and youth inclusion
• Cohort of 16-20 members will participate in virtual meetings, workshops, and more
• Fellows will explore how qualitative inquiry can enhance understanding of inclusive resilience dynamics

? Eligibility

• Prospective applicants should apply as a pair from the same program
• Ideal candidates include Gender, Youth, MEL, and CLA Leads from BHA funded Emergency Programs and RFSAs
• Cohorts for implementers from other regions will be hosted in 2025-2026

? What is Expected of Participants?

• Engage in various activities over six months, including virtual and in-person sessions
• Conduct an inclusive resilience-focused qualitative inquiry within their program
• Document and share the findings at a final learning event

?Committment

Virtual Preparatory Meetings:

• Period: 4 Weeks
• Modality: Virtual workshops (on Zoom or Teams)
• Duration: 1.5 hours per week
• Worktime: Up to 1 hour per week

Workshop:

• Period: 5 days
• Modality: On site in the MENA-E region (likely Amman, Jordan)
• Duration: 8 hours each day

Virtual Follow-up Meetings:

• Period: 6-8 Weeks (with about 1 month between the 7th and 8th sessions)
• Modality: Virtual workshops (on Zoom or Teams)
• Duration: 1.5 hours per week

? Application

• Download and complete the application here by September 26, 2024
• Teams of three may apply on a case-by-case basis

Ask Questions. Email: gayacultivatefellowship@gmail.com