WHAT IS THE OUTRIGHT UN FELLOWSHIP?
The OutRight United Nations Fellowship is a 12-month program that supports LGBTI human rights defenders from around the world to harness the New York-based United Nations (UN) system to add value to their existing work. The program is designed to support existing work defending LGBTI people from the impact of religiously motivated violence and discrimination in the African and Caribbean regions.
The UN Fellowship aims to:
- Facilitate the use of New York-based UN spaces for LGBTI activists from Africa or the Caribbean to enhance their networks and identify new entry points for progressing the protection and promotion of LGBTI human rights in their country.
- Increase visibility and engagement of LGBTI human rights defenders from the Global-South within high-level UN political forums, specifically in response to religiously-motivated homophobia and transphobia.
- Build the capacity of New York-based UN and State representatives in the human rights of LGBTI people to assist in the protection and promotion of these rights at the international level.
- Strengthen relationships with the Caribbean and African diplomats in the New York-based UN system.
HOW IT WORKS
The OutRight UN Fellowship runs from March – December 2018. The Fellowship will include attendance at five key New York-based advocacy opportunities: The Commission on the Status of Women, the High-Level Political Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals, UN General Assembly High Level week, OutRight’s annual Week of UN Advocacy and OutRight’s OutSummit Conference. The Fellowship will include advocacy training.
Fellows will be funded to travel to four of these five meetings, each of which generally lasts 1-2 weeks. Funding includes roundtrip airfare, accommodations, visa fees, ground transportation, and per diem. A commitment to attend four of the five meetings is a requirement for acceptance into the Fellows Program.
HOW ACTIVISTS CAN APPLY
It is not a pre-requisite for this Fellowship to have experience working with the UN system, including UN agencies and human rights mechanisms,
Women, trans, gender non-confirming and intersex human rights defenders are especially encouraged to apply.
If you are an LGBTI activist from Africa or the Caribbean and feel you or your organization will benefit from taking part in OutRight’s UN Fellowship,
Please fill out the questionnaire at:
APPLY NOW
Applications are due by January 10th 2018. The successful applications will be confirmed on January 25th 2018.
