The Center for International Private Enterprise invites young people to share their ideas on how to create opportunities for youth to strengthen democracy and the private sector in their own countries.
Who can participate:
Students and young professionals aged 18-30.
Contest Deadline:
June 18, 2010
Winners Announced:
Fall 2010
Essay Length:
2,000 - 3,000 words
Essay categories:
Democracy that delivers
Entrepreneurship and society
Women and participation
For each category, first, second, and third place authors will receive a $1,000 honorarium, and CIPE will publish winning essays.
More information here: http://www.cipe.org/essay/
Monday, May 24, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Picture This: We Can End Poverty - Photo Contest
Picture This: We Can End Poverty is a global photo contest seeking to show— in a positive way— what people around the world are doing to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight goals agreed on by world leaders to halve extreme poverty by 2015.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with Olympus Corporation and the Agence France-Presse (AFP) Foundation, launched the second annual Picture This photo contest today in Johannesburg, South Africa. The contest, titled Picture This: We Can End Poverty, seeks to show the inspirational work that is being done in many countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight goals agreed on by world leaders to halve extreme poverty by 2015.
“Through the photo contest this year we want to show that the MDGs can be reached, even in the poorest and most disadvantaged countries,” said Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator, at the launch of the contest. “We hope that the contest will bring much needed attention to the quickly approaching deadline for achieving the MDGs, and motivate people and governments in developed and developing countries to redouble their efforts in the fight against extreme poverty.”
Check it out here: http://picturethis.undp.org/
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with Olympus Corporation and the Agence France-Presse (AFP) Foundation, launched the second annual Picture This photo contest today in Johannesburg, South Africa. The contest, titled Picture This: We Can End Poverty, seeks to show the inspirational work that is being done in many countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight goals agreed on by world leaders to halve extreme poverty by 2015.
“Through the photo contest this year we want to show that the MDGs can be reached, even in the poorest and most disadvantaged countries,” said Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator, at the launch of the contest. “We hope that the contest will bring much needed attention to the quickly approaching deadline for achieving the MDGs, and motivate people and governments in developed and developing countries to redouble their efforts in the fight against extreme poverty.”
Check it out here: http://picturethis.undp.org/
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Women2Women - June 1 application for young, women leaders ages 15-19
"Women2Women - America" will take place from August 3 - August 10, 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The goal of Women2Women is to provide young women students from around the world with the opportunity to learn, network, and acquire the leadership and professional development skills needed to succeed. Participants will also meet and interact with their counterparts from around the world.
The core theme of Women2Women - America is "Claim Your Seat at the Table." Sub-themes include cultural leadership, government and public service, and media technology and media literacy.
The purpose of the conference is to empower young women to become future leaders. To be accepted into Women2Women, applicants must demonstrate interest in leadership development, the democratic process and public diplomacy.
When women and girls have the opportunity to participate fully in every aspect of society, communities and countries are changed for the better.
The Women2Women – America 2009 conference will focus on how you can “Claim Your Seat at the Table” and empower other young women to do the same. You will have the opportunity to learn about the current status of women and girls around the world, as well as the social and economic progress that is possible when women and girls are fully engaged in their communities.
You will meet with leading figures tackling these challenges on an international scale, and develop leadership skills to enable you to make a difference. Perhaps most importantly, you will be joining a lifelong, global network of young women who support each other and work together to contribute to positive change around the world.
Application and more information is here: http://www.empowerpeace.org/programs/w2w/w2wconference/w2wamerica2010/index.html
The core theme of Women2Women - America is "Claim Your Seat at the Table." Sub-themes include cultural leadership, government and public service, and media technology and media literacy.
The purpose of the conference is to empower young women to become future leaders. To be accepted into Women2Women, applicants must demonstrate interest in leadership development, the democratic process and public diplomacy.
When women and girls have the opportunity to participate fully in every aspect of society, communities and countries are changed for the better.
The Women2Women – America 2009 conference will focus on how you can “Claim Your Seat at the Table” and empower other young women to do the same. You will have the opportunity to learn about the current status of women and girls around the world, as well as the social and economic progress that is possible when women and girls are fully engaged in their communities.
You will meet with leading figures tackling these challenges on an international scale, and develop leadership skills to enable you to make a difference. Perhaps most importantly, you will be joining a lifelong, global network of young women who support each other and work together to contribute to positive change around the world.
Application and more information is here: http://www.empowerpeace.org/programs/w2w/w2wconference/w2wamerica2010/index.html
Friday, May 14, 2010
Secretary’s Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women
The Secretary’s Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls seeks to find and bring to scale the most pioneering approaches to the political, economic and social empowerment of women and girls around the globe. Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the award is part of the State Department’s continuing emphasis on public-private partnerships, and is administered by its Office of Global Women’s Issues. The award, and the office, are founded on the premise that the major economic, security, governance and environmental challenges of our time cannot be solved without the full participation of women at all levels of society. The Rockefeller Foundation, as part of its mission to expand opportunity and promote more equitable growth, seeks to identify innovative approaches that can be scaled to address these challenges.
The purpose of this announcement is to invite interested parties to submit a concept paper that describes innovations that have proven to have a positive impact on the lives of women and girls politically, socially, or economically. The concept paper should: (1) describe the innovation, (2) how it has been successful, and, (3) how it can be supported and enlarged with additional financial support to empower women and girls in their communities. See here for more details: http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/innovation/rfp/index.htm
The purpose of this announcement is to invite interested parties to submit a concept paper that describes innovations that have proven to have a positive impact on the lives of women and girls politically, socially, or economically. The concept paper should: (1) describe the innovation, (2) how it has been successful, and, (3) how it can be supported and enlarged with additional financial support to empower women and girls in their communities. See here for more details: http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/innovation/rfp/index.htm
Be all you can be - in the US Dept of State
U.S. Department of State's 2011 Spring Student Internship Program.
Click here (http://careers.state.gov/students/programs.html#SIP) for more information and to start the online application process. Please note that the deadline to submit completed applications is July 01, 2010.
You must be a U.S. Citizen and a student (a full- or part-time continuing college or university junior, or graduate student - including graduating seniors intending to go on to graduate school) to be eligible. Please read the program description and vacancy announcement for more information.
Click here (http://careers.state.gov/students/programs.html#SIP) for more information and to start the online application process. Please note that the deadline to submit completed applications is July 01, 2010.
You must be a U.S. Citizen and a student (a full- or part-time continuing college or university junior, or graduate student - including graduating seniors intending to go on to graduate school) to be eligible. Please read the program description and vacancy announcement for more information.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Happy (Belated) Mother's Day... and how you can help other moms!
Every minute of every day, a mother dies of pregnancy-related causes.
Moreover, every year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), 536,000 mothers lose their lives, most dying from entirely preventable causes like bleeding and infection. These preventable deaths leave more than one million children motherless each year; children who are in turn up to 10 times more likely to die before their second birthday. Even more alarming is the fact that 75% of mothers’ lives could be saved if women had access to a skilled health worker at delivery and emergency obstetric care. Cost effective reproductive and maternal health services could save more than 400,000 mothers’ lives every year.
In fact, to achieve Millennium Development Goal 5 - to reduce maternal deaths by 75 percent by 2015 - the WHO estimates that 1,334,000 more skilled birth attendants are needed. As it currently stands, in the 15 countries with the highest maternal death rates, less than 50 percent of women have access to a skilled attendant at birth. Put simply, without enough trained health workers, we cannot hope to improve maternal health – either at a country or global level – or secure global, social and economic prosperity.
How can you help? Make a donation or volunteer with one of these or other organizations:
www.merlin-usa.org/Donate-now.aspx
www.marchofdimes.com
www.path.org/get-involved/index.php
Moreover, every year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), 536,000 mothers lose their lives, most dying from entirely preventable causes like bleeding and infection. These preventable deaths leave more than one million children motherless each year; children who are in turn up to 10 times more likely to die before their second birthday. Even more alarming is the fact that 75% of mothers’ lives could be saved if women had access to a skilled health worker at delivery and emergency obstetric care. Cost effective reproductive and maternal health services could save more than 400,000 mothers’ lives every year.
In fact, to achieve Millennium Development Goal 5 - to reduce maternal deaths by 75 percent by 2015 - the WHO estimates that 1,334,000 more skilled birth attendants are needed. As it currently stands, in the 15 countries with the highest maternal death rates, less than 50 percent of women have access to a skilled attendant at birth. Put simply, without enough trained health workers, we cannot hope to improve maternal health – either at a country or global level – or secure global, social and economic prosperity.
How can you help? Make a donation or volunteer with one of these or other organizations:
www.merlin-usa.org/Donate-now.aspx
www.marchofdimes.com
www.path.org/get-involved/index.php
DFID Funding - Poverty in developing world
DFID’s White Paper, ‘Eliminating World Poverty: Building Our Common Future’, outlines DFID’s approach to working with civil society. It highlights the fact that DFID recognises that the work of governments alone will not be enough to eliminate world poverty and that to achieve further and faster poverty reduction, governments must work closely with citizens and civil society groups.
The White Paper states that over the next few years DFID will increase its work with organisations in the UK and overseas who play an important role in development. This will include groups with who do not currently benefit from DFID support. Many of these groups are involved in supporting very small scale, often localised activities which do not meet the criteria we have for our existing centrally managed civil society funding schemes, such as the Partnership Programme Arrangements (PPA) and Civil Society Challenge Fund (CSCF).
To address this, DFID has established a new funding stream aimed at community based organisations involved in providing specific small scale, one-off support that directly targets poverty in the developing world and includes a significant development awareness component in the UK. The Fund will be operational for an initial 16 months from 2010.
The Fund is intended to offer funding opportunities to not for profit organisations but is not intended to replace or overlap with other DFID funding mechanisms. Go here to find more info: www.dfid.gov.uk/dif
Eligibility
*
The fund is open to any not for profit organisation – you do not have to be based in the UK. They will consider proposals from not for profit groups from any country in the world.
Send your application you must also send:
*
A copy of whatever documentation you have which could be described as your organisation’s constitution
*
Your organisation’s most recent annual audited or approved accounts
*
A short background note on your organisation
*
A budget showing how you intend to spend the grant requested, in the format provided.
*
A maximum 1 page cv of the lead person carrying out the project.
The White Paper states that over the next few years DFID will increase its work with organisations in the UK and overseas who play an important role in development. This will include groups with who do not currently benefit from DFID support. Many of these groups are involved in supporting very small scale, often localised activities which do not meet the criteria we have for our existing centrally managed civil society funding schemes, such as the Partnership Programme Arrangements (PPA) and Civil Society Challenge Fund (CSCF).
To address this, DFID has established a new funding stream aimed at community based organisations involved in providing specific small scale, one-off support that directly targets poverty in the developing world and includes a significant development awareness component in the UK. The Fund will be operational for an initial 16 months from 2010.
The Fund is intended to offer funding opportunities to not for profit organisations but is not intended to replace or overlap with other DFID funding mechanisms. Go here to find more info: www.dfid.gov.uk/dif
Eligibility
*
The fund is open to any not for profit organisation – you do not have to be based in the UK. They will consider proposals from not for profit groups from any country in the world.
Send your application you must also send:
*
A copy of whatever documentation you have which could be described as your organisation’s constitution
*
Your organisation’s most recent annual audited or approved accounts
*
A short background note on your organisation
*
A budget showing how you intend to spend the grant requested, in the format provided.
*
A maximum 1 page cv of the lead person carrying out the project.
Picture of the Year Contest
Here's an exciting opportunity for semi-professional, student, and early-career photographers to do work of global significance. POYi, a program of the Reynolds Journalism Institute and the oldest photojournalism program in the world, has announced the "POYi Emerging Vision Incentive."
The incentive will fund and showcase documentary work on social issues or political trends by aspiring documentary photographers. The Emerging Vision Incentive recipient will receive up to $10,000 to assist in developing a photo story that reflects daily life, social issues, cultural trends or news events. Applications are being accepted now through May 31, 2010. Learn more on how to apply here: www.poyi.org
The incentive will fund and showcase documentary work on social issues or political trends by aspiring documentary photographers. The Emerging Vision Incentive recipient will receive up to $10,000 to assist in developing a photo story that reflects daily life, social issues, cultural trends or news events. Applications are being accepted now through May 31, 2010. Learn more on how to apply here: www.poyi.org
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