SI Leader Lab – Connecting advocates of gender equality

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Deadline: February 09, 2021

Applications are invited for Funded SI Leader Lab – Connecting advocates of gender equality at Sweden.

SI Leader Lab – Connecting advocates of gender equality Details

SI Leader Lab 2021 will bring together 60 young influential civil society leaders in South Asia, the MENA region and Sweden who are active advocates of gender equality. The overarching objective is to strengthen leaders who are working for gender equality.

The programme is an opportunity for you to develop your advocacy skills and work on strategic outreach within your focus area. It’s also an opportunity to grow as a leader, exchange experiences, form new connections and to try out innovative tools and methods with peers working in a similar context.

The programme, spread over three months, contains highly interactive online meetings. We will work in smaller learning groups, combined with sessions that include all participants. The training is founded on experience-based and collaborative learning and will allow you to explore real challenges and areas of development for your own organisation in an innovative and supportive environment.

The programme is as much about personal as professional development. It is about growing as a person with renewed confidence and insights, and growing as a leader with new tools, methods and perspectives.

The particular expertise and experience of the participants will largely determine the topics that we work on. The following broader issues, however, will be central: value-based leadership and group development and effective advocacy methods.

Benefits

  • Personal insights as a leader: how to lead yourself and others through increased self-awareness and increased understanding of group development.
  • An opportunity to explore effective advocacy methods that will help you shape and reach out with a message to intended audiences.
  • The possibility to share and build knowledge in a network of experts, to inspire each other and share experiences on common challenges.

Eligibility

To be eligible SI Leader Lab – Connecting advocates of gender equality, applicants must:

  • Have a leading position (formal or informal) in a civil society organisation or network working for gender equality.
  • Work in a collaborative setting, where you have a leadership role (formal or informal).
  • Are between 22 and 32 years old (born 1988–1999).
  • Have a good working knowledge of both written and spoken English.
  • Are a citizen of Algeria, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tunisia or Yemen.
  • Are available to take part in all parts of the programme.
  • Are prepared to forward competences and knowledge you gain from the programme to your team, organisation or other relevant actors.

Programme timeline of SI Leader Lab – Connecting advocates of gender equality

  • Approximate schedule: 23 March -15 June – sessions every Tuesday at 10 am-1 pm CET. There will also be some additional dates with longer sessions. Participants will take part in online seminars, practical group assignments and individual project work.
  • Diploma ceremony: 15 June

Costs covered and arranged by Swedish Institute

  • Training and content

Applications

Only applicants who have submitted a complete application for SI Leader Lab – Connecting advocates of gender equality will be considered for the programme. These are the steps in the application process:

  • Download and fill out the SI Leader Lab application form If you are in need of an accessibility supported version of SI Leader Lab 2021 application form, please send an email to leaderlab@si.se
  • Go to the application portal
  • Upload the completed application form in English
  • Upload an updated CV in English
  • Upload a photo (not compulsory).

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