Rising Voices 2013 microgrants
Rising Voices is providing microgrants to support individuals, grassroots groups, networks, and organisation committed to helping their local communities participate more fully in the digital online space. more
$1000 storytelling grants up for grabs
Global Citizen and the Development and Aid World News Service are announcing a new round of storytelling microgrants. more
KC survey 2012: have your say
If you are a KC, please take 15 minutes to answer this survey by Friday, 19 October 6pm GMT. Your contribution is vital to ensuring the voices of KCs continue to have meaningful impact. more
Female journalists wanted
The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) in Washington, D.C., is inviting senior-level women journalists from developing countries to apply to its Women’s Edition program. more
OVCsupport.net writing competition
OVCsupport.net is holding its first annual writing contest. The top three submissions will be featured on the OVCsupport.net website and in the July/August eBulletin, which is sent to thousands of OVCsupport.net readers. more
43rd Union Conference: J-2-J training places available
The Journalist to Journalist Project of the National Press Foundation is offering journalism to journalism training at the 43rd Union World Conference on Lung Health in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. more
Funding available: Global HIV Vaccine Conference
Funding has become available for journalists for the AIDS Vaccine 2012 conference in Boston, Mass., Sept. 9-12 (including participation in a two-day workshop from September 8-9). more
Integration for Impact Conference: media scholarships
Media scholarships to cover the Integration for Impact Conference (12-14 September2012, Nairobi, Kenya) have become available. more
Scholarships for the Integration for Impact Conference, Kenya
A limited number of media scholarships will soon be available for the Integration for Impact Conference, which is to be held in Nairobi, Kenya on September 12-14. more
AIDS 2012: funded places available for under 24-year-olds
Restless Development (RD) is currently recruiting two youth delegates (18-24) from Europe and sub-Saharan Africa to join the Student Stop AIDS Campaign team in Washington DC for the AIDS 2012 conference. The delegates will be involved in engaging other young people in activism for AIDS 2012. more
Calling all Ugandan photographers
The Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Uganda (FCAU) has announced plans to run a photography competition for Ugandan photojournalists in 2012. The winners, along with some of the Association members, will get a chance to showcase their work at a photo exhibition to be held in Kampala. more
Seasons greetings and thanks
A big thank you to all the KCs for working so hard and being so dedicated this year. Your commitment means more stories are being told, more voices are being heard, and more people are listening. You should be proud of what you have achieved. more
AIDS 2012: Media scholarships available
The International AIDS Society (IAS) is administering the Media Scholarship Programme for the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington, D.C., USA, 22-27 July 2012. A very limited number of scholarships will be available for media representatives from around … more
ICASA: funded places available for KCs
Last minute funding has become available to send five KCs to the 16th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA 2011). more
Stop TB Partnership: request for news
The Stop TB Partnership is looking for content for its bimonthly newsletter, Stop TB News. more
The 2012 Omolulu Falobi Award for HIV Community Advocacy
Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention (AVAC) and partners are calling for nominations for the 2012 Omololu Falobi Award for Excellence in HIV Prevention Research Community Advocacy. more
Human Rights Watch offering grants of $1,000 – 10,000 for writers
Human Rights Watch is currently seeking nominations for the Hellman/Hammett grant program aimed at supporting writers all around the world who have been victims of political persecution and are in financial need. more
Call for writers: culture and women’s rights
Gender Across Borders, a global feminist blog, in partnership with Violence is Not Our Culture: the Global Campaign to End Violence Against Women in the Name of ‘Culture’, wants your perspective on the relationship between culture and women’s rights. more
Make your blog part of Blog Action Day!
Blog Action Day takes place on 16 October. The day of action encourages bloggers from around the world to blog about one important global topic on the same day. Past topics have included water, climate change and poverty, and more … more
David Kato Vision and Voice Award
David Kato, human rights activist, friend, and colleague, was murdered in his home in Kampala, Uganda on 26 January 2011. To commemorate his life, the David Kato Vision and Voice Award will be awarded every year on Human Rights Day … more
Pulitzer Center seeking African journalists for reproductive health project
The Pulitzer Center is seeking applications from African journalists to participate in a collaborative reporting project on reproductive health in Africa. more
Open Society Initiative for Sothern Africa call for proposals for civil society organizations
By fundsforngos, on September 13th, 2011 Open Society Initiative for Sothern Africa (OSISA) has been engaged in building vibrant and tolerant democracies in southern Africa by means of different thematic and country focused programs, which provide grants to civil society … more
Calling all young bloggers and journalists!
Young journalists and bloggers from across the globe are invited to be part of the 7th UNESCO Youth Forum during the general conference in Paris October 17 to 20, 2011. The Youth Forum was established in 1999 and since then … more
The Tuberculosis Survival Prize 2011
The call for nominations for The Tuberculosis Survival Prize 2011 closes on the 30th September 2011. The prize, an annual award of $2000 sponsored by the Lilly MDR-TB Partnership, is awarded in recognition of innovation in TB/MDR-TB advocacy and social … more
