Application Deadline: April 21, 2025, East Africa Time (GMT+3).
Applications are now open for the 2025 Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship. The GRASP Fellowship seeks to build a vibrant, highly connected, and intergenerational network of African women policy professionals from diverse disciplines to drive policy change for equitable agri-food systems in sub-Saharan Africa.
Fellows will be drawn from diverse organizations including government agencies, non-governmental organizations, academia, research organizations, the private sector, civil society, regional and sub-regional communities among others.
The Fellowship targets African women at different stages of their professional careers who are actively engaged in finding solutions that address gender inequalities in policies.
Target Audience
- In this call, the Fellowship is targeting applications from Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Uganda.
Eligibility
- Applicants must have at least a master’s degree and 10 years of experience in gender, agriculture and food systems, working on policy issues at national, regional, or continental levels
- Applicants must be affiliated with either government organizations, non-government, private sector, development, civil society, regional and sub-regional communities, or academia
Benefits
- Successful applicants, known as AWARD Policy Fellows, receive customized training in leadership, negotiations, gender, and agrifood systems policies. Coupled with mentoring, coaching, and peer learning support, this training is designed to sharpen their skills in analyzing policies from a gender perspective and equip them to lead policy processes.
- Fellows will get an opportunity to apply their learnings and gain hands-on experience by designing and implementing policy innovation projects focusing on important policies of their choice.
- Successful applicants to the third Cohort will join a growing network of policy practitioners from more than 12 countries across Africa working to catalyze the design and implementation of gender-responsive policies and processes on the continent.
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship
