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The South Asian Network to Address Masculinities (SANAM) is offering the fellowship programme in South Asia on “Understanding Masculinities: Culture, Politics & Social Change.”
The purpose of the fellowship programme is to build a resource pool of men, women and trans people with the appropriate knowledge base and skills to work independently or through groups to challenge masculinities in different social settings.
This programme is supported by Partners for Prevention, a joint regional UN programme for Asia and the Pacific.
The Fellowship will provide:
- Participants, an opportunity for deepening reflection and awareness around the gendered self.
- A conceptual understanding to participants on masculinities and its linkages to patriarchy, globalisation, conflict, religion, identity, custom and media.
- Build facilitation skills to enable effective translation of knowledge into programs designed for intervention with local communities or other domains of works on gender justice.
The Fellowship is divided into three phases:
- Phase 1: An eighteen day residential study programme from 1 to 18 Feb 2011 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
- Phase 2: A seven day refresher course in May 2011.
- Phase 3: Implementation of a six month mentored and funded intervention project by SANAM Fellows in their respective countries.
Men, women and trans people from the following South Asian countries can apply for the fellowship: Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. 30 fellows will be selected based on their experience, prior engagement and commitments, personal history and expertise followed by an interview if required.
The full cost (travel, tuition, boarding and lodging) for the fellowship will be borne by SANAM. A small supportive grant will be provided for the third phase of the Fellowship to cover some minimal expense towards the implementation of a project identified and designed by the Fellows themselves towards the end of the trainings.
The deadline to apply for the programme is 18 November 2010. For more, visit this link.
