Her Environment, Her Future Program for Young Women from Africa & Europe 2022
Deadline: July 6, 2022
Applications for the Her Environment, Her Future Program 2022 are now open. Her Environment, Her Future is a nine-week, non-residential youth leadership and virtual advocacy program for young women from Africa and Europe fighting against climate change.
The program is focused on leadership, personal development, climate change education, policy engagement, advocacy, green and social entrepreneurship, and effective communication. At the end of the program, participants will be equipped with tools, context, and understanding of how to tangibly change their communities, countries, and regions under three overarching themes:
- Personal Development
- Advocacy and Leadership in the Climate change sector
- Networking and collaboration for impact: Africa-Europe relations.
Benefits
- Program participants will emerge with a strong network of young women leaders and certificates of participation.
Eligibility
- Open to young women and girls between the ages of 15-29;
- 10 participants will be from sub-Saharan countries: Ghana, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, and Madagascar. 10 participants will be from European countries: the United Kingdom, Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Finland, and Spain.
Application
Applications will close on July 6 at 11:59 pm CAT. The application should take you about 45 mins to an hour to complete. Tentative selection and announcement of 20 HER Leaders will be made the week of July 11, 2022.
The non-residential youth leadership and virtual advocacy program will officially start the week of July 18, 2022, and end the week of September 18, 2022.
For more information, visit Her Environment, Her Future Program.