Applications are being accepted for a fellowship through Afya na Haki’s Litigating Reproductive Justice in Africa (LIRA) Program. Through proactive, evidence-based, and cooperative litigation for access to SRHR at national, sub-regional, regional, and international levels, the Program seeks to foster an environment in which Africa embraces reproductive justice.

 

 

 

In order to highlight the injustices of the framework for reproductive choice, such as the various power relations and the social economic realities that shape the sexual and reproductive lives of both men and women, Reproductive Justice focuses on a social justice approach. The majority of SRHR litigation in Africa is currently rights- and choice-based, and it focuses on the negative duties that states have to individuals rather than to society.

 

Title:	Afya na Haki’s Litigating Reproductive Justice in Africa (LIRA) Program
Nationality:	ALL Africans
Funding:	Monthly Stipend
Deadline:	February 10th, 2023
Duration:
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Objective

 

The LIRA Fellowship Program’s main goal is to strengthen African experts’, litigants’, students’, and academics’ knowledge of the methods, ideas, and trajectories of SRHR litigation.

 

Afya na Haki’s Litigating Reproductive Justice in Africa (LIRA) ProgramFellowship Program

The art of SRHR litigation in Africa utilizing the reproductive justice approach will be taught to fellows. The intersectionality, negative and positive obligations of governments, power relations at all levels, and advances made through progressive legislation, judicial activism, social movement activity, and academic scholarship will all be incorporated into this strategy.

The 12-month LIRA Fellowship Programme will involve a full-time on-site commitment at Ahaki.

The fellowship is intended to assist Ahaki’s initiatives and offer chances for professional advancement in research, litigation, and capacity building in reproductive justice with an Africentric perspective. Ahaki encourages African researchers, scholars, litigants, activists, academics and practitioners from across the continent to apply.

 

Eligibility: Personal Information

The applicant must hold a master’s degree or at least five years of experience in one of the following fields: law, public health, social sciences, gender studies, human rights, or any other field related to SRHR. The applicant ought to have knowledge of SRHR-related research, litigation, and capacity building. An extra bonus would be project management and implementation experience. The candidate should be fluent in either French or English.

 

Application Requirements

 

·      The following documentation should be provided by interested candidates:

·      Complete resume

·      Motivational letter outlining the applicant’s points of interest in the fellowship.

·      The names and phone numbers of three references

·      Copies of scholarly works

·      Identification papers, such as a passport or national identity card in good standing

·      A letter of recommendation from at least one reference

 

Benefits

 

·      Successful candidates will participate in all Ahaki research and capacity-building projects and

·      Receive a monthly stipend.

·      For selected candidates, a special lodging or travel requirement might be taken into account.

 

By February 10th, 2023, all application materials must be sent to info@afyanahaki.org.

Only those who have been shortlisted will be contacted.

 

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