Scholarships for Oceanic Pacific Youth to attend Women Deliver Conference 2026 in Melbourne, Australia (Fully-funded)  – YOA

Deadline: August 10, 2025

Applications are actually open for the Women Deliver Conference 2026 Scholarships. The Women Deliver 2026 Conference (WD2026) will happen from 27-30 April, 2026, in Narrm (Melbourne), Australia. With the purpose of centering the management and lived expertise of feminists, First Nations Leaders, and advocates from the area, Women Deliver is providing scholarships to youth from or based mostly in the Oceanic Pacific — particularly for those that might not in any other case give you the chance to be a part of.

WD2026 facilities the management and lived expertise of feminists, First Nations leaders, and advocates throughout the Oceanic Pacific. Over 6,500 advocates — from grassroots organizers to policymakers — will collect to share methods, construct solidarity, and form daring feminist futures.

Benefits

The Scholarship Covers:

• Full Conference registration
• Hotel lodging throughout the Conference (26-30 April, 2026)
• Roundtrip economic system airfare
• Visa charges and associated prices
• Per diems to cowl native transportation and day by day meals
• Travel insurance coverage

For members with disabilities who require a assist particular person, or adolescents underneath age 18 who want to journey with a guardian, the scholarship additionally covers bills for one accompanying particular person.

Eligibility

At this time, scholarships are completely out there to younger individuals of varied identities and backgrounds from or based mostly in the Oceanic Pacific area. Priority will probably be given to:

• Youth underneath the age of 29 (as of 1 January, 2026)
• Community-based activists 
• Young individuals from traditionally marginalized communities, together with First Nations and Indigenous people, LGBTQIA+ people, internally displaced individuals and refugees, individuals with disabilities, and adolescent women and girls from underneath-resourced populations
• Youth who haven’t beforehand obtained a Women Deliver Conference Scholarship

*Per the Pacific Community (SPC), the Oceanic Pacific area consists of those 24 nations and territories: American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna.

Application

Applications will probably be reviewed by members of the WD2026 Coordination Group, Regional Steering Committee, and Women Deliver employees. Selection is predicated on the energy and readability of responses supplied in the application type. All candidates will probably be notified by November 2025.  

This scholarship application will probably be open from July 18 to August 10, 2025, at 9:59 PM AEST (UTC +10) / 11:59 PM FJT (UTC +12). Applicants will probably be notified of outcomes in November.

Click here to apply.

For extra info, go to Women Deliver.