Call for Applications: JHR Journalists for SRHR Masterclass 2025 – YOA

Deadline: July 31, 2025

Are you a journalist keen about human rights, gender justice, and youth voices? Do you need to inform compelling and impactful tales about Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) that problem stereotypes, stigma, and spark change? Apply for the JHR Journalists for SRHR Masterclass 2025.

Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) invites journalists, editors, producers, media networks, and Guilds from the East and Southern Africa areas to apply for the Journalists for SRHR Masterclass, a dynamic six-month journalism fellowship targeted on impactful, moral, and options-oriented reporting on sexual and reproductive well being rights.

The Journalists for SRHR Masterclass is an initiative by the World Health Organization, in collaboration with UNAIDS, UNFPA, and UNICEF, as part of the 2gether 4 SRHR Programme, a joint regional effort applied by the 4 companies in partnership with the Regional SRHR Team of Sweden. This joint programme leverages the comparative strengths and technical experience of the collaborating UN companies to ship as one. It goals to enhance sexual and reproductive well being and rights (SRHR) for all individuals in Eastern and Southern Africa by means of a regional strategy grounded in utilized studying on the nation degree.

Program Details

The journalism fellowship will supply a sequence of webinars that present complete coaching to boost journalists’ understanding of and reporting on points associated to sexual and reproductive well being. The coaching pays particular consideration to the related context and nuances particular to the East and Southern Africa areas.

The fellowship will run for six months, throughout which journalists will endure intensive coaching to realize sensible expertise in reporting on varied SRHR points. This fingers-on expertise goals to raise important sexual and reproductive well being subjects throughout the continent and foster transformative discussions on these rights. Those who efficiently full this system will qualify for a narrative manufacturing grant and mentorship.

Ultimately, the fellowship seeks to affect coverage adjustments that prioritize sexual and reproductive well being rights in East and Southern Africa.

Eligibility

You should:

• Be a practising and accredited journalist of their nation of jurisdiction;
• Demonstrate prior information, expertise and curiosity in protecting SRHR-related subjects;
• Be affiliated with a reputable media outlet which may be required to help the fellows’ work;
• Show proof of affirmation from a media outlet to publish (relevant to freelance journalists);
• Reside and report in East and Southern African nations;
• Be obtainable to take part within the masterclass classes totally;
• Have not less than three years of expertise in journalism;
• Be proficient in both English, French or Portuguese.

They encourage feminine journalists and key populations to apply.

Application

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to Journalists for SRHR Masterclass.