Call for Applications – Capacity Building Workshop for LGBTIQ+ Human Rights Defenders in Africa (Centre for Human Rights)
Deadline: 31 August 2026 The LGBTIQ+ Human Rights Defenders in Africa Capacity Building Workshop is an annual event aimed at empowering selected LGBTIQ+ human rights defenders in Africa on designing and conducting strategic litigation and advocacy. Due to public health restrictions on events and international travel in South Africa, the tenth edition of the workshop will take place at the University of Pretoria. The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, with the support […]
Call for Applications – Regional Community Organizing Institute 2026 Yiaga Africa
Deadline: 14 July 2026 The West Africa Regional Community Organizing Institute (COI) is a training and capacity development program hosted by Yiaga Africa with the support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). The program was formerly known as the Youth Organizing School. The program brings together a group of approximately 30-35 mid-career practitioners from […]
Call for Applications – Digital Defenders Training CHEVS
Deadline: 26 June 2026 CHEVS is a youth-led feminist collective dedicated to advancing LGBTQIA+ equality and gender justice across West Africa. Our mission is to mobilise and strengthen LGBTQIA+ communities for collective action toward achieving equality, freedom, and justice. Through movement building, advocacy, and narrative change, CHEVS works to dismantle oppressive systems and promote holistic […]
Call for Applications – 10th Round of the Women’s Human Rights Training Institute (WHRTI-10) Equality Now
Deadline: 16 June 2026 The Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation (BGRF), in partnership with Equality Now, is proud to announce the call for applications for the 10th Round of the Women’s Human Rights Training Institute (WHRTI-10). This special round is organised as part of Equality Now’s Equal Justice Academy, continuing WHRTI’s 20-year legacy of empowering legal professionals to champion gender equality. […]
Call For Applications: Fueling Digital Activism in Africa (FDA) Training – East Africa
Deadline: 10th May 2026 AQYI and All Out are pleased to announce the call for applications for the next phase of the Fueling Digital Activism training series in Africa. From 15th to 19th June 2026, we will hold an immersive training for young LGBTQI+ rights activists from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Rwanda. The FDA […]
Call for Applications – Visual Communications Facilitator
Deadline: 14 March 2026 Urgent Action Fund Asia & Pacific (UAF A&P) is a feminist rapid response fund that supports the resilience and resistance of movements led by women, trans and non-binary activists in Asia and the Pacific in their critical defence of people and planet. Guided by feminist values, individuals, organisations, and their communities […]
Call for Applications – IGLYO Global Online Activist Academy 2026
Deadline: Sunday 22 February 2025 at 23:59 CET The Global Online Activist Academy is a 1-month skills-based training programme that aims to strengthen the global LGBTQI youth movement by building practical skills and competencies, fostering networks of support and exchange of practices, and enhancing the resilience of young LGBTQI rights defenders globally. Over the course […]
Call for Applications – Pink Economy for West Africa – PEWA Project (AQYI)
Deadline: 15th February 2026 Background African Queer Youth Initiative (AQYI) is a membership-based organisation that champions the rights of queer youth in Africa. AQYI is led by LGBTQI+ youth from across Africa, with a leadership team, staff, and volunteers all coming from the community we serve. The experiences of AQYI as queer individuals guide every […]
Call for Applications – ISHR’s training for defenders resisting democratic backsliding and advancing racial justice
Deadline: 15 January 2026, midnight CET (Geneva Time) After a successful edition in 2025, ISHR is pleased to launch the new call for applications for the 2026 Human Rights Defender Advocacy Programme (HRDAP26), which will take place both remotely and in Geneva and will be focused on thematic and context area! What’s new for HRDAP 2026? For the last 10 […]
Call for Applications – 2nd Cohort of the Feminist Transformative Justice Institute
Deadline: 03 January 2026 Feminists in Kenya (FIK) is pleased to announce the second edition of the Feminist Transformative Justice Institute! After a successful first edition in 2023, in which we provided a collective learning space that deepened awareness of the liberatory practice of Transformative Justice for marginalised groups, including LGBTQIA+ communities, Sex Workers, and […]