Name of the Event: Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab (DRILL) Fellowship
Date: 10 August 2024 – 10 December 2024
Mode: Online
Last Date of Application: 19 July 2024
Link to Apply:
Primary Purpose:
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To build expertise on digital rights topics among digital rights actors in the Global South.
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To increase advocacy skills among digital rights actors for effective policy influencing in the Global South.
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To build a network of digital rights advocates in the Global South
Eligibility:
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Region Focus: Africa and India
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Target Audience: Potential candidates must be early-career individuals with at least two years of experience as technology or social innovators, media practitioners, researchers, policy experts, and/or entrepreneurs.
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Qualifications: Fellows must have relevant undergraduate or postgraduate qualifications and be exceptional individuals who will bring new learnings and innovations and gain exposure to the digital ecosystem.
Fellows’ Responsibilities:
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Fellows will be expected to dedicate at least 10 hours per month to the fellowship spread across two meetings and assigned activities during the fellowship.
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The fellows will be expected to publish research and deliver an advocacy campaign on digital rights or digital inclusion in Africa and India.
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Fellows may have an opportunity to travel to the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF) in April 2025 in Lusaka, Zambia and host a session.
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The fellowship will end with a closing ceremony on 11 December 2024. The fellowship is open to potential fellows living in Africa and India.
Fellowship Benefits:
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PIN will provide a US$1000 stipend to the selected fellows, covering participation in the Fellowship.
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Fellow submissions will be published on PIN’s website and shared with the digital rights community.
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Fellows will be connected to industry experts who will lead sessions.
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Fellows will have an opportunity to join the Net Rights Coalition for continuous engagements.
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PIN will cover communications costs associated with fellow activities and provide opportunities for fellows to be embedded within the digital rights ecosystem.
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The fellowship will provide editorial and technical support for reports/Policy Briefs and guidance on advocacy campaigns.
We are not the official organisers of the program. If you have any queries regarding it, kindly contact the organisers at – drill@paradigmhq.org