“Spotlight” : Media Fellowship For Reportage On Discrimination And Violence Against Women And Trans Persons With Disabilities

Rising flame and Behanbox invite applications from women journalists to produce deep dive reportage on discrimination and violence faced at the intersection of gender and disability. The fellowship will fund original reportage highlighting lived experiences, gaps in coverage, understanding, data, policy responses and awareness about the violence and discrimination.

What is the fellowship about?

We are offering 5 fellowships to women and marginalised gender journalists to investigate and produce original reportage around (but not limited to) the following themes:

  • Violence against women and trans persons with disabilities: the various forms, areas, and around specific disabilities.
  • Sexual and reproductive health and rights related violations experienced by women and trans persons with disabilities.
  • Discrimination faced by gender marginalised disabled persons in the covid-19 crisis: access to vaccinations, healthcare, education, employment and so on.
  • Violence related laws for women and protections for disabled women.

Who can apply?

  1. Women and marginalised gender journalists with more than 3 years of reporting experience.
  2. Print, digital and multimedia journalists

Duration of the fellowship

This is a 3 month fellowship. Selected fellows will attend a 5 day online workshop in july 2021 on understanding the policy, data and legal landscape as well as the everyday experiences, language and other issues on women and trans persons with disabilities. This workshop will be facilitated by rising flame.
Fellows will produce their one original long form report every month between august and october 2021.
Fellows will receive an all inclusive fellowship amount of rs 30,000 each for the duration of the project. No additional travel or other expenditure will be paid for.

Expected outputs

  • Each fellow will be expected to produce 3 in-depth written pieces on the outlined themes between august and October 2021
  • The reported pieces will be published on BehanBox as well as other reputed publications.

Application process

The application process requires you to submit your resume and 2 samples of your written work (especially if you have reported on disability issues before).
Please mention 2 references and their email details. (Reference letters are not necessary)

Application deadline : june 30, 2021

Click here to apply for the Fellowship
For any queries, write to us at
contact@behanbox.com
team@risingflame.org

Important timelines

Application deadline: June 30, 2021
Notification to applicants: July 10, 2021
Announcement of fellows: July 20, 2021
Workshop: July 25, 2021

Terms and conditions

All reported pieces will go through a rigorous process of editing by editors at behanbox and experts at rising flame. The fellows must be available through the editing process.

About rising flame

Rising flame is a nonprofit organisation based in india, working for recognition, protection, and promotion of human rights of people with disabilities, particularly women and youth with disabilities. It is the recipient for the national award for empowerment of persons with disabilities 2019. Rising flame’s vision is to build an inclusive world in which diverse bodies, minds, and voices thrive with dignity; live free of discrimination, abuse, and violence; and enjoy equal opportunities and access. Since its establishment in 2017 as a self-led organisation, it aims to enable persons with disabilities standing at multiple intersections to have a voice, have a space, be heard and lead from the front. (website: www.risingflame.org).

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Community and Campaigns Manager

 

BehanBox, a mission-driven, women-led newsroom that focuses on gender journalism in India, is looking for a campaign manager to lead upcoming editorial projects. Our journalism records the lives, histories, desires of people invisibilised by the complex systems of our times. We are expanding the nature of this mission – moving ahead from creating and reporting impactful stories to building our community and allies, together with whom, we endeavour to drive change for a gender equal India.

We are looking for our next community and campaigns engagement manager. You will carry our mission forward from our newsroom to the wider world – our readers, supporters, co-travellers and everyone who sees this mission as their own. you will work with an award winning, passionate and deeply committed team of people who also value the duty of care.

If you know how to build deep connections with people, you are exactly the person we are looking for.

Role: Community and Campaigns Manager

Start Date: Immediately 

Location: Remote

Salary: Upto 7.2 Lakhs Per Annum depending on experience

Application Deadline: 25th April 2025

 

About the role

 

  • Build our online community: Understand our audience across platforms and actively engage with them through different channels and news products (reported features, newsletters, reels, live discussions, and more). You’ll be responsible for monitoring and growing our readership over the website, social media, and other platforms, and reviewing results to iterate and improve our outreach strategies.
  • Build external outreach: build our strategy and partnerships for external outreach in the offline world including advocacy groups, government and legislators to help our work create impact in the right channels.
  • Innovate with editorial distribution: Strategise, plan, and execute the company’s campaigns around editorial  offerings, such as events, stories, workshops, and other miscellaneous projects. 
  • Work with our extensive archive of stories: Find new ways to make our stories relevant and accessible. Also work with new and old stories to deliver fresh insights and compelling narratives for different platforms. 
  • Represent BehanBox to the world: Cultivate a strong network of relationships with existing and potential partners who share the company’s purpose and mission. Oversee all efforts to drive external visibility, including award submissions, and assessing inbound requests.

What we’re looking for

 

Our ideal candidate is someone with:

  • 3 to 5 years of work experience in a newsroom, social development sector, advertising or any other media content creation and marketing role
  • Experience in writing compelling copies, ideating and working on campaigns
  • Experience taking charge and driving projects, and an understanding of project management and coordinating between various stakeholders
  • Experience with managing and planning stories for social media channels and platforms like Substack
  • Interest in networking and interacting with people, both online and offline
  • Drive and inclination to ideate, innovate, and come up with solutions
  • Commitment to our vision and mission of driving gender equality

If you are someone who believes in the power of community-driven solutions and collaborations, then we are looking for you to join our team.

To apply, click here.