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The Gender Lab Fellowship

 

With the dream for young women to be independent and live a life based on their own choices, 

The Gender Lab Fellowship is a space for building their leadership skills, self-awareness, and sisterhood through a multi layered ‘service learning’ model.

In a 10 month journey our fellows work with 13-14 year old school-going girls across schools in Mumbai on the prevailing social issues in their communities. Through this journey they enable their girls to  be  more confident, socially aware, better communicators and foster sisterhood.

Together they question the gender narratives around them, push boundaries, and emerge as powerful change-makers. 

 

WHO CAN BE A FELLOW ?

Join us on this journey of learning; growing, discovering your potential and changing the world, we are looking for:

Women

*Anyone identifying as a woman across social identities *Between the age of 20 and 25 years. *Fluent in Hindi(required) and any one of English/ Marathi/ Gujarati *Comfortable with extensive field work and local travel within Mumbai

Passion

Passionate about understanding and working on gender issues and women’s empowerment

Commitment

* Ready for a rigorous learning experience including field work at the grassroots * Eager to facilitate workshops for 13-14 year old girls in schools

More about the fellowship

Objectives of The Gender Lab Fellowship:

  •  Amplify the voice, agency & leadership of young women in India by taking them through a self-transformative journey
  •  Build an intersectional and inclusive learning experience for women that will focus on building self-awareness, leadership skills, and sisterhood
  •  Enable women to become socially aware, understand the impact of gender bias in their life and therefore breaking their own stereotypes
  •  Equip women with a safe space to explore their dreams and work towards becoming independent

This fellowship will include:

  • A community track where fellows initiate action/research projects on issues of gender-based violence on marginalized communities and conduct events centered around feminsit themes.
  •  Each fellow training 250-300 school girls for a community service based leadership program.
  •  A learning track where a fellow takes a deep dive into their own gender stereotypes and blocks to their self-empowerment.
  • Sessions for fellows’ development through different types of interventions like art, storytelling, role model meet-ups, movement, reflection activities, mental-well being practices, group conversations, reading, etc.

“There is a need for girls and women to step up for each other, demand and create spaces for girls and women to discover their true potential, design their dreams and make them a reality. All of this is possible when girls have the right opportunities, skills and support system: That is what I want this fellowship to be”  

– Ayushi Banerji, The Gender Lab

The Gender Lab is BRM’s vertical that focuses on addressing gender issues through innovative interventions.

It is evolving with time and currently has the following initiatives within: 

 Avanti Young Women Leadership Program

 The Gender Lab Fellowship

 The Gender Lab Boys Program 

Read About The 2019-20 Fellows’ Journey

To learn more about the fellowship you can read :

Circle Of Sisters : meet our alumni

stories from schools

stories of our fellows

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Applications for the fellowship 2021-2022 are now closed  

Due to the second wave of the CoVid-19 pandemic and the restrictions imposed for safety, the selection process of the fellowship for this year has seen some changes. We will be reaching out to the applicants selected for the final round of the selection process by mail by Monday, 31st May 2021 The 6th cohort of the fellowship is estimated to begin between 25th and 31st July 2021

Location: Mumbai  Indicative timeline of the fellowship: 20th June - 30th June 2021: Training July 2021 to March 2022: Fellowship Remuneration: Rs. 20000 per month for 9 months  Rs.5000 additional for outstation fellows for accommodation *all dates and timelines above are subject to changes in COVID19 protocols
 
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For more details/ questions contact:

Shruthi, Fellowship Lead
fellowship@thegenderlab.org