ELEVATING THE VOICES OF WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE

Deadline: July 10, 2022

The Elevating the Voices of Women in Agriculture (EVWA) Campaign aims to raise awareness of the lived realities of women farmers in Africa.
With the EVWA Campaign, the BKMC is on a mission to highlight and galvanize action for the empowerment of women farmers in Africa. Women account for nearly half of the world’s smallholder farmers. In Africa, they produce 70% of the continent’s food. Yet, they are the most vulnerable members of the farming community, facing obstacles accessing land, finances, education, and more, because of gender inequalities and our changing climate.

EVWA Changemakers is an annual 30 under 30 campaign, which recognizes and gives a platform to exceptional young Africans, who lead projects that contribute to the empowerment of women farmers. Through a call for nomination, inspiring young leaders in the field of women farmers’ empowerment will be selected as EVWA Changemakers and spotlighted on the EVWA webpage. The EVWA Changemaker, leading the most innovative and inspiring project will be announced and recognized as the EVWA Champion. With the title of EVWA Champion comes a 5.000 USD seed-funding award to scale the impact of this project.

Eligibility Criteria

• Are you between 18 and 30 years old?
• Are you a national of an African country?
• Do you have upper-intermediate English language skills?
• Are you leading a project that directly works with and empowers women farmers in Africa?

Application Procedure

During the nomination process you will need to enter:

• Your personal details (e.g. name, contact information, date of birth, address, citizenship, education, language competence, short profile description)
• Your professional details (e.g. name of organization, function, your office contact details)
• Information about your project (e.g. name, location, description, explanation how the project fosters women’s empowerment and considers climate change)
• The details of a woman farmer, whom you personally know and has benefitted from your project (e.g. name, country of residence, date of birth, short profile description, how your project affects her)

At the final stage of the nomination process you will be prompted to attach the following:

• a 30-second video of yourself in which you introduce yourself with your name, nationality, and the name of your project and explain why you think you should be among the EVWA Changemakers (You will record this video online during the nomination process. There is no need to pre-record the video!)
• your CV
• a picture of yourself (portrait)
• a picture of your project (in-action)
• if available, a picture of the mentioned woman farmer

You will always be able to save your nomination form as a draft and come back to it later

Application Registration Deadline: 10th July, 2022

To Apply: Click here

Official Website: Click here