Call for Applications: Rainbow Advocacy Program (2024 – 2025)

Each cycle of the program is divided into four phases: an intensive training coinciding with a UN advocacy forum, a follow-on advocacy project, a final convening during another high-level advocacy forum and the project reporting period.

A very important aspect of RAP is the hands-on advocacy experience. Each cycle of the program is planned to coincide with the Human Rights Council (HRC) session and the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development Agenda. Participants will be spending a good portion of their training period by being present in those forums and by actively engaging in a manner that suits their needs and context best.

All selected participants also get:

• Access to a mentor, assisting you with their expertise when you are implementing your own advocacy project;
• A small-scale financial support for implementing your advocacy project;
• Coverage of all the costs related to the training, except local travel within your own country e.g. to and from the airport;
• Access to experts, diplomats, and other stakeholders;
• Opportunity to network with likeminded activists, share and learn from each other;
• Membership in RFSL’s Alumni Program.

Requirements

• You are eligible to apply for the Rainbow Advocacy Program if you:
  • Are ready to commit to the full 13-months period of the program;
  • Are from a country in Global South and East according to the list of Development Assistance Committee (DAC).
  • Self-identify as part of the LGBTQI community;
  • Have 1-3 years of advocacy experience, locally, nationally, regionally or internationally;
  • Have basic knowledge about international human rights mechanisms;
  • Belong to an LGBTIQ organization;
  • Have a role in the organization which includes advocacy work;
  • Your organization is working, or planning to work, with international advocacy as part of its strategy for the coming years;
  • Can freely communicate in English, both in written and oral form.
• Priority will be given to underrepresented groups, especially women of color, trans, and intersex individuals from the regions.
• The training and all the materials will be in English.

For more information, visit RFSL.