Applications are open for ElectHER Future Lawmakers Programme 2021. ElectHER is a non-partisan progressive women’s political advancement organization bridging inequality gaps in African democracy, by advocating for and enabling women’s leadership across the appointive and elective office.

The mission is fulfilled through behavioral change communications; skills development, human capital mobilization, and campaign financing, with an end goal to enable capable women to competitively Decide, Run and Win elections. ElectHER is on a mission to empower 1000 women to run for office and directly back ’35’ women by 2023.

The ElectHER Future Lawmakers Programme is an intensive five months legislative and leadership programme for aspiring female lawmakers. The Fellowship is targeted at professionals who have a strong interest in politics and aspire to run for lawmaking office at the Federal or State assemblies across Nigeria.

Benefits

Fellows will receive the requisite training, tools and access to a space to innovate new ideas, accelerate their impact, ideate strategies for 2023 elections, and gain increased access to human, social and financial capital.

• Over the five-month period, fellows will have access to Virtual learning sessions consisting of lectures, online seminars, discussions, workshops, informal networking, masterclasses and guest spotlight interactive sessions with key leaders and lawmakers in Nigeria and across the world.
• A one-week residency in Abuja to gain practical knowledge and engage key stakeholders.
• An opportunity to execute and fundraise for a constituency project.
• Consultancy work placement.

Eligibility

• Nigerians resident in Nigeria.
• Must be running for office at either Federal or State assemblies’ levels in 2023. May have run for office previously at the Federal or State assemblies.
• Demonstrated interests in government, politics and/or public affairs. Previously/currently working in government within a technical capacity, or in government consulting.
• Must have a clear engagement strategy for the 2023 elections and have reasonable social capital within political space.

Application Guidelines