AWARD Climate Action (ACA) Fellowship 2025

The AWARD Climate Action (ACA) Fellowship seeks to achieve a twin goal of increasing the number of African women leading climate change action and catalyze production of climate solutions that work for women smallholders.

The Fellowship is designed to address systemic gender inequalities and build the leadership and technical capacity of African women to lead the design and implementation of inclusive climate solutions. Fellows will be drawn from diverse institutions, including government agencies, non-governmental organizations, research institutions, academia, civil society, and the private sector.

In this second cohort, the Fellowship targets high-potential African women from Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, and Senegal who are actively working in the field of climate change adaptation and are passionate about developing contextually relevant, gender-equitable interventions.

Fellowship Details of AWARD Climate

The Fellowship is a blended (virtual and face-to-face interventions), non-residential program that will be delivered over a period of two years and will include the following activities:

• Virtual and in-person training events including training in leadership, negotiation and intergenerational mentoring. They will also attend a course on how to integrate gender in climate change interventions.
• Group and individual coaching
• Mentoring program
• Regular peer-to-peer learning sessions
• Participate in regular masterclasses
• Conceptualize and lead collaborative climate projects on gender and climate adaptation known as Climate Research and Innovation Projects (CRIPs)
• Exposure on emerging trends in gender, climate change and agrifood systems
• Speaking opportunities to give seminars and other events
• In-country role modeling events

Participants who complete all the Fellowship activities will receive a certificate of Completion. The Climate Fellows will also join an elite network of experts and food systems champions including AWARD country chapters.

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Eligibility

The Accelerating African Women’s Leadership in Climate Action Fellowship is open to applicants who meet the criteria below:

• African women from Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, and Senegal.
• African women working various disciplines across gender and climate change.
• Have at least a master’s degree in a relevant discipline in agrifood systems.
• Have at least five years working experience, demonstrated interest and contribution in gender and climate change.
• African women at different stages of their professional careers who are actively engaged in finding solutions to the effects of climate change.
• Participants working in national and international organizations including government agencies and non-governmental organizations, and the private sector.
• Applicants must reside in an African country throughout the Fellowship period to be eligible.

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