Competition on coverage of gender issues ongoing [MENA]

Journalists can submit stories on women's issues in the Arab region to this competition.

Tunisia's Center of Arab Women for Training and Research (CAWTAR) and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) organize a competition for the best journalistic works on "Sustainable development and gender: the challenges of the Arab region."

Entries should be 2,000 words or less and must have been published between Jan. 1, 2017 and March 31, 2018.

The first, second and third place winners will receive US$2,000, US$1,500 and US$1,000, respectively.

The deadline is April 5.

For more information and to submit a story, contact  info@cawtar.org

OKP offers scholarships for journalism courses [Worldwide]

Midcareer journalists from several developing countries can apply for a scholarship to attend an RNTC course in the Netherlands.

The Orange Knowledge Programme (OKP) is accepting applications for journalism courses at the Radio Nederland Training Centre (RNTC). NFP is funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and run by the Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC).

Candidates must be from one of these countries: Afghanistan, Macedonia, Albania, Mozambique, Armenia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal, Benin, Nicaragua, Bhutan, Nigeria, Bolivia, Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Palestinian Territories, Burundi, Peru, Cambodia, Philippines, Colombia, Rwanda, Congo (DRC), Senegal, Cuba, Sierra Leone, Egypt, Somalia, Ethiopia, South Africa, Georgia, South Sudan, Ghana, Sri Lanka, Guatemala, Sudan, Guinee, Suriname, India, Tanzania, Indonesia, Thailand, Jordan, Uganda, Kenya, Vietnam, Lebanon, Yemen, Liberia, Zambia, Mali and Zimbabwe.

The fellowships cover travel costs, accommodation and the course fee.

The deadline to apply for the fellowship program is March 15.

Registration deadlines for the individual courses vary.

For more information, click here.

Journalism program accepting fellowship applications [Balkans]

Journalists from the Balkans can apply for a reporting fellowship.

The Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence program gives 10 journalists from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Greece and Serbia the opportunity to investigate stories at home or abroad with funded research, travel expenses and international seminars.

The fellowship also aims to develop and support Balkan reporting on complex reform issues that have regional and EU significance.

This year's applicants should explore issues based on the theme of truth in an era of fake news and "alternative facts."

Fellows will receive EUR2,000 and another EUR2,000 for travel and research expenses. Applicants must be proficient in English.

The deadline is March 12.

For more information on how to apply, click here.

CPLP seeks documentary entries [Lusophone countries]

Documentarians from Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe and Timor-Leste can submit a project to this contest.

The Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP, in Portuguese) invites entries to the DOCTV CPLP III International Contest.

A project from each CPLP member-state will be selected. The documentary must address the country's current reality, have 52 minutes of duration and a maximum budget of EUR50,000 (US$62,048).

The winners will receive a co-production support of up to EUR50,000, participate in a production workshop and their documentaries will be broadcast on public media.

The deadline is April 6.

For more information on how to apply (in Portuguese), click here.