Ethiopia: #YouthForChange Ethiopia - Youth Volunteer, 6 posts

Are you a motivated youth change agent that is passionate about fighting child, early and forced marriage, Female Genital Mutilation and other forms of Gender Based Violence?

If so, keep reading because we need your help in the fight to end such harmful practices.**We are searching for new members to join the #YouthForChange campaign team – a global volunteer initiative comprised of young people advocating for an end to Gender Based Violence, particularly female genital mutilation (FGM) and child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) across four countries (Bangladesh, Ghana, Ethiopia and the UK).**

We believe that young people must be part of the solution to violence against girls and women, not just as the leaders of tomorrow but as the change makers of today. They will continue the fight in the future. Young people are facing the consequences of these practices every day and their voices must be at the heart of the debate on girls ‘well-being.

We are looking for:

SIXenthusiastic Youth Change Agents to join our campaign in Ethiopia. As a #YouthChange Agent you will:

Create and develop a national promoting strategy with the team.

• Mobilise community networks and other partners to influence national governments and other
  decision-makers on CEFM and FGM.
• Implement and deliver national youth-led events.
• Attend national events to represent the voices of young people.
• Attend inductions, face to face meetings and training sessions.
• Become part of a global youth movement to raise awareness on and bring about change to harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and FGM.
• Learn from and communicate with peers in other countries, working on the same issues.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be aged 16-29
• Already be engaged in work on Girls’ Rights issues
• Have experience in organizing events
• Have experience in working on CEFM and FGM or broader Gender Based Violence projects
• Be passionate about contributing to end CEFM, FGM and Gender Based Violence
• Have time to work hard as a panel member
• Have commitment and passion to drive forward a girl's well-being movement in Ethiopia
• Be connected or keen to be connected to others working on girls well being issues
• Be confident and flexible
• Have experience in social media

If you are ready for a challenge and want to join the #YouthForChange task force in Ethiopia please complete the application below and then*send the application and your CV, including references,*to youthforchange@plan-international.org *no later than Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 5:00PM!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS INFORMATION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU!

APPLICATION FORM

Please send this application form AND your CV, including references, in one email to

youthforchange@plan-international.org

Please write ‘#YouthForChange agent application’ into the subject line.

Thank you!

A. Personal Information

1.Name (as it appears in your ID/passport ):Click here to enter text.

2. Date of birth\*(you should be between 16 and 24 right now: Click here to enter a date.*

3. Country of origin:

4.Country of residence:

5. Contact details· Email address:
· Skype username:
· Phone number:

6. Language spoken, Written and Understood

(One of these languages should be English)

7. Gender(please tick a box)*

☐Female ☐ Male ☐ Transgender ☐ Other ☐ Prefer not to say

8.What talents do you have:

9. Dis/Ablity\*

I consider myself differently abled or disabled (please tick a box):

☐ Yes ☐ No

Comment (voluntary):

*We understand that these are very personal questions. We consider this information necessary in order to ensure a balanced and inclusive diversity in the team, including different abilities and disabilities as well as diverse genders, among other things.\

B. Affiliated organisation, if you have one

(This can be an organisation that you founded / work for / volunteer for etc.)

1.Organization Name:

2.Country / Countries the organization is active in& topics covered:

3.My role in the organization:

4. Is this organization working for/with young people?\*(Please tick a box.)*

☐ Yes ☐ No

5. If yes, please explain how\*(in just a few sentences)*****:

C. Experience

1. What is your experience on the issues of Gender Based Violence, such as child, early and forced marriage or Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)? What are your skills related to these issues, and why are you passionate about them?\*(Maximum 500 words)*

2. Give an example of when you have influenced decision makers to make them more responsive to the needs of children and youth, especially to issues faced by girls.\*(Maximum 500 words)*

3. I am experienced in

(Please tick all boxes that apply and give very short examples below, with either links and/or in a written explanation. Also note that it is not necessary for you to be experienced in all of those areas to become a Task Team member!)

☐**Blogging** and writing articles

☐Working with media (radio, television, online or printed newspapers)

☐**Building support** from people in my community

☐**Social media** activism (Twitter, Facebook, other)

☐Engaging in politics and decision makers(local, regional, national, international)

☐ Planning and/or implementing and/or evaluating events related the above issues

☐**Consulting** with other (young) people in my organisation/region/city etc. to ensure a diversity of voices is reflected in my work and marginalised groups have a voice.

☐**Giving confident presentations and speeches**

☐ Other, please specify Click here to enter text.

Please provide links to examples (For example videos, Blogs, Tweets; any other forms of evidence of you work) or write here):

4. Create a creative campaign piece on Gender Based Violence (for example a song, poem, game, picture or video). (Please insert here or attach with the application.)

5.Please give an example of a #Youth For Change campaign tweet that could go out from our twitter page or a facebook status update.

6. Can you give three ideas of what you think young people can do to end Gender Based Violence?

D. Commitment

1. Why do you want to be part of the #YouthForChange team?\*(Maximum 500 words)*

2. I am willing and able to(*Please tick all boxes that apply)*

☐commit my time and skills to working with the Task Team, including:

• attending monthly calls with all members
• keeping in regular contact with the team
• Regularly updating the team on my on-going activities
• proactively identify ways to use my unique skill set to work towards the teams’ shared goals

☐**Work together** with my colleagues ensuring everyone’s voice is heard and work towards resources being equally distributed (event attendances, financial support where available)

☐ Engage actively to ensure the #YouthForChange Team remains an active and innovative group working towards end Gender Based Violence

☐**Share** the learnings and experiences gathered during my work with #YouthForChange with my affiliated organisation as well as others I meet through my activism

I acknowledge that, where members are not frequently and proactively engaged, the YouthForChange team will collectively decide if the person’s membership continues\*(Work with and for the #YouthForChange campaign will require each member to spend about 4 hours/week. Hours can significantly increase in case of campaigns, projects or conferences.)*

☐ Yes ☐ No

I have stable access to the internet on a regular basis\*(Please tick a box.)*

☐Yes ☐No

In case I am not selected as a task team member, I would like to know of other ways I can be involved in the campaigning.\*(Please tick a box.)*

☐ Yes ☐ No

Dear Applicant, please kindly be informed that there is no payment for your participation as a member of the task team for #YouthForChange;

it is a volunteer contribution.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO FILL IN THIS APPLICATION!