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Administration & Office

Equality Fund Journalism Fellowship

equalityfund, Harare

Location

Harare

Employment type

Full time

Field

Administration & Office

Closes

Closes in 20 days

Employer

Employer named in the advert

About the role

The Equality Fund , in partnership with Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) and African Women in Media (AWiM), has launched the inaugural Equality Fund Journalism Fellowship for journalists in ODA-eligible countries.

  • Opportunity Title: Equality Fund Journalism Fellowship |
  • Location: ODA-eligible countries
  • Closing Date: 8 November 2026
  • Work Format: Full-time or independent freelance
  • The fellowship seeks to support fact-based journalism that highlights solutions emerging from local communities in response to global crises.
  • Journalists will report from their own communities and geographies, bringing stories and solutions into view that can inform decision-makers in public and private settings.
  • The fellowship will focus on issues including:
  • Climate
  • Gender-based violence
  • Authoritarianism
  • Anti-rights movements
  • Rollback of sexual and reproductive rights and health
  • Economic injustice
  • War and conflict

Job Summary

  • Employer: equalityfund
  • Job Type: Full-time
  • Location: Harare, Zimbabwe
  • Category: Journalism
  • Salary: CAD $4,000 stipend
  • Closing Date: 2026-11-08

Key Responsibilities

  • Each journalist fellow will be expected to produce at least one published story reporting on local solutions to global crises, with a focus on gender.

Requirements

  • Be working journalists in an ODA-recipient country .
  • Work on any journalism platform, including text, digital, video or audio.
  • Report on their own communities and geographies.
  • Be either full-time journalists or independent freelance journalists.
  • As part of the phased application process, shortlisted applicants will be asked to provide a letter of editorial commitment from a news outlet .
  • In cases involving self-publishing, the editorial commitment may be substituted with a fact-checking plan .
  • Use of AI in the proposal and application is not permitted . Any use of AI during the journalistic process must be disclosed to the programme and approved in advance.

Salary

CAD $4,000 stipend

How to Apply

Apply by email: journalismfellowship@equalityfund.ca

What you need

  • Digital
  • Video or audio
  • Geographies
  • Approved in advance

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