Media Fellowships: MAMTA Health Institute for Mother and Child

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Media Fellowships: MAMTA Health Institute for Mother and Child

MAMTA – Health Institute for Mother and Child, New Delhi, invites

proposals from Journalists from English and Hindi print media for " A

Fellowship Program on Young Peoples Reproductive Sexual Health and

Rights in India " .

BACKGROUND:

The fellowship programme aims to promote public education on young

people's sexual and reproductive health. Effective communication is

essential to influence knowledge, practices and behavior within a

family and simultaneously build consensus on Sexual and Reproductive

Health (SRH) issues. This will serve as one of the tools in the multi

pronged approach towards creating an enabling environment for young

people so that they practice safe behaviors and live healthy disease

free lives.

The proposed fellowship shall translate itself into issue based write

ups / op-eds fostering support and building public opinion both at

the community and policy making levels.

The fellowship provides a unique opportunity to research and analyze

major SRH issues at the programme intervention sites of MAMTA in

seven states namely Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,

Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. It would help in

building perspectives on identified concerns of young boys and girls

in a broad age group of 10-24 years. These concerns of young people

are often underestimated and hence denied in almost all cultures

across the nation. Of all, young people who are unmarried are the

worse affected who often are forced into marital obligations

unprepared and left to learn about health, social and economic

complexities only through self-experiences and sufferings.

The longstanding casual approach to young people's health concerns

reflects a poor state of affairs vis-à-vis six cross cutting issues

in our country.

Modality of Fellowship

The organization shall provide six fellowship(s), in 2008. The

fellowship would be for a period of 3 months. The fellowship will be

granted to the most suitable candidate by a panel of experts

comprised of eminent journalists, academician and development

professional.

Key Issues

1. Young People & HIV/AIDS.

2. Early Marriages and Early Pregnancy.

3. Sexuality Education.

4. Education Retention (Preventing school drop out rate)

5. Health care Services for young people

Eligibility

1. A Graduate with adequate experience/ Post Graduate degree in

Journalism/Mass Communication/Media studies (desired)

2. Association with English or Hindi or both Newspapers/News Agency

3. Journalists who are citizens of India and have been residing in

India for the past two Years. Journalists at the state level are

encouraged.

4. A minimum of 3-5 years of experience with focus on Health &

Development issues in association with accredited/registered

Newspaper or Magazine.

5. The following segment can gain from the fellowship programme-

Journalist, who have been writing over such issues

EXPECTED OUTPUT

Publication of well-researched 6-8 articles in Newspaper, Magazine

and institution's website.

i. Give visibility to young people's issues in mainstream media and

bring them center-stage.

ii. Help shape policy and public debate concerning Young People's

Health issues and Rights.

The fellowship is a part of a programme intervention initiative by

MAMTA supported by Sida. The remuneration for the same will be based

on fellowship issue identified its relevant innovative approach and

area of coverage

Last Date: March 10, 2008

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