National Gender Fellowship 2024

The National Gender Fellowship 2024 is a research fellowship program organized by IT for Change, supported by the European Commission and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. The fellowship aims to support early-career scholars, researchers, and practitioners from India to conduct original, in-depth research projects based on fieldwork exploring the relationship between digital infrastructures, inclusion, and women's economic and social citizenship, with a focus on intersectional justice.

Key details about the fellowship:

Fellowship Duration: 1 October 2024- 30 April 2025
Financial Support: INR 2,26,200
Deliverable: A 5,000-6,000 word written output
Workshop: A mandatory 2-day training workshop in Bengaluru, India

Eligibility:

Early-career scholars, researchers, and practitioners holding Indian citizenship
Applicants must be women aged between 21 and 34 years old as of October 1, 2024.
Prior experience working on the digital economy and gender issues is preferred.
PhD candidates are eligible but must propose an original research product for the fellowship.

What are the key themes for research in the National Gender Fellowship 2024?

The National Gender Fellowship 2024 invites research proposals focused on several key themes related to gender and the digital economy. These themes are designed to explore the intersection of digital infrastructures, inclusion, and women's economic and social citizenship in India. The primary themes for research include:

Gender and Social Welfare in the Digital Age: This theme examines the impact of digital welfare schemes on women's lives, assessing how these initiatives address or exacerbate gender inequalities.
Women, Work, and the Platform Economy: Research under this theme investigates the working conditions and experiences of women in the platform economy, utilizing both ethnographic methods and quantitative data analysis.
Digital Financial Inclusion: Women Entrepreneurs and Financial Technologies This theme focuses on how digital financial inclusion initiatives empower women entrepreneurs, analyzing existing financial infrastructures and identifying gaps that affect women's participation.
Women in E-commerce: This theme explores the opportunities and challenges faced by women entrepreneurs and consumers within the e-commerce sector, employing ethnographic research to gain insights into their experiences.
Gender and Policy Landscape: Research proposals can analyze the effects of national and state-level digital policies on women's experiences in the digital economy, conducting case studies to illustrate these impacts.
The Digital Ecosystem and Gendered Financial Inclusion: This theme examines how the interconnectivity of digital technologies influences financial inclusion for women, particularly among urban poor and rural populations, focusing on gender dynamics within this ecosystem.

The fellowship invites proposals for research projects that employ quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods approaches to investigate themes such as gender and social welfare in the digital age, women's work and the platform economy, digital financial inclusion, women in e-commerce, gender and policy landscape, and the digital ecosystem and gendered financial inclusion. Interested applicants must submit a proposal, author biography, and budget allocation by August 26, 2024, to nationalgenderfellowships2024@itforchange.net

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