Applications are open for the L’Oréal-UNESCO Maghreb Fellowships for Women in Science 2019. The Maghreb Fellowships Programme is established within the framework of a partnership between the Foundation L’Oréal and UNESCO.

The Mslexia Women Short Story Competition is back for its eleventh year. This time, not only will the winning writer get £3,000, they will also have the prestige of being published in Mslexia, a credit shared with writers like Costa winner Angela Readman and novelist Peggy Riley.

Fellowship is a leadership, employability, innovation and entrepreneurship programme for the best and brightest female students in engineering, technology and the built environment to find solutions to global challenges.

She Leads Africa is accepting applications for its 2019 accelerator programme. The She Leads Africa Accelerator program is a 4-month entrepreneurship development program to support early-stage female entrepreneurs who are building scalable businesses in Nigeria.

The OWSD Early Career fellowship is a prestigious award of up to USD 50,000 offered to women who have completed their PhDs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects and are employed at an academic or scientific research institution in one of the listed Science and Technology Lagging Countries (STLCs).

Call for application is now open for 2019 Ph.D. Fellowships for Women Scientists from Science and Technology in Italy.

The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) is calling for applications for its 2019 Women’s Edition Training Program in West Africa. “Women’s Edition” brings together high-profile women journalists-editors, heads of desks, and journalists-for week-long seminars on topics related to reproductive health, population and development issues.

Applications are open for the Women in Science Girls’ STEAM Camps 2019. Internationally, there is a strong gender imbalance in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. 

UNCDF, in collaboration with UNESCAP, is launching Women MSME FinTech Innovation Fund which is an Innovation Fund on digital solutions for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in Asia-Pacific.

The annual International Women’s Day hackathon is back with its 5th edition – the IWH 2019.
This edition of the International Women’s Hackathon focuses on being an all-women hackathon and a platform for them to showcase their true talents and build ideas in major sectors such as Financial Technology, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Blockchain.

The IWMF’s Reporting Grants for Women’s Stories, sponsored by The Secular Society, is a funding initiative supporting journalism produced by and about women.

As part of the Rohingya humanitarian response in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, UN Women is establishing a “Gender Hub” with the objective of strengthening accountability

Each year the AWIEF Awards recognise, honour and celebrate Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners in Africa and across industry sectors, for their economic performance and contribution to Africa’s growth and social development.

The L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Sub-Saharan Africa programme aims to promote and encourage young African women in science.