Storytelling with Data Fellowship 2025 | Empowering Feminist Advocates

Storytelling with Data Fellowship: Amplifying Feminist Narratives with Gender Data

The Storytelling with Data Fellowship is an empowering initiative designed for feminist storytellers, journalists, and gender advocates eager to harness the power of data-driven storytelling in advancing gender equality. Hosted by Equal Measures 2030 (EM2030), this fellowship provides participants with the necessary tools to transform gender data into compelling narratives that drive policy change, activism, and social impact.

Application Deadline: March 9, 2025

Why Storytelling with Data?

Feminist movements and advocates have played a crucial role in challenging inequalities, advocating for policy changes, and ensuring accountability. However, access to reliable and actionable gender data remains a significant hurdle.

Effective use of gender data strengthens advocacy efforts, offers evidence for policy reforms, and amplifies feminist voices. This fellowship bridges the gap between data, storytelling, and activism by equipping advocates with the skills to integrate gender data into their work, making their messages more impactful.

Fellowship Objectives

The Storytelling with Data Fellowship is designed to:

Transform gender data into compelling stories that engage diverse audiences.
Increase the visibility and impact of the SDG Gender Index through innovative storytelling formats.
Train feminist advocates in data-driven storytelling to influence policy and advocacy efforts.
Produce high-quality multimedia content such as blogs, videos, podcasts, infographics, and social media campaigns.
Build a global network of feminist storytellers committed to using data narratives for advocacy.

Fellowship Structure

This six-month fellowship requires a commitment of 120–180 hours and follows a structured approach with four key phases:

1. Onboarding (April 1, 2025)

Introduction to the 2024 SDG Gender Index
Identifying regional gender data stories

2. Mentorship & Training (April – May 2025)

Hands-on workshops covering narrative development, data visualization, and audience engagement

3. Storytelling Production (June – August 2025)

Creation of storytelling content, including blogs, videos, infographics, podcasts, and interactive media

4. Dissemination & Amplification (September 2025)

Publishing and promoting storytelling pieces through EM2030 platforms, advocacy reports, and global campaigns

Who Can Apply?

The fellowship is open to:

Feminist storytellers, journalists, and data advocates from Latin America & the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa (two fellows per region).
Grassroots feminist organizations incorporating storytelling into their advocacy efforts.
Gender equality influencers dedicated to using data for activism.

Each fellow is expected to produce two storytelling pieces in a format of their choice, including:

Blogs and articles
Infographics and data visualizations
Videos, podcasts, and interactive content
Social media campaigns and digital storytelling projects

Collaboration is strongly encouraged, fostering cross-regional partnerships to highlight shared gender challenges on a global scale.

Stipend and Support

Each fellow will receive a $500 stipend, disbursed in two installments:

50% after onboarding
50% upon successful submission of the final storytelling pieces

This stipend is intended to cover costs related to content production, including software, tools, and other creative resources.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Scholarship at Uniplus Global to apply