fresh soil
🧠 8 year study sheds light on solutions to online sexual harassment: While online harassment is recognized as a significant problem, most scholarship focuses on descriptions of harassment and its effects. We lack explanations of why people engage in online harassment beyond bias or dislike. This article puts forth an explanatory model and suggests interventions to decrease prevalence. → Research
🧠 Online feminist participatory conference by London School of Economics: The departments of Gender and Middle Eastern Studies have put together an incredible conference bringing together academics, artists, and activists to think through ongoing uprisings through an anti-colonial feminist standpoint. Particularly interesting are the 3 participatory workshops, ranging from 'how to be a visual note-taker' to 'therapeutic movement for self and collective care.' → Event
🧠 Young leaders around the world you should know: A French-Lebanese volcanologist deepening our understanding of the changing climate; an Australian activist working to eradicate a culture of silence around sexual assault; an Afro-Brazilian pop star using her platform to speak out about racism; the youngest mayor in Afghanistan and one of few female politicians in the country. → Story
water your soul
🌿 Gardens are blueprints of intergenerational memories.
🦋 How a fashion magazine fought against a dictatorship in Portugal.
💋 Trans/generation, a standup poem from India.
🎨 Feminist graffiti paintings in the streets of Georgia.
🇩🇪 Joyful photographs from around the world by a Jamaican-Nigerian photographer challenging standards of beauty. (shoutout to our friends in Berlin - go check out this exhibit in person!)
🌺 The underrated art of eating flowers.
grow new roots
NORTH AMERICA
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Tech – Remote – Staff writer part time – New Public
Media – Remote – Social justice writer/editor – Rabble
NGO – Remote – Organizers – Detention Watch Network
NGO – Remote – Research associate – Pacific Institute
NGO – Remote – Finance assistant – Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth
NGO – Remote – Safety & security consultant – Room to Read
NGO – Remote – Paid fellows in gender equality, security, data – UNV
NGO – Chicago – Comms associate – Illinois Prison Project
NGO – Seattle – Program assistant – KIND
Tech – SF – Associate – Y Combinator
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NGO – Ottawa – Jr policy analyst – Assembly of First Nations
NGO – Remote – Sr diversity & inclusion facilitator – Anima Leadership
ASIA + OCEANIA
NGO – Feminist sustainable development fellow + consultancies in macroeconomics + CEDAW – International Women's Rights Asia Pacific
NGO – Regional consultant on young people/SRHR – ARROW
NGO – South Asia network organizer – Break Free from Plastic
NGO – Regional coordinator – Global Network Disaster Reduction
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NGO – Remote – Development manager – Hong Kong Justice Center
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Think Tank – New Delhi – Security studies research intern – Carnegie Peace Endowment
Philanthropy – Mumbai – India program coordinator – Bernard van Leer Foundation
NGO – Chennai – Analyst – Empower Tamizhagam
NGO – Chhattisgarh – Social mobilizer – Room to Read
NGO – Uttarakhand – Associate – Room to Read
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NGO – Manila – Recent grad interns – IOM
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NGO – Kuala Lumpur – Policy officer – Asylum Access
AFRICA + MIDDLE EAST
NGO – Storytelling + digital engagement consultancy (Tanzania or Kenya) – Girls Not Brides
NGO – Volunteers – Stand to End Rape
Environment – Gender + climate expert – Covenant of Mayors in Sub Saharan Africa
NGO – Francophone network coordinator (West Africa) – GIESCR
NGO – Monitoring + evaluation officer (East + West Africa) – Hivos
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NGO – Nairobi – FGM + child marriage consultant – Girls Not Brides
NGO – Nairobi – Regional comms manager – Equality Now
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International Affairs – Remote – Entrepreneurial diplomacy fellows – Network 20/20
NGO – Tunis – Young leaders fellowship – Global Water Partnership
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Media – Remote – Project manager misinformation – Internews
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NGO – Amman – Middle East regional associate – Social Development Direct
Civic Org – Amman – Intern – Edmaaj Social Responsibility
EUROPE
Ed – Research + data analysis intern – FAB
NGO – Freelance graphic designer – Oxfam EU
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NGO – Rome – Child protection intern – Save the Children Italia
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Civic Org – Vienna – Early stage researcher/PhD position – Impact Hub
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NGO – Barcelona – Global intern – Institute for Integrated Transitions
NGO – Madrid – Humanitarian consultancy – Plan Int.
NGO – Valencia – Cloud engineer - International Computing Center
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NGO – Brussels – Policy + advocacy intern – Eurochild
NGO – Brussels – Campaigns officer – EU Digital Rights
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NGO – Remote – Business analyst – Future Forest Company
Tech – London –Content writer – Cervest
Tech – London –Climate scientist model diagnostics – Cervest
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Development – Kyiv – Anticorruption consultant – MSI
NGO – Kramatorsk – Jr project manager – Triangle
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NGO – Geneva – Digital comms associate – Associate for Prevention of Torture
NGO – Geneva – Comms intern – FORAUS
Gov – Bern – Ed manager – Department of Foreign Affairs
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Law – Hague – Archives intern – International Court of Justice
LATIN AMERICA
NGO – Caribbean + Latin America movement building consultancy – She Decides
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International Affairs – Mexico City – Coordinator – Embassy of Canada in Mexico
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Consulting – Buenos Aires – Fundraising consultancy – Proa
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Development – Bogotá – Jr grants specialist – MSI
NGO – Bogotá – Coordinator education cluster – iMMAP
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NGO – Quito – Coordinator for Venezuelan refugee program – Ayuda en Acción
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Consulting – Santiago – Partnerships recruiter for UNICEF – Proa
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Development – Caranavi – Consultancy on coffee/climate change – CLAC
REMOTE
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NGO – Coordinator – International Campaign for Women's Right to Safe Abortion
Publishing – Comms strategist for queer publication in West Asia/North Africa – Kohl Journal
International Affairs – Confronting racism/white supremacy research consultant – Women of Color Advancing Peace & Security
Media – Comms associate + assistant editor (USA focus) – Truthout
Consulting – Impact strategist - Fortitude Partners
Consulting – Visual storyteller/graphic designer - Fortitude Partners
Tech – Business development associate – Taptap Send
NGO – Women, peace, security fellows – WILPF
NGO – Gender equality consultancy – Foundation for Global Compact
Philanthropy – Fund advisory committee paid positions for young women based in Africa or Asia – Free Fund
in our community garden
Spotted in our community garden this week is one of The Bloom's contributors: Kuhlekonke! KK is a master's graduate living in Pretoria, South Africa. She's passionate about celebrating more African and Asian writers, fighting for sanitary products, Indian food, film noir (ask her for movie recs) and Chinese language and culture. She exemplifies "not putting all her ova in a single ovary" – and that was just one of her many, many, clever jokes 🌷
branch out
💸 FUNDS
Community infrastructure fund for organizations doing mutual aid work in USA.
An international fund to finance projects, research, studies devoted to the analysis of the consequences of the health crisis and proposing innovative solutions in social and natural sciences.
💡 LEARN
Get smarter in seconds and learn why the LGBTQ+ community is represented by the rainbow!
For those of you passionate about humanitarian work, so this one's pretty exciting. Kaya is a global learning platform in humanitarian sector that offers free learning opportunities and courses. Their courses range on anything from international humanitarian law to wellness and resilience for frontline workers.
A free online summer camp in Japan for middle/high school students hosted by the MIT Media Lab.
Intro to international financial and tax architecture and what a feminist taxation framework might look like.
🌈 PUBLISH YOUR WORK
The annual disability rights conference call for papers for this year's theme: realizing the sexual and reproductive rights of persons with disabilities in the African region: the promise of disability rights treaties.
Call for abstracts for London School of Economic's symposium on Gender, Peace, Education, and International Law.
Submissions for an upcoming edition of Kohl, a queer gender research journal, are open. Young activists, independent researchers, and students are encouraged to apply.
Women's Rights After War project is seeking proposals for research papers or essays on the creative dimensions of movements and resistance in context of war and violence.
📆 JOIN
7 June
Join a youth-led virtual summit where 1000+ young activists will demand G7 leaders to shift the power and resources for girls’ education and leadership.
7 - 11 June
A social innovation festival to radically reimagine equitable systems by Oxford University's Business School. Hear from leaders in impact entrepreneurship, the tech for good movement, and directors of gender policy think tanks, exploring resources needed to support systemic change.
seed exchange
🌱ASKS 🌻GIVES
Ronan (London, UK)
🌱 Looking for people interested in making more environmental/social impact in their lives who can spare 40 minutes for a phone interview 🌻 The chance to participate in a learning, development, and action-based impact program when it's completed
Reply to this email and we'll make the intro! To participate in next week's seed exchange, fill out the Asks & Gives form.
Special thanks to Ica and KK for your contributions ☀️
