Member application form for the 2018 Global Meeting

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1 Dear member, Thank you for your interest in attending Girls t Brides' next Global Meeting to end child marriage. We look forward to receiving your application! This form will take approximately 20 minutes to complete, and will ask about your work, how you are addressing child marriage, and your interest in attending the event. We encourage members to finance their own participation at the meeting. Girls t Brides has a limited budget to support travel, visa and/or accommodation costs of a small number of members. Types of sponsorship and selection criteria are available here. Please indicate on your form if you wish to apply for sponsorship. If you have any questions about the meeting, visit for more information. Ready? Let's get started! Personal details 1

2 Please take a moment to tell us who you are, where you are from and what you do! * 1. Name * 2. Surname 3. Gender Female Male Other * 4. address * 5. Organisation * 6. Position * 7. Country (where you are based) * 8. Age at the time of travel * 9. Please confirm that you hold a valid passport for travel to Malaysia in June te that only those with a valid passport are eligible to apply., I hold a valid passport for travel to Malaysia in June 2018., I do not hold a valid passport for travel to Malaysia in June * 10. Please confirm that you have or will have valid travel and medical insurance for the duration of this trip., I will have valid travel and medical insurance., I will not have valid travel and medical insurance. 2

3 Your Girls t Brides membership * 11. Is your organisation a member of Girls t Brides? * 12. Is your organisation a member of a Girls t Brides National Partnership or a national network/ alliance/ coalition working to end child marriage? 13. If yes, please tell us the name of the group you are part of and describe your role in the group. * 14. How has your organisation contributed to the work of Girls t Brides Global Partnership over the past year/ two years? Please give us specific examples where possible. [Please limit your answer to 200 words] Details about your organisation * 15. Which of the following best describes your organisation type? International NGO National NGO Community-based organisation / grassroots group Women's collective Youth organisation Policy / research institute / think tank Faith-based organisation Other (please specify) 3

4 * 16. What are the major areas of your work? Please tick all that apply. Human rights law Women's rights law Children's rights / child protection law Health Sexual and reproductive health HIV and AIDS Education Gender-based violence Conflict and displacement / post conflict Humanitarian crises / fragility Economic empowerment Sustainable development * 17. What is the geographical scope of your work? Please tick all that apply. Community level National level Regional level International level * 18. What type of work does your organisation do? Please tick all that apply. Research Programming Advocacy Grant-making Service provision (legal, health, etc.). Please specify. * 19. Which priority themes could you contribute to at the Global Meeting? Please see the full priority themes here. Please tick all that apply. Goal A: Governments Goal B: Global and regional community Goal C: Empowering communities Goal D: Increasing resources Goal E: Gathering evidence Goal F: Strengthening the Partnership Accountability Gender equality Youth Bringing everyone on board About your work on addressing child marriage 4

5 * 20. Does your organisation have a specific programme to address child marriage? * 21. What is your organisation currently doing to address child marriage? This could relate to advocacy activities, research or programming work. Please also explain what your role in delivering this work is. [Please limit your answer to 200 words] 22. Has your organisation's work to address child marriage ever been evaluated? If so, please provide details about this. * 23. What are two promising solutions or insights from your work that you wish to share with others at the Global Meeting? [Please limit your answer to 200 words] How you will share learnings from the meeting Girls t Brides will prioritise applicants who commit to effectively share learnings and outcomes from the meeting with others in their home country and within your organisations/ networks. 5

6 * 24. What will you do to share key outcomes and learning from the meeting with: Staff within your organisation? Other Girls t Brides members, including youth advocates? Key strategic stakeholders and partners, such as government officials, technical and financial partners, religious and traditional leaders? The media (if relevant)? Your involvement at the meeting The Girls t Brides secretariat plans to have a communications working group to help amplify the voices of members and youth at the meeting, and help produce materials to ensure those unable to attend the meeting can still benefit. * 25. Would you be interested in getting involved in a communications working group before, during and after the meeting? 26. If so, what communication skills or contributions would you provide? This could be social media, live reporting, blogging, engaging with the media, or anything else you could suggest! [Please limit your response to 150 words] Improving our collaboration 6

7 We would like to take this opportunity to find out how you are benefiting from your membership in the global partnership, and how we as Girls t Brides can better support our youth members in their fantastic work to achieve our common vision. * 27. How has your organisation benefited from being a member of Girls t Brides? Please give a recent example. * 28. How often do you communicate or collaborate with other Girls t Brides members - either in your own country or abroad? Never Rarely Occasionally / from time to time Often 29. Please describe how you communicate or collaborate with other Girls t Brides members. * 30. Do you have any suggestions for how the Girls t Brides secretariat can make collaboration between members easier? * 31. How is your organisation contributing to the Girls t Brides global strategy? How can the secretariat better support you to increase your contribution to achieve our strategic goals in your day-today work? [Please limit your answer to 150 words] Sponsorship 7

8 Girls t Brides encourages members with larger budgets to self-finance their attendance. We know that many members have planned for their participation as part of their budgeting processes. Full sponsorship Girls t Brides has a limited budget to sponsor the attendance of a select number of members at the meeting (visa, travel, food and accommodation expenses). We will prioritise community-based and local organisations. The full sponsorship criteria can be seen here. Partial sponsorship Girls t Brides has a limited number of places to sponsor members who cannot fund 100% of the costs of attending the event, and meet the bulk of the sponsorship criteria. With partial sponsorship, your organisation will cover visa application fees and returns flights to Malaysia, and Girls t Brides will cover hotel accommodation and food expenses. * 32. Do you require sponsorship to attend the Global Meeting? 33. If in need of sponsorship, are you requesting full or partial sponsorship? Full Partial (by checking this, you agree to covering the costs of travel to Kuala Lumpur) 34. Do you work for a community-based organisation (work exclusively at the community, have limited external funding from donors, or rely on a large amount of volunteer support to keep functioning) or a local organisation? 35. If you are requesting full or partial sponsorship, please describe how you meet the sponsorship criteria. [Please limit your answer to 200 words] 8