Fellowships

JFP fellowships are structured, creative programs curated to benefit Dalit women and other minorities by allowing them the space and resources to become primary producers of knowledge, scholarship and transformative intervention. Our fellows study important examples of global works produced through research and advocacy done on caste, race and Indigenous peoples. These include a wide range of interdisciplinary materials – songs, images, folklore, videos and scholarly articles. This level of engagement equips our fellows with the necessary critical thinking skills to translate their own experiences of caste and gender-based exclusion into research, art and advocacy. Completing one of our fellowships grants the participating Dalit women the credentials and connections to fully enter into the field of advocacy if they wish to, as well as the opportunity to become educators themselves. 

Our fellowships offer the community, resources and firm belief that Dalit women and other social and sexual minorities can become storytellers, thinkers and leaders fully capable of creating a future that is more equitable.