✨ Who is this for?

Leaders from caste-affected, minority, and marginalized communities in Nepal and Bangladesh

Are you someone who has been doing the work quietly — supporting your community, speaking up, creating, organising, or building change without recognition?

This accelerator is for you.

🌱 About the Programme

Edges to Centre is opening applications for a new cohort of the NextGen Rights Lab — a weekend online leadership accelerator for emerging and intergenerational leaders.

This is not a generic leadership course.

It is a political, practical, and community-rooted space designed to help you:

• Strengthen your voice
• Build strategy
• Grow your leadership
• Connect across generations and movements

Grounded in one principle:
Nothing about us, without us.

🔥 Why this matters

Too often, leaders from marginalized communities are:

• Treated as “beneficiaries” or “case studies”
• Spoken for, rather than listened to
• Excluded from spaces where decisions are made

We believe this must change.

This accelerator supports leaders to:

• Shape conversations
• Define narratives
• Build institutions
• Occupy public and digital space
• Lead with their own knowledge and lived experience

🤝 Intergenerational by Design

We bring together:

• Experienced community leaders
• Emerging organisers and creators

Because real change happens when:
wisdom and new strategies meet.

👥 Who Should Apply?

We welcome applications from people who are:

• From caste-affected, Dalit, minority, indigenous, or marginalized communities
• Community organisers, activists, artists, educators, researchers, legal or media workers
• Working (formally or informally) on justice, dignity, and inclusion
• Open to learning across generations

👉 You do NOT need:

• Perfect English
• A formal title
• A polished profile

What matters:
Your commitment and lived connection to the work.

🎯 What You Will Gain

• Deeper understanding of caste justice and minority rights
• Stronger communication and storytelling skills
• Insight into media, law, policy, and global systems
• Exposure to AI and digital tools for advocacy
• A supportive peer network across Nepal & Bangladesh
• Greater confidence in speaking, writing, and leading

This programme is about:
👉 Understanding systems — and acting within them.

📚 Programme Themes

Participants will engage with:

• Art & Culture as Resistance
• Media & Narrative Power
• Rights-Based Communication
• Law & Justice Pathways
• International Development & Power
• Academia from the Margins
• Intersectional Feminism
• AI & Digital Literacy
• The Digital Economy & Voice

🗓 Programme Details

• Format: Online (weekends)
• Start Date: 28 March 2026
• Duration: Until end of July 2026

Includes:

Applied learning

Live sessions

Discussions

Practical exercises

Peer exchange

⏳ Time Commitment

We are looking for participants who can:

• Attend regular weekend sessions
• Stay engaged throughout the programme
• Participate actively and respectfully
• Make time for light reflection between sessions

This is a serious accelerator, not a one-off workshop.

🧭 Selection Criteria

We are building a thoughtful and diverse cohort.

We will consider:

• Community connection
• Commitment to justice
• Openness to learning
• Ability to engage fully
• Diversity of experiences

📩 How to Apply

Complete the attached application form and send to your country representatives: 

Nepal:
Ranjita – nepal.gylp@gmail.com

👉 Both formal and informal leaders are encouraged to apply

Apply today!

• Call for Applications Bengali
• Call for Applications Nepali
• Call for Applications English