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Women
PeaceMakers Program:
http://www.sandiego.edu/peacestudies/institutes/ipj/programs/women-peacemakers/about/index.php
Application
Deadline Approaching for
Women
PeaceMakers and Peace Writers!
2015 Women
PeaceMakers Program
Joan B.
Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, University of San Diego
Women
PeaceMaker Application Deadline: April 20, 2015!
Peace
Writer Application Deadline: April 24, 2015
The Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice (IPJ) at the
University of San Diego in California, is currently accepting applications for
its Women PeaceMakers Program (WPM). The WPM program is designed for leaders
from conflict-affected countries around the world who are transforming conflict
and assuring gender-inclusion in post conflict recovery through the human
rights advocacy and peace building efforts they lead. These are women
whose stories and best practices will be shared internationally; they are women
who will have a respite from the frontlines work they do.
v Four Women PeaceMakers are
selected each year to spend two months in residence at the Institute.
They will receive a small stipend while having their unique peacemaking stories
documented, through both film and narratives that will be available to inspire
others around the world. Women PeaceMakers in residence will have the
opportunity to engage with the community through a series of public forums and
to meet with other activists and leaders involved in human rights, political
action and peacemaking efforts. Following the residency, alumnae
will be linked through a global and a regional network to project
gender-inclusive peacebuilding expertise locally, regionally and
internationally.
v Four Peace Writers are selected
each year to partner with and document the stories of Women PeaceMakers (WPMs)
for publication. Writers will interview one WPM and engage in extensive
research to become familiar with the history of her conflict and peacemaking
efforts.
v Residency
dates are September 12 to November 21 for
Peace Makers and September 8 – November 24 for Peace Writers.
For more information about the program and an application please
visit the IPJ web site at http://peace.sandiego.edu/wpm or
contact Jennifer Freeman, Women PeaceMakers Program Director, at jenfreeman@sandiego.edu
Brittany
Keegan
Women,
Peace and Security Programs Intern
Joan
B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
University
of San Diego
keeganb@sandiego.edu