Global: Women PeaceMakers Program
The Women PeaceMakers program is an eight week residency for women leaders who want to document, share, and build upon their unique peacemaking stories. Selected peacemakers will receive roundtrip airfare, housing, and a small stipend to cover expenses for the eight-week residence (September 18 – November 11, 2006) at the University of San Diego in southern California.
Women PeaceMakers Program
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
University of San Diego
California
Call for Applications
The Women PeaceMakers program is an eight week residency for women
leaders who want to document, share, and build upon their unique
peacemaking stories. Selected peacemakers will receive roundtrip
airfare, housing, and a small stipend to cover expenses for the
eight-week residence (September 18 – November 11, 2006) at the
University of San Diego in southern California.
The Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice is pleased to
announce
the 2006 Women PeaceMakers Program is now accepting women
peacemaker and
peace writer applications for the Fall program. You will find
all the
program details and the down-loadable application at
http://peace.sandiego.edu:
on the
announcement at the top of the home page). You may also go
directly to
http://peace.sandiego.edu/programs/women.html:
The Women PeaceMakers Program invites four women who are on the
frontlines of peacemaking and human rights activism to
participate in an
eight-week residency program to document their unique stories.
The
residency program will take place from September 18 – November
11, 2006.
Each peacemaker will:
(1) have assistance in documenting her development as a
peacemaker and
the work she is doing
(2) share her vision and work with new communities
(3) explore peace-building with other women on the frontlines of
peacemaking
(4) take part in a two-day international conference focusing on
women’s impact on peacebuilding policies when they participate
more
equally with men in governmental, corporate, military and
peacemaking
decision-bodies
(5) have a beautiful setting for a needed respite
Women from anywhere in the world who have assumed the
leadership role in
peace and conflict resolution with an emphasis in human rights
in their
own society or our global community are invited to apply for
this unique
residency in San Diego. Peace Writers will help each peacemaker
document her unique peacemaking experience.
Applications are available NOW on-line ( http://peace.sandiego.edu)
Application deadline is June 2, 2006.