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Women PeaceMakers Program
Made possible by a grant from the Fred J. Hansen Foundation
Announcements
The 2008 IPJ Women PeaceMakers have been announced!
Shinjita Alam of Bangladesh, Sylvie Maunga of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zandile Nhlengetwa of South Africa and Olenka Ochoa of Peru are the 2008 Women PeaceMakers. Read their bios.
2008 Women PeaceMakers Conference: "Crafting Human Security in an Insecure World." Sept. 24 - 26, 2008
What is the Women PeaceMakers Program?
Made possible through a generous grant from the Fred J. Hansen Foundation, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice's (IPJ) Women PeaceMakers Program invites four women from around the world who have been locally involved in human rights and peacemaking efforts. Women accepted into this program are seeking ways to further their peacemaking efforts in their home countries.
Women on the frontline of efforts to end violence and secure a just peace seldom record their experiences, activities, and insights as generally there is no time, or, perhaps, no formal education that would help women record their stories. The Women PeaceMakers Program is a selective program for leaders who want to document, share, and build upon their unique peacemaking stories. Selected peacemakers will receive round-trip airfare, housing, and a small stipend to cover expenses for the eight-week residency in San Diego, California.
The residency program will require the selected candidates to give presentations at the IPJ and in the San Diego community, and to participate in documenting their stories through writing and videotaping their reflections. Women PeaceMakers will participate in dialogue groups and workshops to exchange ideas and approaches to peacemaking and justice, increasing their capacity to further prepare them to participate in conflict resolution and peacebuilding efforts and in post-conflict decisions-making. The program will provide each peacemaker with an assistant writer and film assistant to document her story. Each peacemaker will receive a small stipend to cover expenses while in San Diego and living accommodations at the IPJ's Casa de la Paz will be provided.
Women PeaceMakers
Peace Writers
Women PeaceMakers Summits
"Is Peace Possible?" 2007 Women PeaceMakers Summit
Contact Information:
Erika Lopez, MA
Women PeaceMakers Program
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
USA
Fax: 1.619.260.7570
* Alternative fax number: 1.619.260.7809
E-mail: erika.lopez@sandiego.edu
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2005 Women PeaceMakers: Thavory Huot, Sister Pauline Acayo, Emmaculeta Chiseya, and Mary Ann Arnado Enlarge
Emmaculeta Chiseya, and IPJ Executive Director, Joyce Neu engage in a "Conversation" Enlarge
Zahra Ugas Farah and Richard Goldstone Enlarge
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