Deadline:
April 02, 2025
Program Starts: September 28, 2025
Program Ends: July 31, 2026
Location(s)
United States of America
San Diego
Overview
The Women PeaceMakers Program (WPM) offers a unique opportunity for women building peace to engage in a cycle of learning, practice and reflection through participation in a 10-month fellowship
Details
In a cycle of learning, practice and reflection through participation in a 10-month fellowship. The internationally-renowned Women PeaceMakers program is honoring 16 years of documenting the diverse roles women play in peacebuilding.
Knowing the power of women’s full participation in peace and security decision-making to building more durable peace, the Women PeaceMakers fellowship aims to build stronger, more effective collaborations between women peacebuilders from conflict-affected communities and their international partners.
The Women PeaceMakers program is based at the Institute for Peace and Justice (IPJ) at the University of San Diego’s Kroc School of Peace Studies. To learn more about the history of the Women PeaceMakers program.
2025-2026 Area of Focus: Women’s Mediation of and Participation in Peace Negotiations.
Four Women PeaceMakers and four individual international partners will be selected as a cohort to build mutual learning and stronger modes of engagement between women building peace (“insiders”) and international actors (“outsiders”) working to end cycles of violence.
During the 10-month fellowship, the program will focus on women’s formal participation in national and subnational peace negotiations to answer the question:
How can Women PeaceMakers and international partners build more effective local/global collaborations that support women’s meaningful participation in peace negotiations?
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Eligibility:
- Women PeaceMakers fellows who have participated in formal mediation and peace negotiation processes as members of conflict parties in the negotiations, or as formal mediators to national or subnational peace processes.
- International partners will likewise be selected based on their work in and support of more inclusive peace processes.
QUALIFICATIONS
Applicants for the Women PeaceMakers fellowship must:
- Have worked for 5-10+ years as a peacebuilder and have worked directly in formal mediation and peace negotiation processes as members of conflict parties in the negotiations, or as formal mediators to national or subnational peace processes;
- Held a significant leadership role in the mediation process, and/or of a peacebuilding organization, network, or movement;
- Demonstrates peacebuilding/peacemaking skills and attitudes;
- Be in a position to participate in all activities during the 10-month fellowship and apply what is learned at the conclusion of the residency program;
- Demonstrate local credibility and a strong social network within her country/community of practice;
- Speak sufficient English to relate personal experiences. Written English is not necessary.
Dates
Deadline: April 02, 2025
Program starts:
September 28, 2025
Program ends:
July 31, 2026
Program Starts: September 28, 2025
Program Ends: July 31, 2026
Cost/funding for participants
PROGRAM COST
- There is no cost to participate in the Women PeaceMakers Program.
- Selected peacemakers will receive a per diem to cover their living costs during the residency. This funding is to be used for meals and incidentals, and any local transportation needs apart from residency activities. Fellows will receive a stipend of USD $15,000 plus expenses for their participation in the program.
- The program provides all funding related to securing a visa, travel and airfare to and from San Diego at the beginning and end of the residency, and lodging throughout the seven weeks.
- The program encourages applicants to seek supplemental funding from other sources if needed, although the funding provided by the IPJ for those selected will be sufficient for the full seven weeks.
LODGING
Housing will be provided at La Casa de la Paz, "The House of Peace," on the campus of the University of San Diego in California. The “Casa” is a private residence adjacent to the IPJ, on the grounds of a beautiful garden that overlooks Mission Bay and the Pacific Ocean. Each woman will have a private bedroom in a two-room apartment that she will share with one other international Woman PeaceMaker. The apartments are spacious, featuring a kitchen, living room, television, computers and 1 1/2 bathrooms. Selected peacemakers will have the opportunity to rest and reflect in this beautiful, peaceful and supportive setting.
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