#opportunities Sister-to-Sister feminist peacebuilders leadership program, The Nobel Women’s Initiative and Coady Institute
NWI will welcome 20 new young feminist peace activists to take part in an 8-week intensive virtual learning space. The program will take place from 6 September, 2023, to 6 November, 2023, and is designed to:
• Broaden understanding of feminist leadership, philosophy, and practice.
• Strengthen tools for challenging and changing public narratives and policies related to peace, social and environmental justice.
• Expand feminist networks for support and collective action.
• Enhance collective understanding of the different ways feminist leaders are affecting social change through feminist principles, practices, methodologies, and innovations.
CRITERIA FOR APPLICANTS:
• Passion for and engagement in supporting feminist peacebuilding, women’s rights and/or feminist social and environmental justice movements as volunteers, professionals, or activists.
• Drive and potential to be an impactful feminist leader in the context they work in.
• Ability to effectively engage in the program with English as the primary language.
• Willingness and ability to commit to full participation in at least 80% of live, cohort-wide sessions.
• Candidates have to be between 18-35 years old.
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION:
• Global representation.
• Diversity of socio-political contexts.
• Diversity of backgrounds.
• Potential for candidates to become a leader / become a strengthened leader as a result of engagement in this experience and growth of their support and solidarity network.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
Candidates have to submit the following to be considered for the 2023 program by 11:59pm ET, on 29 May, 2023:
• A personal letter or video (max 3 minutes or 2 pages) outlining how the candidate has been contributing to feminist peace, social and/or environmental justice, the main challenges in their context (contextually / personally / professionally), and how they hope the program will benefit them and their work.
• Current CV, with details of all experience to date (paid, volunteer, academic) in working towards feminist peace, social and/or environmental justice.
• Reference letter from a feminist peace, social or environmental activist or organization, with contact details for follow up.
https://www.nobelwomensinitiative.org/sistertosisterapplications