The Women Peacemakers Program-Africa (WPP-A)

Call for applicants
The Women Peacemakers Program-Africa (WPP-A) is the Nonviolence women’s peace organisation committed to empowering African women peacemakers and activists by promoting gender-sensitive active nonviolence as a way of life and as a means of transforming unjust political, social and economic structures in Africa for sustainable peace.

The Women Peacemakers Program-Africa seeks to build a movement of Gender Sensitive Active nonviolence in Peacebuilding by way of Capacity Building through its trainings. We believe that Gender-sensitive Active Nonviolence is the way to change Africa. No evil can defeat the power of Nonviolence. What recently happened in Tunisia and Egypt are examples on our continent of the power of Nonviolence in removing dictatorships. We are proud of the fact that our trainers have been trained by the activists who were involved in the ‘people’s power movement’ in the Philippines which overthrew the government of Ferdinand Marcos.

In this regard, The Women Peacemakers Program-Africa (WPP-A) is organising a Movement building and Gender-sensitive Active Nonviolence training to build the capacities of 26 heads of organisations from conflict and post-conflict fragile states in Africa, notably Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, Uganda, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Congo DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Zimbabwe and Madagascar. The training is to be held in Accra, Ghana from 28 March to 1 April 2011.

GOAL
The Women Peacemakers Program-Africa (WPP-A) intends to hold one-week Movement building and Gender-sensitive Active Nonviolence training focused on heads of organisations, activists and leaders working in peace building and human rights, who would become part of the core groups that will assist in institutionalising the Nonviolence movement at national levels.

Specific Objectives
1. To enable participants gain an understanding of Gender-sensitive Active Nonviolence;
2. To equip participants with skills for nonviolent movement building;
3. To help participants develop attitudes leading towards gender-sensitive Active Nonviolence transformation;
4. To assist participants in developing action plans for movement building.

Requirements:
Applicants must meet the following criteria:

– Be a woman
– Be a resident national of Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, Uganda, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Congo DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Zimbabwe or Madagascar
– Be the head of a Peace building, Active Nonviolence and/or women’s empowerment, human rights organisation
– Have strong communication and inter-cultural skills
– Young ladies/women are encouraged to apply
– Be committed to promoting Active Nonviolence as a way of life, as well as to be part of the WPP Nonviolence movement building at national levels
– Be fluent in either English or French (The Languages of use in the training will be English and French only)

If you satisfy these requirements, please proceed to answer the questions and return your application to Crystal K. Tettey at ctettey@wanep.org or wanep@wanep.org latest by 11 March 2011.