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Application Deadline: May 23, 2008

 The Joan
B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice (IPJ) in San
Diego, California, is currently
accepting applications for its Women PeaceMakers Program (WPM).  The WPM
program is designed for leaders from conflict-affected countries around the
world who are transforming conflict and assuring gender-inclusion in post
conflict recovery through in human rights advocacy and peace building efforts
they lead.  These are women whose stories and best practices will be
shared internationally; they are women who will have a respite from the
frontlines work they do. 

Four Women
PeaceMakers are selected each year to spend two months in residence at the
Institute.  They will receive a small stipend while having their unique
peacemaking stories documented, through both film and narratives that will be
available to inspire others around the world.  Women PeaceMakers in
residence will have the opportunity to engage with the community through a
series of public panels and to meet with other activists and leaders involved
in human rights, political action and peacemaking efforts.   

The institute is
also accepting applications for Peace Writers.  Peace Writers document the
stories of Women PeaceMakers for publication.  Writers will interview the
Women and engage in extensive research to become familiar with the histories of
their conflicts and peacemaking efforts. 

For more
information about the program and an application please visit the IPJ web
site at http://peace.sandiego.edu or contact Erika Lopez, Women PeaceMakers Program Officer,
at erika.lopez@sandiego.edu.