Applications Open for Women Scholarship for Peace: Global South, Deadline: 31 August 2016

Applicants are invited to apply for the Women Scholarship for Peace:

Global South, an initiative coordinated by the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) at Vienna in partnership with 26 organizations whose work contributes to disarmament, non-proliferation and development-related issues. A total of 140 scholarships are made available to facilitate participation of women from the Global South at the training courses.

A Women Scholarship for Peace entails financial support for an early career woman from the Global South to take training courses about peace and development-related areas.

Program Structure

The training courses are composed of:

• 1 month introductory on-line training (about 20 hours)
• 1 week in-person training (about 40 hours)
• 1 month advanced on-line training (about 20 hours)
• Optional: 1 final examination essay to obtain university credits (about 40 hours)

Benefits

A scholarship includes:

• Registration fee for the 2 months online and 1 week in person training course.
• Travel costs from the country of residence to the in-person training course location in economy class fare.
• Daily subsistence allowance for 1 week.
• Certificate of completion: all participants successfully completing the on-line and in-person training courses will receive an official certificate of completion from UPEACE.
• Voluntary diploma: eligible participants who successfully pass the additional voluntary examination will receive an official diploma from UPEACE, carrying university credits.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must have:

• Age: 22-32 at the time of application
• Gender: Female
• Nationality: Nationals of the countries mentioned below and territories are eligible.
• Residency: Only candidates residing in their country of eligible nationality at the time of application will be considered.
• Language: The training courses will be conducted in English only.
• A university degree or equivalent qualifications (which could for example be constituted of a degree obtained with minimum 2 years of higher education, combined with relevant professional experience).

How to Apply

All applicants are required to fill in the online application form given on the website.

Eligible Countries

• Africa: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte D’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea,Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi,Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal,Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Uganda, United Republic ofTanzania, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
• Asia/Pacific: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands,Cyprus, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Japan,Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Niué, Pakistan, Palau,Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka,Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam.
• Middle East: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania,Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

For more information, please visit Women Scholarship for Peace.