Women PeaceMakers Conference Application

Request for Proposals
for Overseas Hansen Summer Institute Alumni
“Precarious Progress: UN resolutions on women, peace and security”
Women PeaceMakers Conference, USD October 2010

The Opportunity: The Fred J. Hansen Foundation will generously provide funding for two overseas Hansen Summer Institute Alumni to take part in the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Women PeaceMakers Conference, “Precarious Progress: UN resolutions on women, peace and security”. As you may know, the Fred J. Hansen Foundation supports the Women PeaceMakers program and would like to invite two Hansen Summer Institute alumni to attend and contribute to the conference—all expenses paid.

Conference Details: September 28, 2010—October 2, 2010
The 2010 Women PeaceMakers conference will examine United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1325, 1820, 1888 and 1889 to look at where UNSCRs have had and can have impact. With women still alarmingly underrepresented in peace accords and continuously targeted by armed groups and extremists, how do we move from resolution to policy and from policy to implementation? Can UNSCRs truly be used for establishing security on the ground, guiding reconciliation and refocusing the attention on gender and women’s priorities and needs?

Urgent issues identified by Women PeaceMakers include confronting and working on genuine solutions to: growing small arms abuse; increasing cultures of impunity; resistance of military and police to recognizing the impact of war on women’s lives; and the violation of the rights of internally displaced persons. Considering the rampant insecurity communities –and particularly women in those communities– continue to face, more attention and action should be forthcoming given the resolutions passed.

This conference will also take advantage of global action in preparation for the 10th anniversary of UNSCR 1325. High level representatives from UN agencies and advisory councils will discuss recent breakthroughs made by member states and civil society to advance women’s role in peace processes in preparation for the 10th anniversary celebrations.

For more info on the Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice and the upcoming conference: http://peace.sandiego.edu/precarious_progress/

Successful Hansen Alumni Applicants will receive:
Full airfare
Visa and Homeland Security fees
Ground transportation
Food and lodging

(The Hansen Foundation will also provide food for US-based Hansen Summer Institute participants who wish to attend the conference so this will allow a mini-reunion of Alumni.)

Application Requirements:
1. Name as it appears on passport
2. HSI program year (participant, grad assistant, or intern)
3. Address, phone, email
4. Personal Statement (no longer that 1 page): Please discuss the perspective of your country or region regarding UN resolutions on women’s issues. Your personal statement should indicate both what you know as well as what you hope to gain at this conference. How have UN resolutions 1325*, 1820*, 1888* and 1889* helped or ignored problems on the ground from your perspective?
5. Leadership and Women’s Issues (no longer than 1 page): What role have you played, and/or can you see yourself playing in the future regarding improving the status of women in a regional and global context? What concrete approaches would you recommend in this regard and be willing to share with conference participants?

This request for proposals will welcome applications from both men and women who have participated in the Hansen Summer Institute on Leadership and Cooperation. Please limit your proposal to 3 pages.

While the Fred J. Hansen Foundation cannot currently offer another Hansen Summer Institute program nor a full reunion of all 81 Hansen Fellows, support for two overseas alumni signals an ongoing commitment of the foundation to keeping the spirit of peace-building alive among like-minded souls.

Deadline: June 20, 2010.
Please email or fax your application to Martha Garcia.
Email at marthagarcia@sandiego.edu or
fax to Attn: Martha at Fax: 619-849-8109


*To access the UN Resolutions from the UN Security Council site you may follow this address: http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/unsc_resolutions.html
Resolutions are listed by year and number:
1325 (2000) Women and peace and security
1820 (2008) Women and peace and security
1888 (2009) Women and peace and security
1889 (2009) Women and peace and security