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Women PeaceMakers Program

Uniting women peacebuilders from around the world to co-create peace research.

Four peacemakers are selected each year to participate in an eight-week residency at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice (IPJ), located on the University of San Diego campus in San Diego, California. The program pairs each peacemaker with a Peace Writer and a documentary film team to document her story and best practices. Selected candidates give presentations on their work both at the

IPJ and in the San Diego community and have opportunities to exchange ideas and approaches to peacemaking and justice, increasing their capacity to participate in conflict resolution and peacebuilding efforts and in post-conflict decision-making.

08/27/2025

Another year of the Women PeaceMakers Fellowship has come to a close! In a new blog post, 2024-2025 Fellows Dr. Bochra Laghssais (from Morocco and the Netherlands) and Dr. Mariia Levchenko (from Ukraine and Germany) reflect on the past year of connection and growth. Bochra and Mariia explain how the Fellowship impacted them as peacebuilders. 🕊️

Read more: https://hubs.la/Q03FVXhz0

08/19/2025

Yesterday we welcomed back former Women PeaceMakers Fellow Khurshid Bano to the University of San Diego! Khurshid was a Woman PeaceMaker with us in 2016. She credits the Fellowship with giving her the opportunity to connect with global peacebuilders, exchange experiences, and adapt innovative approaches to her community’s needs.

Khurshid is a dedicated peacebuilder, women’s rights advocate, and social activist from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. She has years of experience working on issues of women’s protection, gender equality, and community empowerment. Her work focuses on creating safe spaces for women, promoting social justice, and fostering a culture of peace through dialogue, awareness, and education.

We are grateful to Khurshid for visiting, and we look forward to welcoming her son as a University of San Diego: Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies student this fall!

03/29/2025

🕊️ Don't forget to apply for the Women PeaceMakers Fellowship by 30 March! Learn more: https://hubs.la/Q03d-Vnn0

For the 2025-2026 fellowship year, we will select three Fellows who are working to make border policy and the implementation of that policy less violent, using a gendered lens in their work or analysis.

Example topics might include policies that guide the management of border walls, family separation, detention, or deportation. This is not an exhaustive list, and other topics are welcome.

We particularly encourage peacebuilders from the San Diego-Tijuana area to apply.

Apply by 30 March! Learn more: https://hubs.la/Q03d-Vnn0

03/27/2025

Apply for the Women PeaceMakers Fellowship by 30 March! 🕊️

We will select three Fellows who are working to make border policy and the implementation of that policy less violent, using a gendered lens in their work or analysis.

Anyone who considers themselves a peacebuilder working to reduce cycles of violence through a focus on gender, peace, and conflict is welcome to apply. People of all genders, including transgender and non-binary or gender-fluid people, are welcome to apply and are eligible for a fellowship.

Learn more: https://hubs.la/Q03dP90-0

03/24/2025

The theme of this year's Women PeaceMakers Fellowship is Borders, Gender and Violence Reduction. We will select three Fellows who are working to make border policy and the implementation of that policy less violent, using a gendered lens in their work or analysis. Apply for the Women PeaceMakers Fellowship by 30 March.

Example topics might include policies that guide the management of border walls, family separation, detention, or deportation. This is not an exhaustive list, and other topics are welcome.

We particularly encourage peacebuilders from the San Diego-Tijuana area to apply.

Learn more about the Women PeaceMakers Fellowship application: https://hubs.la/Q03d8shx0

03/21/2025

There's still time to apply for the Women PeaceMakers Fellowship! Apply by 30 March. 📣

The theme of this year's Fellowship is Borders, Gender and Violence Reduction. We will select three Fellows who are working to make border policy and the implementation of that policy less violent, using a gendered lens in their work or analysis.

Anyone who considers themselves a peacebuilder working to reduce cycles of violence through a focus on gender, peace, and conflict is welcome to apply. People of all genders, including transgender and non-binary or gender-fluid people, are welcome to apply and are eligible for a fellowship.

Learn more: https://hubs.ly/Q03cZDSX0

03/10/2025

The Women PeaceMakers Fellowship application is now open! Apply by 30 March 2025. 🕊️

For twenty years, the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice (Kroc IPJ) at the University of San Diego’s Kroc School of Peace Studies has hosted the Women PeaceMakers Fellowship program. The Fellowship offers a unique opportunity for peacebuilders who focus on gender, peace and conflict to engage in a cycle of learning, practice, research and participation that strengthens peacebuilding partnerships. 🌎

For the 2025-2026 fellowship year, the Kroc IPJ will select three Fellows who are working to make border policy and the implementation of that policy less violent, using a gendered lens in their work or analysis. Example topics might include policies that guide the management of border walls, family separation, detention, or deportation. This is not an exhaustive list, and other topics are welcome.

Learn more about the Women PeaceMakers Fellowship application: https://hubs.la/Q03bbk3B0

03/08/2025

🗣️ Today on International Women's Day, we are excited to announce that the Women PeaceMakers Fellowship application will open in just a few days! Make sure you're following us for updates.

The theme for the 2025-2026 Women PeaceMakers Fellowship is borders, gender, and violence reduction. We will select three Fellows who are working to make border policy and the implementation of that policy less violent, using a gendered lens in their work or analysis.

Learn more about the Women PeaceMakers Fellowship: https://hubs.la/Q039-_V-0

02/13/2025

Woman PeaceMaker Fellow Dr. Mariia Levchenko demonstrates why women's perspectives are essential in crafting sustainable peace in a new episode of the Kroc Pod podcast.

Drawing from her groundbreaking work in Ukraine and Ethiopia, Dr. Levchenko offers analysis of women's critical roles in navigating complex war zones. She explains how she bridges divides and challenges traditional approaches to international conflict.

Listen now: https://hubs.la/Q036FZDv0

12/16/2024

During the Women PeaceMakers residency, Mariia Levchenko delivered a lecture about the spread of disinformation in Ukraine. She invited attendees to reflect on propaganda and disinformation in our US context.

Learn more about the Women PeaceMakers residency: https://hubs.la/Q02_1yby0

12/12/2024

During the Women PeaceMakers residency, Bochra Laghssais delivered a lecture about her Indigenous Amazigh culture. She taught the Kroc School community how to write their names in the Tamazight language. Thank you, Bochra!

Learn more about the Women PeaceMakers residency: https://hubs.la/Q02_1wdh0

12/09/2024

During the Women PeaceMakers residency, Temi Mwale delivered a lecture about abolition and building communities rooted in healing and justice. 🕊️

During the lecture, she shared several resources for attendees to do further research into abolition work, including the website One Million Experiments and the book We Do This 'Til We Free Us by Mariame Kaba.

Learn more about the Women PeaceMakers residency: https://hubs.la/Q02-_cQb0

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Joan B. Kroc Institute For Peace & Justice
San Diego, CA

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https://www.sandiego.edu/peace/institute-for-peace-justice/initiatives/women-peace-security/

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