Supporting Arab Women At The Table (SAWT) Fellowship Program 2023
Host Country
SEVERAL MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES
Deadline:
19 DECEMBER 2022
Target audience
ARAB WOMEN
Program Overview
The fully-funded fellowship program is part of the regional SAWT project aimed at supporting Arab women’s participation and representation in peace and security policies. This program is fully-funded and covers all expenses. The SAWT project is funded by the European Union (EU) with the Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) as the lead partner. It is implemented through a consortium of partners consisting of the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship at the American University in Beirut and which carries a regional scope.
Other partners include Together We Build It in Libya, the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies in Yemen, ARI in Syria, the Culture and Free Thought Association in Palestine, and the Iraqi Al-Amal Association in Iraq.
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It aims at quantitatively and qualitatively increasing women’s meaningful inclusion in peace processes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region – improving their ability to influence outcomes and establish post-conflict gender-egalitarian frameworks.
It focuses on the emergence of a new generation of women activists with enhanced capacity, skills, and confidence. It will create new venues and mechanisms for cross-regional, intergenerational, cross-sectorial exchange and coalition-building for shared learning and collective action planning. It will also generate key forums for South-to-North exchanges that provide unique opportunities for knowledge production and sharing, advocacy, and policy influencing.
The fellowship program aims at increasing the meaningful participation of women in peace and security policy-making across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It will support the leading roles that women activists and advocates are playing for more gender-inclusive peace and security policies. Moreover, it will provide platforms for activists and organizers from different sectors to share experiences and contribute to collective mobilizing for a more inclusive peace and security agenda in Libya, Yemen, Palestine, and Iraq.
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Fellowship Objectives
• Equip women with the tools and organizational and leadership skills needed to advance an inclusive peace and security agenda.
• Establish a network of advocates from different areas of expertise who can lobby for more inclusive peace and security platforms.
• Create tables for dialogue and circles of influence that cut across generations, geographical boundaries, and disciplines focused on an inclusive peace and security agenda.
• Challenge existing peace and security platforms that exclude women’s voices and that are not representative of the lived experiences of women.
• Position women as organizers and leaders who can influence peace and security through their personal narratives and experiences.
• Mobilize multi-sector national and transnational coalitions of women’s groups and allies to promote an inclusive vision for peace and security.
• Connect women from the region with institutions and actors in the EU and internationally to advance inclusive policies for peace and security.
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What is expected from SAWT fellows?
Selected fellows will have to commit to the nine-month program and sign a contract upon agreeing to join it. The entities leading the fellowship will adhere to standards of confidentiality and only publish content, stories, or images with the approval of the individual fellows participating and organizers. The goal is to create a safe and reflective space for learning and connecting with others.
At the end of the program, fellows are expected to:
• Gain a fresh outlook on key concepts of feminist peace and security.
• Form working groups as tables or circles of influence in their own countries.
• Strategize on how to challenge the state’s narratives and agenda of peace and security.
• Strategize how collectively to work towards more intersectional feminist policies.
• Commit to joining a coalition and network of advocates for intersectional feminist peace and security.
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Eligibility Criteria
• Women from Libya, Yemen, Syria, Palestine, and Iraq with experience working on or organizing, and leading efforts for intersectional feminist peace, and security policies.
• Between 18 and 35 years of age.
• Experience working on, organizing, or leading efforts for intersectional feminist peace and security policies.
• Activists in civil society, community-based associations, media, academia, legal advocacy, business/private sectors.
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Application details
Application form: available here.
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Selection Process & Timeline
• Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by January. Qualified applicants might be added to the long list and be contacted.
• Online interviews will be conducted over the month of January.
• Selected applicants will be contacted by February 10.
For questions or inquiries, please contact Vanessa Zammar (v.zammar@arab-reform.net)
Deadline: December 19, 2022
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