The African Leadership Centre: Peace and Security Fellowship for African Women

Deadline: 30 April 2017

The African Leadership Centre (ALC) is seeking applications for its “Peace and Security Fellowship” for African Women to build a new community of leaders generating cutting edge knowledge on peace, security and development.

The Fellowships bring together African women in the early stages of their careers to undertake a carefully designed training programme in conflict, security and development. This training is followed by an attachment to an African Regional Organisation or a Centre of Excellence to acquire practical experience in the field of peace and security. It is intended that this project will train African women to develop a better understanding of African peace and security issues, in order to increase their participation in conflict management processes and other areas of security concerns for Africans.

Objectives

Create an enabling environment for ideas that are grounded in African realities
Provide space for interaction with role models
Build capacity for independent thinking
Expand the knowledge base to develop transformational ideas that can be nurtured to create visions of change
Create opportunities to transfer knowledge to achieve multiplier effects for communities
Connect with processes nationally, regionally and globally, especially in the field of peace and security
Build lasting partnerships that will maintain an African-led vision of change.

Eligibility Criteria

Candidates must be female citizens of African countries.
Successful candidates must hold valid travel documents prior to acceptance.
Candidates must have knowledge of, or experience of women’s rights, gender and development issues.
Candidates must be able to demonstrate a commitment to contribute to work on peace and security in Africa.
Candidates must demonstrate commitment to the core values of the programme: Independent thinking; Integrity; Pursuit of Excellence; and respect for all forms of Diversity
Candidates must have a relevant institutional base and be endorsed by an organisation with which they have been involved for at least two years. Exceptional candidates without such organisational ties may be given special consideration.
Candidates must have a demonstrable plan for how to utilise knowledge gained in the Fellowship upon return to their countries and/ or organisations.
Candidates must hold a Master’s or Bachelor’s degree with an equivalent level of professional experience.
Candidates must be fluent in spoken and written English.

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted via email at the address given on the website.

Eligible Countries: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Cote d’Ivorie, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

For more information, please visit African Leadership Centre.