Women Scholarship and Training Programme for Peace - Global South, Austria

Global South

The Women Scholarship for Peace: Global South is an initiative coordinated by the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) at Vienna in partnership with 26 organisations whose work contribute 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.

What is the Women Scholarship for Peace?

• 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.
• A total of 140 scholarships are available, covering all costs of registration and participation at the training courses.
• Applications now open for: Asia/Pacific, Africa and Middle East (105 scholarships)
• Applications to be announced in 2017: Latin America and the Caribbean (35 scholarships)

What is unique about this training programme?

Who is the target audience of the training courses?

Early career women from various fields from the Global South. It is not required to have previous knowledge of the issues of disarmament, non-proliferation and development.

What will participants learn?

This on-line and in-person course introduces participants to key conceptual and practical aspects of disarmament, non-proliferation and development-related issues, such as:

• Weapons of mass destruction
• Conventional weapons
• Disarmament and development
• Gender and disarmament
• Peace and development-related technologies
• Induction courses about entities contributing to disarmament, non-proliferation and development, such as the IAEA, CTBTO, OPCW, etc.

How are the training courses organised?

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)

The on-line component includes: self-paced webinars with weekly sessions, reading material and exams, interaction with the instructor and the fellow students.

What do participants need to follow the training courses?

On-line:

• a computer or mobile device, with audio
• reliable internet connection
• no special software is required

In-person:

• travel to the in-person location for 5 working days to attend workshops and training sessions

What kind of certification will the participants receive?

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.

When and where are the training courses scheduled?