Vacancy Announcements
The Women Peace and Security Network Africa (WIPSEN-Africa), a Pan-African Non-
Governmental Organization working to promote women's strategic participation and
leadership in peace and security governance, invites qualified candidates for the following
positions:
Gender Peace and Security Project Officer
Finance Officer
Administrative Officer
Programme Assistant
How to Apply:
To apply for this post, please submit your CV and a letter explaining your suitability and
motivation to Ms. Dinah Mensah, Interim Administrative Officer: WIPSEN-Africa on
dmensah@wipsen-africa.org or wipsen@wipsen-africa.org
Suitable women candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
WIPSEN-Africa signs Memorandum of Understanding with ECOWAS, KAIPTC and GTZ
The Women Peace and Security Network Africa (WIPSEN-Africa) has formalized its collaboration with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) and the German Development Cooperation (GTZ) through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that is aimed at promoting the mainstreaming of gender and women's issues in peace and security in West Africa.
The MoU specifically defines the terms of the tripartite partnership between WIPSEN-Africa, the ECOWAS Gender Development Centre (EGDC) in Dakar, Senegal and the KAIPTC/GTZ to among others,
- Develop a region-specific gender, peace and security manual to be used for training of military and civilian peace support personnel and field practitioners;
- Increase capacity to mainstream gender in peace and security policies, programmes and institutions; and
- Document grassroots women's perspectives on peace and security as a basis for developing informed training curricula and operational guidelines.
The project will be focused on, and implemeted with stakeholders from the Fifteen (15) ECOWAS Member States. Special focus will however be placed on Five (5) countries which provide represntative cases of unique conflict and peace systems with natural socio-cultural, economic, political, and security inter-linkages; namely: Liberia (post-conflict), Guinea Conakry (simmering conflict zone), Cote d'Ivoire (fragile), Niger Delta, Nigeria (a region recently transiting from armed violence) and Ghana ("peaceful").
For more information on the project please contact wipsen@wipsen-africa.org.
WIPSEN-Africa signs Memorandum of Understanding with Liberia Ministry of Gender and Development
WIPSEN-Africa has entered into a one-year partnership with the Ministry of Gender and Development in Liberia to implement a project entitled "Young Girls' Leadership Dialogue". The project which is being implemented in three target locations (county) in Liberia: Monrovia, Bassa and Bong is aimed at strengthening Young Girls' Leadership Capacities for the Promotion of Constructive, Innovative and Collaborative Approached to Non-violent Transformation of Conflict, Peacebuilding and Human Security. The project facilitates a mentor-mentee relationship between young girls and female role models over a Six (6) months period, after which they are placed in key institutions to intern/volunteer for a stint.
For more information, please contact wipsen@wipsen-africa.org.
Internship Policy & Form
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The Women Peace and Security Network Africa (WIPSEN-Africa) welcomes graduate students, young professionals and peacebuilding practitioners (particularly females) from across the world and the African continent in particular to participate in its work through an institutionalized internship programme that is intended to build and/or strengthen the capacities of young professionals who are interested in gaining sound skills and field based practice in peacebuilding in Africa. WIPSEN-Africa recognizes the existing generational gap in the field of peace and security and its internship programme is launched as a conscious effort to bridge this gap.
WIPSEN-Africa Executive Director Gets Peace Award
On the 11th October 2007, Ms. Leymah Gbowee, the Executive Director of WIPSEN-Africa was honored as the recipient of the 2007 Blue Ribbon for Peace Award by the Women's Leadership Board of the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
The award was given in recognition of Ms. Gbowee's prominent role in the Liberian Peace Process.
