Women Scholarship for Peace- Latin America and the Caribbean- Applications Open

DNP Education Partnership
The Women Scholarship for Peace: Global South is an initiative coordinated by the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) at Vienna in partnership with 28 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.

Criteria for Scholarship Applicants

 

  1. Registration fee for the 2 months online and 1 week in person training course.
  2. Travel costs from the country of residence to the in-person training course location in economy class fare.
  3. Daily subsistence allowance for 1 week.

Age

22-32 at the time of application

Gender

Female

Nationality

Nationals of the following countries and territories holding a valid passport are eligible

   Latin America & Caribbean

 

 

 

 

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

 

 

Residency

Only candidates residing in their country of eligible nationality at the time of application will be considered.

Language

The training courses will be conducted in English only.

Qualifications

A university degree or equivalent qualifications (which could for example be constituted of a degree obtained with minimum 2 years of higher education, combined with relevant professional experience).

Selection process

All applicants are required to fill in the online application form. Further information will be required at a later stage by the Selection Committee. Priority will be given to nationals from Official Development Assistance recipient countries and territories, as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development. Selected participants will be informed in January 2017 and will be requested to confirm their participation within 2 working days.

Application deadline

Sunday 18 December 2016, 12pm (CET)
Incomplete applications and applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

Contact

dnpe@unvienna.org

Resource Information

Publisher : DNP Education Partnership | 2016 | Region : Americas and the Caribbean