“Women in Black, Armenia” is an anti-militarist, feminist, peace-building initiative which was founded by 11 young women from different regions of Armenia. Since 2016 the “Women Black, Armenia” PeaceBuiding Initiative started to act as an independent body and is governed by its own young members.

The vision of the group is to have a society where law and human rights are prevailed, conflicts are regulated in a peaceful manner, women are actively involved in peace-building and decision making processes on all levels, and there is no space for violence. Thus, the mission of the group is to promote the ideology of peace, to direct young women to spread democratic values in the RA, to involve women in civic and institutional initiatives as well as in peace-building procedures on all levels. To this aim, in parallel with the activities currently being undertaken by the group to empower women and to make them aware of “Women in Black” International movement, there is a direct need to make the group stronger itself by capacity building workshops, team building activities and other relevant means.
Decision making in “Women in Black” Armenia group is participatory and non-hierarchic. All decisions are made upon consensus within the whole group members. We use transformative leadership principles which are one of the most important aspects of all our activities.

AREA / SUBJECT OF THE FELLOWSHIP

The area of the fellowship will be peacebuilding and women rights.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED FELLOWSHİP ACTIVITY

In May 2020, “Women in Black, Armenia” will be hosting the International WIB gathering/conference which is one of the largest gatherings on peace building and women's rights. It will hold a series of workshops and conversations between and amongst women to facilitate the development of new strategies, tactics, concepts and practices in response to the different forms of violence. The conference will also serve as a space for debate and reflection, and as a place where the impact of war and other forms of violence, specifically against women, can continue to be denounced.

The conference consists of the following sessions:
1. Informative Sessions/lectures aimed at awareness/knowledge raising
2. Storytelling for experience sharing on worldwide militarization and capitalism resistance, etc.
3. Interactive workshops for capacity building

The fellow is expected to have her contribution at least to one of the components of the conference mentioned above, by presenting a paper/speech, and/or conducting a workshop for capacity building for conference members, or sharing her experience in militarization and capitalism resistance in Turkey. The Fellow is also expected to provide an assesment report on the conference for development of further strategies for women and peace issues. The fellow is welcome to conduct trainings on capacity building for “Women in Black, Armenia” staff members.

EXPECTED PROFILE

Women interested in women’s rights and peacebuilding, with considerable experience in the field, including experience in conducting workshops/training. It is preferable that the fellow has skills and experience in assessment report writing as well to provide her consultancy for future projects.

CONDITIONS OF THE FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY

The office is open from Monday to Friday. The detailed schedule of the fellowship will be discussed with the fellow.

PROPOSED TIME FOR THE FELLOWSHIP

One month between October-November 2020 (conference will be held on October 9-11, 2020)