Guidelines for nomination of Million PeaceWomen for WikiPeaceWomen website

A Call for Nominations

The search is on for 1,000,000 women from all over the world whose stories will be
uploaded to the WikiPeaceWomen website. The idea is to call international attention
to the vital role played by women from all walks of life in challenging harmful
established social/cultural boundaries, institutions and ideologies and in creating and
promoting peace in their communities and the world.
With the documentation and promotion of the stories of a million women on
WikiPeaceWomen website, peace workers will be honoured and given international
recognition. Their lives and work will be documented through video and film, audio
tape, printed biographies and other media, and their strategies for constructive conflict
resolution, peace-making and development will be analysed by researchers worldwide
and utilised in the study of conflict and peace processes.
We define peace as more than the absence of war. Our concept of peace is
comprehensive and covers all aspects of life including politics, the economy, culture,
social and natural environments, and social justice. We, therefore, are looking for
women who have a holistic approach to peace. Our concept of peace is human
security, which is endangered daily by conflict, poverty, inequality and disrespect for
human rights.
The situations that women who work for peace have to confront and rectify include,
but are not necessarily limited to, the following:

The promotion and protection of human rights

The protection of children, women, people with disabilities, and other at-risk
groups

The elimination of poverty in all its forms

The maintenance of a healthy, sustainable natural environment

The struggle against structural violence and discrimination (including
patriarchal, caste, class, racial, and ethnic)

The establishment of a just economic and social order

Ensuring universal access to resources

Promotion of peace negotiations and conflict mediation

Health and education

Analysis of mechanisms that endanger peace

Documentation of war crimes and violations of human rights

Action against all arms, especially the proliferation of small arms

The main criteria for the peace women are summarized as follows:

She employs and promotes active, non-violent responses to conflict situations,

structural injustices and inequalities

Her work is sustainable and long-term

She leads by example, acting with moral courage and responsibility

Her work is exemplary and worthy of emulation

She works for the cause of peace and not for political or personal gain

Her work is transparent and based on tolerance

She includes and engages with people of different backgrounds

Examples of PeaceWomen can be found on www.1000peacewomen.org

Nomination form for Million PeaceWomen candidate

Nominated candidate
Name
Email.
Blog/website
Telephone/mobile/fax [optional]
Year of birth Age
[living/deceased] .
Country
City/region
Category of work..
Affiliation/ organization
Language(s) used

Nominator/writer
Name.
Email .
Blog/website
Do you know the candidate personally? Under what circumstances have you
encountered her and her work? .

(Optional: Title of article for this peacewomans story when it appears on the
website )

(A) Background 100 words Please provide a short background (biography) of the
candidate, and describe the conditions (e.g. physical, economic, cultural, and
security) that her work is faced with

(B) Story 500-3000 words

Her biography, education, family background, what kind of work against
violence and for peace she has been doing, what particular methods she uses in
her work. Please include some anecdotes or interesting stories. What are the

unique features of her work, and the contribution of her work to the community
or the society.

(C) 30-50 words Explain in two sentences why the candidates work is so important.
Can also include a quotation from her.

D100-300 words Visions and recommendations for peace

1. How has her work changed or inspired people or communities?
2. What are her recommendations for best practices?
3.

What are her policy or strategy recommendations?

EPlease include one or two photos (preferably digital photos) of the candidate,
and scans of her papers, media reports on her, etc. Please also include links to videos
or films on her.

F
Which categories of work has she been doing (please choose not more than 3 of
the following 10 categories):
1. Reconciliation and reconstruction
2. Womens rights-human rights
3. Struggle for survival: minorities and indigenous peoples
4. Economic rights and livelihood
5. Justice and peace
6. Stopping the hidden war against women: women, health and peace
7. A thousand ways to educate for a global culture of peace
8. Womens efforts on behalf of environmental justice and ecological security
9. A cultural conception of peace
10. Politics and governance