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Annual Reports
Patience Nakiranda

Annual Report 2024

The Women’s International Peace Centre Annual Report 2024 documents a year of bold feminist peacebuilding across conflict-affected and politically fragile contexts in Africa. Anchored in the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda and guided by the Centre’s WEAVE model, the report reflects how women’s leadership, collective agency, and lived experiences shaped peacebuilding efforts at community, national, regional, and global levels. In a context of shrinking civic space, protracted conflict, and climate-related crises, women and youth continued to organise, advocate, and lead transformative change.

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Job Opportunities
Patience Nakiranda

Call for Expression of Interest: Rapporteurs

CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST -STATION SPECIFIC RAPPORTEURS

Job Title         :          Station Specific Rapporteur

Vacancies     :           4- Four

Duty Station  :           Kampala–1, Arua-1, Hoima-1, Jinja-1

Reports to     :           National Coordinator

Assignment   :           Temporary

Duration         :           1 week

Start Dart       :           13th to 19th January 2026

 

  1. Background

The Women’s International Peace Centre (WIPC), on behalf of the Women’s Situation Room (WSR), hereby seeks to recruit 4 Station Specific Rapporteurs for the physical situation rooms in Arua, Hoima, Jinja and Kampala.

The WSR is a non‑partisan, women‑led mechanism that mobilizes women and youth to promote peaceful electoral processes in line with United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 2250. The WSR-Uganda provides early warning and rapid response to election‑related tensions and violence, working closely with election stakeholders to promote peace before, during and after elections.

2. Job Purpose:

The qualified Station Specific Rapporteurs will write reports of the activities and events happening in the assigned physical situation room. The report, in context of the specific region assigned, will also contribute to the documentation and improving the work of the WSR mechanism.

3. Overall objective

  • Provide an analytical and evidence-based information on the 2026 electoral process in the assigned region of work.
  • To document the 2026 physical room activities, including the launch of the physical room, engagement with stakeholders, challenges, achievements, and lessons learned
  • Provide a critical analysis of media reports from a gender perspective and other activities related to the elections that are taking place in the region where the physical room is situated.
  • Capture relevant/ critical information that will guide future WSR electoral processes and interventions.

4. Terms of Reference

  • Monitor and analyse the electoral process including election-related violence in the assigned region, providing timely, evidence-based information on trends, risks, and developments.
  • Document all WSR Physical Room activities, including the launch, stakeholder engagements, daily operations, summary of calls received, achievements, challenges, and lessons learned.
  • Conduct media monitoring and gender-sensitive analysis of election-related reports, narratives, and incidents across print, radio, TV, online, and social media.
  • Capture and synthesise critical information that will inform future WSR electoral processes, strategies, and interventions.
  • Produce high-quality reports and briefs based on findings, including analytical updates, media reports, documentation summaries, and final lessons-learned reports.

5. Expected Deliverables/ Timeline, Key Deliverables and Logistics

  •  The report’s visuals and graphs, through identification and execution of innovative concepts, and/or consulting with and requesting contributions to the report from relevant data hubs and sources
  • A well analytical advanced report indicating WSR role in averting violence during elections in Uganda.
  • Presentation of the report to the Eminent Women in the specific room for input and approval.
  • A Final Report to be produced within two weeks following the close of the physical room.

6. Qualifications

The selected applicant must have the following qualifications and experience:

  • University degree in a relevant field, including peacebuilding, conflict transformation
  • Extensive knowledge on election democracy, Women, Peace and Security, with experience in documenting violence-related contexts.
  • Proven record in writing event reports.
  • Experience, technical specialization and proven experience working on election processes, constitutionalism, early warning mechanisms, peacebuilding with emphasis on women’s and youth rights from a gender-based approach. Familiarity or knowledge and experience of policy frameworks such as the UNSCR 1325.
  • Excellent writing skills in English, with analytical skills and the ability to synthesize findings from diverse materials and sources.
  • Critical thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to research, analyse, and present complex information
  • Strong interpersonal, teamwork, and communication skills
  • Time Management and commitment to serve under tight schedules

7. Application Process

Interested individuals should submit their Cover letters, Curriculum Vitae, National ID, sample of past reports compiled, clearly marked “Station Specific Rapporteur”. Please indicate the duty station that you wish to serve.  It is also preferable that the individual applicants reside in the said districts of work.

Letters should be addressed to the Executive Director, Women’s International Peace Centre via email address at wsrapplications@gmail.com by January 8th 2026.  ONLY shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Other Publications, Resources
Patience Nakiranda

Women Mediators of Wau, South Sudan; Profiles for Peacebuilding Practice

Women Mediators of Wau, South Sudan
Profiles for Peacebuilding Practice

Researchers: Latifah Namutebi, Jackline Janaro, Juliet Luka, Akuch Deng, Rose Stephen Abdallah, Julia Mahmud, Elizabeth Zacharia and Juleta Alberto Lino

The Abstract

South Sudan’s national peace process remains fragile, with the Revitalized Agreement (R-ARCSS) stalling amid renewed violence, displacement, and food insecurity. In Wau Municipality, a convergence zone of Dinka, Luo, Ndogo, Balanda, Kresh, and Bongo communities, histories of conflict and migration have left disputes over land, resources, and identity unresolved. Formal state justice is weak, and it is women mediators who hold together everyday peace through invisible networks in markets, churches, VSLA groups and kinship ties.

This publication documents the contributions of six women mediators in Wau, showing how indigenous, identity-informed practices such as Ndogo kinship, Dinka maternal authority, Balanda hospitality, Kresh artistic resilience, and Bongo “beer talks” underpin their conflict resolution work. These mediators prevent retaliatory killings, manage inter-ethnic negotiations, and stabilize relationships the state cannot reach. Their approaches reveal peace as daily coexistence, justice and restored dignity.

Based on ethnographic profiles and collaborative knowledge production, the study argues for the institutional recognition of grassroots women mediators, direct funding to their networks and monitoring frameworks that capture their real impact.

Read Publication here: Women Mediators of Wau Profiles for Peacebuilding Practice (1)

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Patience Nakiranda

Plan Stratégique 2024-2028

Le Plan stratégique 2024-2028 guidera le Women’s International Peace Centre au cours des cinq prochaines années, alors que nous renforçons notre engagement en faveur de la consolidation de la paix féministe et du leadership des femmes dans les contextes de conflit et de post-conflit.

Porté par notre modèle WEAVE et enrichi par des années d’expérience, de collaboration et d’apprentissage, ce plan définit des priorités stratégiques qui répondent aux défis régionaux et mondiaux urgents par des actions audacieuses et transformatrices.

Le Plan est issu d’un processus consultatif avec des partenaires, des communautés et des parties prenantes, intégrant des enseignements précieux tirés des évaluations, des revues de programmes et de la recherche féministe. Il met l’accent sur le changement systémique à l’intersection de la paix, de la justice de genre et du bien-être, et s’engage à promouvoir :

  • La gouvernance inclusive et le leadership féministe

  • Des réponses humanitaires et de développement transformant les rapports de genre

  • La justice climatique et environnementale intersectionnelle

  • Des approches centrées sur la guérison et la santé mentale

  • Le renforcement des mouvements et le partage intergénérationnel des savoirs

  • Plan stratégique 2024-2028
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Patience Nakiranda

ECOSSOC Citizens Forum 2025 Outcome Document.

The African Union ECOSOCC hosted the 2025 Citizens’ Forum on 8–9 July in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, under the theme “Reimagining Democracy and Advancing Reparative Justice: A New Social Contract.” Held alongside the AU’s 7th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting, the Forum gathered diverse stakeholders to shape a more inclusive and just future for Africa.

The Women’s International Peace Centre actively contributed to the dialogue, sharing perspectives on transitional justice, civic engagement, and democratic transformation.

📄Checkout the Outcome Document to learn more about the key discussions, recommendations, and collective vision that emerged from the Forum.

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Patience Nakiranda

Women’s International Peace Centre Strategic Plan 2024-2028 (English Version))

The Strategic Plan 2024-2028 will guide the Women’s International Peace Centre over the next five years as we deepen our commitment to feminist peacebuilding and women’s leadership in conflict and post-conflict settings.

Guided by our WEAVE model and informed by years of experience, collaboration, and learning, this plan lays out strategic priorities that respond to urgent regional and global challenges with bold, transformative action.

The Plan emerges from a consultative process with partners, communities, and stakeholders, incorporating valuable insights from program reviews, evaluations, and feminist research. It focuses on systemic change through the intersection of peace, gender justice, and wellbeing, and commits to advancing:

  • Inclusive governance and feminist leadership
  • Gender-transformative humanitarian and development responses
  • Intersectional climate and environmental justice
  • Healing-centered approaches and mental health
  • Movement building and intergenerational knowledge sharing

Artistic Illustration of two Sudanese women in thoughtful poses, one wearing a white hijab and the other in glasses and a headwrap, set against the Sudanese flag. The text reads: “From Exclusion to Influence: Sudanese Women’s Struggle for Meaningful Participation in Peace Processes – May 2025
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Patience Nakiranda

From Exclusion To Influence: Sudanese Women’s Struggle For Meaningful Participation In Peace Processes.

How can sustainable peace be achieved without the voices of the women who have led, endured and rebuilt through conflict? For decades, Sudanese women have been at the forefront of movements for justice, freedom, and democracy—yet they continue to be excluded from the very peace processes that will shape their country’s future.

This knowledge pack sheds light on their leadership, the systemic barriers they face, and the urgent actions needed to ensure their full, equal, and meaningful participation in all aspects of peace and security. It is both a testament to their resilience and a roadmap for inclusive peace.

Full Document Here: Sudanese Women at the Heart of Peace

Opinion Piece
Patience Nakiranda

Wellbeing is the InfraStructure for our Resistance

A Piece by Latifah Namutebi

Wellbeing is no longer a luxury or an after thought, it is the very infrastructure of our resistance. The terrain we are navigating has shifted: it is faster, heavier, more personal. The pressure is not imagined; it is engineered. From digital surveillance to emotional burnout, the systems we are resisting have become more sophisticated, more invasive—and yet, the expectations placed upon us have only grown.

To lead. To show up. To hold space. To keep going.

And when we can’t, we are met not with care, but with silence, guilt, or fear.

This piece begins with that truth. That the work of liberation, of justice, of community care, is happening under immense pressure—and that if we do not center wellbeing as a core strategy, we will be broken by the very forces we seek to dismantle.

 

 

 

Download blog here: WELLBEING IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF OUR RESISTANCE