The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) has announced the opening of nominations for the 2022 Women Building Peace Award. This prestigious annual award honors women peacebuilders from fragile and conflict-affected countries who are leading efforts to prevent conflict, challenge violence, and find peacebuilding solutions to make a difference in their communities, countries, and/or internationally.

Eligibility Requirements

• must be a woman of at least 18 years of age.
• should be a non-U.S. citizen.
• The nominee must be working to build peace in a fragile or conflict-affected country or region.
• Also, the nominee cannot be employed by USIP or have been affiliated with USIP as a contractor, grantee, fellow, or recipient of the Women Building Peace Award during the 24 months before the submission of this nomination application.
• Moreover, the nominee must not have been nominated for the Women Building Peace Award in the past two years.

Selection Criteria

Nominees should demonstrate the following four qualities:

1. A woman who shows a commitment to peace through her work to prevent or resolve conflict nonviolently in a fragile or conflict-affected country or region.
2. Also, a woman who embodies exceptional leadership through her vision and innovation as well as has earned the respect of others in the pursuit of peace.
3. A woman who is a peacebuilding practitioner working with members of local, national, or international communities in an inclusive as well as participatory manner.
4. In addition, a woman whose peacebuilding work has led to tangible results.

Nomination Application Process

Submit the nomination application using the FLUXX online portal. Only those nominating applicants for the award must register for an account. The women who are nominated do not register for a FLUXX account.

The nomination application process comprises two steps.

FLUXX Account Registration

Nominators must first register for an account to gain access to the nomination application.

• Open the FLUXX registration page at https://usip.fluxx.io/user_sessions/new.
• Click “Register for an account” on the right side of the page.
• Select “Women Building Peace Award” as the competition type.
• Enter the required information in the Primary Contact Information section and then click “Submit Request.”
• Within one business day, nominators will receive a FLUXX confirmation email containing a username and password.
• All nominators must register for a FLUXX account by the deadline

Nomination Application Submission

Once a nominator receives login credentials, they may begin the nomination application.

• Open the FLUXX application page https://usip.fluxx.io.
• Enter the username and password sent in the FLUXX confirmation email.
• Click “Draft Nominations” in the left toolbar to create a blank draft nomination.
• Begin entering information in the nomination application.
• Save the nomination application and click “submit” once it is complete.
• Nominators will receive a confirmation fro their nomination.
• Submit all completed nomination applications by February 14, 2022.

Timeline

• The nomination process opens on Wednesday, December 1, 2021.
• All nominators must register for a FLUXX account by February 7, 2022.
• Complete the nomination application by February 14, 2022.
• Announcement of the 10 finalists for the 2022 Women Building Peace Award in Summer 2022.
• Finally, an announcement of the finalists and the awardee for the 2022 Women Building Peace Award will be at a ceremony in Fall 2022.