Join the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice for the annual Women PeaceMakers event, honoring three women peacebuilders from around the world.

• Sveto Muhammad Ishoq (Afghanistan) is an award-winning women’s rights activist, a TEDx Speaker, and social entrepreneur from Afghanistan. Sveto is dedicated to empowering women economically and changing the "single story" narrative about her home country. Her work on national and international platforms has been instrumental in promoting unheard Afghan experiences and amplifying Afghan women’s voices during the Taliban regime. Sveto has founded several organizations, including Ayat and Chadari. Ayat is a social enterprise that empowers illiterate Afghan women to achieve financial independence through fashion, while Chadari is an NGO that raises awareness about the current situation of Afghan women and girls in Afghanistan through community projects, storytelling, and awareness building. Through Chadari, she trained over 300 women through community-building and educational programs. She is also Afghanistan’s first Schwarzman Scholar and the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the British Muslim Awards.
• Shadi Rouhshahbaz (Iran) is a young Iranian peacebuilder, activist, futurist and researcher hailing from Iran. She holds a Double-Joint master's degree in international development. Shadi's remarkable journey spans over 5 years in the Third Sector, focusing on youth, gender, peace, and security, including valuable experience with Alfred Deakin Institute, UN Women HQ, UNICEF, and UNIC in Iran, as well as the United Network of Young Peacebuilders. Shadi founded PeaceMentors, the first young-women-led peacebuilding initiative in Iran. She strives to influence policy by connecting the lived experiences of individuals with the gaps in systems. Using interdisciplinary methodologies to ensure her research brings about impactful solutions for the challenges of tomorrow, she continues to advocate for young people's voices wherever her journey takes her.
• Kay Soe (Burma) is a feminist, peacebuilding and gender equality advocate, specializing in Women, Peace, and Security policymaking. She currently serves as an advisor to several women’s alliances and networks in Myanmar. She is also an International Programs Executive Member of American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)’s Asia Subregional Committee member. With extensive experience in shaping organizations’ strategic directions and high-level policy dialogues on gender equality, labour migration, and peace and conflict, Kay is dedicated to fostering positive change in the ASEAN region. She has devoted her career to generating evidence for peacebuilding and development programming, reflected in her professional pursuit in the evaluation field as a certified external evaluator. Holding master's degrees from Sciences Po, Paris, and Webster University, St. Louis, USA, Kay's academic foundation further strengthens her contributions to national and international women, peace, and security research efforts. Kay's research studies have been published in peer-reviewed journals.

This year's Fellows hail from Afghanistan, Burma, and Iran. At the event, they will share more about who they are, their expertise as changemakers, and gendered experiences in peacebuilding.

A light reception will follow the event.

Seating in the Peace and Justice Theatre is available on a first come, first served basis, with priority for pre-registered guests. If the theater reaches capacity, guests are invited to be seated in an overflow room to watch the event livestream. 

Questions? Email the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at ipj@sandiego.edu.

Contact ipj@sandiego.edu with any accessibility requests.

When

Wednesday, November 8, 2023; 6:00 PM

Location

Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice

5998 Alcalá Park, San Diego, CA 92110

DIRECTIONS

We suggest that you enter campus through the West Entrance. You will see an entrance kiosk and can ask for directions there too. From the West Entrance, follow the road (Marian Way) to the second stop sign. Make a left into the West Parking Structure. 

PARKING

Event attendees can park on campus in the West Parking Structure. 

Please pay for parking at one of the pay stations or on the ParkMobile app. 

• The rates for parking in metered areas are $2.50 per hour and $18.00 for the full day. The pay stations on campus accept coins as well as Visa and Mastercard credit/debit cards. They do not accept cash or American Express cards.
• All paid parking areas at USD operate as pay-by-plate. This means that a license plate number is required when making a payment at the pay station. It may be helpful to take a picture of your license plate after you park your vehicle. Once you have made your payment, there is no need to display your receipt on your dashboard.

USD trams are available in the West Parking Structure to take guests to the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice. The tram runs every 5 to 7 minutes. A complete tram schedule is available on the Tram Services Website.

Once you arrive, check in at the Peace and Justice Theatre. Check-in begins at 5:30 PM.

EVENT Cost

Free!

WHO CAN ATTEND THE EVENT?

The event is open to the University of San Diego and the public. 

LIVESTREAM

Can't make it to the event in-person? The event will be livestreamed here.