ACCORD in Dialogue with Leymah Gbowee, Peace Activists, Nobel Peace Laureate
4 Nov 2020
Knowledge sharing sessions have been a critical component of the broader FemWise-Africa Capacity Building Initiative.
Knowledge sharing sessions have been a critical component of the broader FemWise-Africa Capacity Building Initiative.
Vasu Gounden formed part of the panel discussion in a UN exercise in crowdsourcing priorities and solutions, and harnessing big data analysis tools.
The discussions in this IGD noted that the commercialization of politics is a scourge on the continent and needs to be dealt with urgently.
The dialogue highlighted that the STG agenda is especially important in the youth context because, in dealing with conflicts on the continent, it has been noted that youth are often at the forefront as victims, but also as implementers of change and adopters of strategies.
The discussions in the IGD noted that the average Motswana is twenty-four years old, but the average decision maker in Botswana is sixty years old.
Many recommendations came out this IGD, but most were centred around ensuring youth participation, creating a collective, youth-driven vision for the future of Africa and the challenges posed in attempting to achieve the STG agenda in Africa.
Financing peacebuilding is one of the key institutional strategies designed by the UN with a focus on “post-conflict reconstruction”.
This IGD noted that leadership, or a lack thereof, is the central tenet of most of the issues raised today.
Ambassador Djinnit emphasises the importance of women in mediation and that they should not be inhibited by the omnipresence of men in the political and development spheres of society.
The 2020 United Nations (UN) peacebuilding review takes stock of the progress made over the first 15 years of the UN’s Peacebuilding Architecture (PBA). ACCORD consulted a number of stakeholders