Strategic thinking workshop – South Sudanese women’s common agenda for the transitional period
22 Mar 2022
There is a need for long-term capacity development to enhance women’s participation in peace processes in South Sudan’
There is a need for long-term capacity development to enhance women’s participation in peace processes in South Sudan’
Advancing women’s access to economic resources to build our continent’s resilience in nutrition.
Shifting from theory and concepts to the practical elements of peacebuilding
Conflict and violence need to be understood in localised contexts and realities; this allows for an understanding of conflict that is unique to a country’s history and socio-political reality. Eswatini does not exhibit the signs of what the WPS agenda considers conflict.
Twenty years since the adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSC 1325) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), women remain underrepresented in peace processes. This underrepresentation has far-reaching consequences for the lives of many women and girls in post-conflict countries.
On the 15th of April 2021, ACCORD participated in a meeting with Gender Development Partners Group aimed at learning and reflecting about the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in South
The interview is part of ACCORD’s partnership with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) which seeks to document the experiences of African women peacebuilders.
Event highlighting that programming in a COVID-19 context must be alive to the contextual reality we find ourselves in and account for the gendered dimensions.
Panellists discuss how UNSCR 1325 was meant to increase women’s participation in the decision-making processes as well as preventing violence.
Malian women leaders presented on the current situation in the country, their ongoing mediation efforts, and the actions they have taken and plan to take.