Identifying the gender-specific issues and challenges faced by forcibly displaced communities across Africa.
On 28 December 2018 the Head of UN Women, Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, met with ACCORD’s Founder and Executive Director, Dr Vasu Gounden, for discussions on continued collaboration, ACCORD House, Durban,
Important discussions on ACCORD’s gender, peace and security initiatives from a policy perspective.
ACCORD continues its work on gender and its nexus with peace and conflict.
Promoting the role of women in peacemaking in the Africa.
ACCORD was invited to participate in high-level Regional Women Mediator Networks meeting at UN.
Addressing the stifling gender issues in a humanitarian response to the Boko Haram crisis in Nigeria.
Enhancing women’s participation in the national agenda on peace and reconciliation in Mozambique.
ACCORD continues to strengthen the mediation capacities of women in Africa.
ACCORD participated in the Network of African Women in Conflict Prevention and Mediation’s (FemWise-Africa’s) first induction training on preventive diplomacy and mediation, hosted by the AU in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.