
In the News: Friday, 21 August 2020
Liberia: Female Town Chief Benefits From Gbowee Peace Foundation Training Source: Front Page Africa / Mae Azango Patience Kamara, 25, is a Muslim who is the Assistant Town Chief of
Liberia: Female Town Chief Benefits From Gbowee Peace Foundation Training Source: Front Page Africa / Mae Azango Patience Kamara, 25, is a Muslim who is the Assistant Town Chief of
Financing peacebuilding is one of the key institutional strategies designed by the UN with a focus on “post-conflict reconstruction”.
Peace, Security and Post-conflict Reconstruction in the Great Lakes Region of Africa is a bilingual compilation edited by two renowned professors of political science and history of African studies respectively.
Gbowee Foundation Trains Women as Peace Brigades Source: Front Page Africa / Mae Azango The Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa in collaboration with the Women Peace and Humanitarian Fund and Spotlight
Mapping Women, Peace and Security in the UN Security Council: 2019 Source: NGO Working Group on WPS A new policy brief outlines the findings from the NGO Working Group on
Belarus election: Women Form ‘Solidarity Chains’ to Condemn Crackdown Source: BBC Women have formed human chains in Belarus to condemn a crackdown on protests over the disputed election. Many dressed
Nothing Less Than Equality and a Seat at the Table for Youth Source: UN Women UN Women, in collaboration with ITU (the UN agency for information and communication technologies), and
UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Expresses Deep Concern Regarding New Draft Somali Legislation on Sexual Crimes Source: Office of the Special Representative of the
Africa: The African Women Leaders Network – A Movement for the Transformation of Africa Source: allAfrica / Bineta Diop, African Union Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security & Phumzile
Monthly Action Points (MAP) for the Security Council: August 2020 Source: NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security The NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security released the