
Reflecting on the Role of the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund in Africa
Financing peacebuilding is one of the key institutional strategies designed by the UN with a focus on “post-conflict reconstruction”.

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

COVID-19 and Conflict: Advancing Women’s Meaningful Participation in Ceasefires and Peace Processes Source: UN Women This brief addresses the importance of women’s full, equal, and meaningful participation to an effective