
In the News: Wednesday, 2 September 2020
New Report: From Insights to Action: Gender equality in the Wake of COVID-19 Source: UN Women / Ginette Azcona, Antra Bhatt, Jessamyn Encarnacion, Juncal Plazaola-Castaño, Papa Seck, Silke Staab, and

New Report: From Insights to Action: Gender equality in the Wake of COVID-19 Source: UN Women / Ginette Azcona, Antra Bhatt, Jessamyn Encarnacion, Juncal Plazaola-Castaño, Papa Seck, Silke Staab, 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

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

Demonstrate commitment to Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment with Actions; Meeting with Civil Society Organisations Emphasises Source: AfricaNews The speedy implementation of commitments to Gender Equality and Women Empowerment (GEWE)
Four of the articles in this issue, and the book review, are about countering terrorism in seven countries spread over a wide part of our continent, just north of the

Presenting a contextual discourse on ethnic conflict in Nigeria and reviewing existing studies on communal resolution with empirical underlying assumptions.

This handbook, Conducting Track II Peacemaking: A Peacemaker’s Toolkit Book 3, links the evolvement of track II diplomacy to the complexity and intractability of post-Cold War conflicts. Modern-day conflicts involve

Strengthening mediation through experience sharing.

Strengthening the role of women in preventing conflict, building and sustaining peace.

Identifying the gender-specific issues and challenges faced by forcibly displaced communities across Africa.