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Increasing Women and Youth’s Participation in Peacebuilding and Leadership in Lira and Soroti.

The Peace Centre conducted a six day’s training for 80 cultural leaders and district technical administrative staff from Soroti and Lira district (40 per district) with the main areas of focus being; mediation and negotiation, conflict analysis and leadership among the selected leaders. Cultural leaders play a key role in refining norms to enhance women’s participation in decision making and outlaw negative practices that deter the progress of women. The training contributes to ongoing efforts to strengthen women’s effective and meaningful participation in the formal and informal peace building processes. Read More “Increasing Women and Youth’s Participation in Peacebuilding and Leadership in Lira and Soroti.”

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Peacebuilding and Leadership trainings in Soroti and Lira Districts

Women’s participation in decision making, in peacebuilding and post-conflict recovery processes (in disarmament, reintegration, security sector reform, economic recovery programs, humanitarian response, legal, judicial and electoral processes) in Uganda is markedly low, particularly at the local level.

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End of Project Learning and Sharing workshop on Promoting Women’s Effective Participation in Peace Building in Uganda

On the 29th of March 2021, The Peace Centre hosted an end of project learning and sharing stakeholder workshop in line with the project “Promoting women’s effective participation in peacebuilding in Uganda”. This project was implemented with the support of UN Women in Yumbe, Adjumani and Kotido districts.

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Grassroots Women Peacebuilders Join the Generation Equality Forum

Women Peacebuilders from Yumbe District with support from the Peace Centre, were able to join the Generation Equality Forum and preparatory workshop discussion. This was a part of Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)65 pre–Generation Equality Mexico Forum workshop that highlighted key discussions for the meaningful participation of women and youth peacebuilders in the Generation Equality Forum. Catherine Kwanje, a Peacebuilder from South Sudan living in Bidibidi Refugee settlement used the forum to share highlights on the need to ensure that women who are displaced by conflict are included in peace processes in their country of origin.

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Perspectives on Feminist Peace

This first edition of the Feminist Peace Series provides various understanding of Feminist Peace with perspectives from practitioners, partners and colleagues in the field of peace building. From all the contributions we can summarize Feminist Peace as that which takes into account the differential impact of conflict on women, girls and gender diverse people and profiles their voices, needs and perspective in all peacebuilding processes.

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Meet Our Partner- Teso Women Peace Activists

This quarter, we shine a light on Teso Women Peace Activists (TEWPA), a women-led organisation taking the lead to advance peace, resolve conflict, build tolerance and justice, in the Teso Region.

About TEWPA: Formed in 2001 by Cecilia Engole following her participation in the Isis-WICCE Institute to respond to the challenges that women and girls face during and after conflicts.  Teso Women Peace Activists (TEWPA), designs peace building and conflict resolution projects/programs that are issue based; and organize focused peace building training for TOTs in communities, for sustainability and as an effort to create lasting peace. TEWPA’s focus is peacebuilding, conflict transformation, democratization and human rights. Read More “Meet Our Partner- Teso Women Peace Activists”

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Tracing 20 Years of Feminist Peace: Women Peace Builders Reflect on the Journey of Advancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Burundi, DRC, Nepal, South Sudan and Uganda.

In this 51st edition of Women’s World, we hear from 7 women peacebuilders from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nepal, South Sudan and Uganda- who are long-term partners of the Peace Centre and alumnae of the Feminist Leadership Institute. Through their journeys and deliberations, we look back at 20 years of agitating for women’s participation in conflict prevention, resolution and peace building; at our efforts to prevent, end and respond to conflict-related sexual violence; and to ensure gender-response relief and recovery through various means.

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Retracer 20 ans de Paix féministe : les femmes bâtisseuses de la paix réfléchissent l’engagement de l’avancement du programme sur les femmes, la paix et la sécurité au Burundi, en RDC, au Népal, au Soudan du Sud et en Ouganda- Monde Des Femmes 51

Dans cette 51er édition de Monde Des Femmes, nous entendons 7 éminentes femmes bâtisseuses de paix du Burundi, de la République Démocratique du Congo, du Népal, du Soudan du Sud et de l’Ouganda, partenaires de longue date de Women’s International Peace centre et anciennes élèves du Feminist Leadership Institute. À travers leurs riches et diverses expertises, nous revenons sur 20 ans de combat pour la participation des femmes aux postes de prise décisions, à la prévention et protection des femmes, au règlement ainsi qu’à leur rôle crucial dans la consolidation de la paix des conflits. Aussi aux efforts déployés pour prévenir et combattre la violence sexuelle liée aux conflits ; et d’assurer les secours et apporter des réponses aux besoins sexospécifiques grâce aux mécanismes efficaces et adaptés.

Nous vous invitons à apprécier les perspectives et les expériences des femmes en tant qu’électrices, candidates, dirigeantes politiques, militantes et actrices clés pour des élections pacifiques et dans tous les processus électoraux.

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The Unstoppable Woman Leader Promoting Peaceful Elections in Kapelebyong

By Esther Wasagali

Akol Ketty is a woman leader and a testament to women’s ability to build peace and influence change against all odds.  

When we first met Akol in August 2019, she had served as a Community Mobiliser, Facilitator, Councilor and most recently as the Vice Chairperson in Kapelebyong District Local Government. She had first hand experience of the limitations women experience as they seek to take leadership or to address the issues that make elections violent and undemocratic.

“Women are often discouraged from taking on leadership positions, they always receive negative comments from men and fellow women saying they cannot stand for some positions because they are earmarked for men.  Women are also denied participation in political processes by their husbands, who often think that women will be exposed to other men. Women in my community could not balance home and leadership roles. They had no confidence to speak in public,” Akol recounts. 

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National Feedback Meeting to Define Strategies For Reduction of Conflict And Violence in Uganda.

The Peace Centre in partnership with the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ Conflict Early Warning and Early Response system (CEWERU) convened a two day feedback meeting from 10th- 11th March with the National Steering Committee to share early warning reports from the Peace Committees in Kotido, Yumbe and Adjumani and discuss effective and early response to prevent and mitigate conflicts in Uganda. The feedback meeting will be used in laying of strategies and actions for reduction of conflict and violence in Uganda.

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