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Placing Women’s Leadership at the Heart of Sri Lanka’s Peace & Reconciliation Process
ABA ROLI-led Women and Girls Empowered (WAGE) consortium is pleased to announce its new initiative “Strengthening the Role of Women Leaders in Promoting Peace and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka”. This initiative is launched during a challenging time. As COVID-19 spreads to conflict-affected...
Captive No More with Fatima Askira and Fatima Bultu
Search for Common Ground's (Search) Pathfinder’s Perspective has brought together two women who are dedicating their lives to empowering girls and women in the face of violence. Fatima Asikira, formerly of Search, runs Borno Women Development Initiative, which focuses on social justice...
Fighting Violence Against Women Online
Internews conducted a comparative analysis of the legal frameworks applicable to online harassment and online gender-based violence (oGBV) in five countries in East and Southern Africa. Researched and written by Chioma Nwaodike and Nerissa Naidoo, Internews’ comparative analysis was produced in partnership...
OPIAM – A Successful Partner in the Amazon Basin
Strengthened advocacy skills and communication processes: A sample of enhancing capacities of indigenous communities that help to face the Covid-19. "Governments around the world have been grappling with the spread of -19 in their communities. Latin America is no exception. Communities most...
More Women in Tech Means a More Peaceful World
Pakistan ranks 148 out of 149 countries on the gender inequality index (WEF). It will take another 500 years for Pakistan to reach gender equality in this scenario (UNWomen). Women empowerment is essential to gain generational equality. Technology has emerged as a...
Discussion Paper: Gender & the Covid-19 Crisis in Conflict-Affected Context
As COVID-19 spreads to conflict-affected areas, the pandemic creates new challenges for already strained health systems and social relations. Poverty, conflict, social norms and gender discrimination make women and girls more vulnerable to contracting COVID-19 and less likely to access critical services...
Policy Brief: Covid-19 & Conflict Sensitivity
COVID-19 has caused unprecedented disruption globally. Countries around the world are struggling to contain the pandemic and deal with a high number of hospitalisations and deaths. As the virus spreads to more fragile and conflict affected contexts, the outcome may be devastating....
Building a better post-Covid-19 world with the private sector
From Pact: Covid-19 has created one of the most widespread humanitarian and economic crises in recent history. Despite years of pandemic warnings issued, most governments, civil society, research institutions and businesses were caught unaware. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus...
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