“Happy Wife, Happy Life” “Be a Real Man” “Woman is Human”. The start of the year gathered actors committed to advancing women’s rights and social change including government representatives (Ministry of Gender Labor and Social Development, the Ministry of Health and Uganda National Police) as well as civil society (Isis-WICCE,
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Call for Inclusion of Women in Peace Processes in Eastern and Southern Africa
Women’s empowerment contributes to the success of peace talks and the achievement of sustainable peace, accelerates economic recovery, strengthens peace operations, improves our humanitarian assistance, and can help counter violent extremism, according to the Global Study on the Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325): Preventing Conflict, Transforming
South Sudan Institute Leaders Tackle Child Marriage and Conflict’s Economic Effects on Women and Girls
“We quickly learned that in post-conflict societies, economic empowerment is key. Women affected by conflict would ask, ‘you are teaching us about peace but shall we eat peace?’” Juliet Were says, explaining the decision to include a livelihood enhancement module in the Leadership Institute’s peace and security curriculum. The 2015/2016