Strengthening local leadership in WPS and YPS in conflict and post-conflict settings

With Canada’s support the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) works in 6 fragile and conflict-affected states Chad Colombia Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Lebanon Nigeria and South Sudan to ensure women’s meaningful participation at each stage of conflict prevention and resolution and post-conflict recovery and reconstruction. Project activities include: (1) convening and delivering 15 workshops in the 6 countries on monitoring and evaluation to track resolutions’ implementation and progress on National Action Plans (NAPs); (2) conducting 15 localization workshops to draft Local Action Plans (LAPs) on Women Peace and Security (WPS) and Youth Peace and Security (YPS) and to provide technical support resources and media support to roll out the third generation NAPs in Nigeria and the DRC; (3) providing technical assistance to Local Steering Committees; (4) facilitating three budget workshops of WPS NAPs and LAPs in Colombia the DRC and Nigeria; (5) convening eight workshops on community climate change response; (6) delivering five workshops to increase the capacity of journalists and other media practitioners on WPS and YPS; and (7) conducting six Training-of-Trainers sessions covering gender equality peacebuilding preventing violence extremism and social media.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased access for local women and youth peacebuilding organizations to decision-making spaces; (2) improved cross-sectorial collaboration on the implementation of United Nations resolutions and climate action among key stakeholders; and (3) enhanced women’s peace and security and youth peace and security policymaking and programming through technical workshops train-the-trainer sessions and building the capacity of the media to be active in shaping policy.