In continuation of the project tilted “Amplifying Local Women Voices: Understanding and Breaking Down the Barriers to Women Participation in the Liberian Reconciliation and Peace Building Process, the Center for Security Studies and Development (CENSSAD) has begun a training workshop in Sanniquelle, Nimba County.
The capacity building workshop is designed to empower women to serve as catalysts for their rights and to further strengthen their participation in peace building and reconciliation processes. It is being facilitated by a team of experienced facilitators, includer the Gender Coordinator of Nimba, Mrs. Yah Suah Belleh and encompasses topics relating to consensus-building, conflict resolution, gender, leadership, human rights, citizens’ participation, peace building, inclusive governance and non-adversarial advocacy.
The workshop is also intended to build the capacities of local women to serve as catalysts for peace building, security, women rights and reconciliation in the communities. It will provide them with the tools necessary to engender peace, security and reconciliation at both local and national levels.
The workshop in Sanniqulle will be followed by another round of training in Zwerdu, Grand Gedeh County. Already, as part of the project, CENSSAD has completed a survey which was intended to acquire systematic, in-depth knowledge about the drivers of Liberian women’s systematic exclusion from the reconciliation process. The result of the survey will be released soon. CENSSAD has also completed four capacity building workshops in Sinoe, Cape Mount. Rivercess and Lofa Counties and is expected to host Peace and Reconciliation Dialogues for women and local stakeholders.
This project contributes to the establishment of an inclusive reconciliation process that aligns with both the 2003 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and the 2017 Liberia Peacebuilding Plan (LPP).
The project is supported by the German Federal Office’s Funds through the Zivik Funding Programme by ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen).
The Zivik Funding Programme supports civil society actors worldwide in preventing crises, transforming conflicts, and creating as well as stabilizing peaceful social and political systems.