Gender responsive Peacebuilding Learning and Strategy Workshop for West and Central Africa

Over the past decades, almost all West African countries have directly or indirectly been affected by armed conflict, radicalisation, civil unrest and crisis. Women in the region have played a visible and important role in peacebuilding and conflict resolution, while simultaneously suffering disparate impacts of violence, displacement, and economic insecurity. The inclusion of a gender perspective in peacebuilding efforts is also important to conflict prevention and recovery. 

The Dakar workshop, jointly organized by UN Women and the UN Peacebuilding Support Office in June 2016, aimed to share and consolidate knowledge on gender-responsive peacebuilding. It offered an opportunity for South-South learning and exchange, building on the many practices that have been developed in the region by representatives of more than 10 countries who presented specific country case studies. Furthermore, gender-responsive peacebuilding programme design, monitoring and evaluation methods and tools were presented and elaborated on through group work across national boundaries.