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Enhancing Kenyan women participation in 2012 political processes
A training for 40 women leaders from Uasin Gishu, Trans Nzoia and Bungoma Counties
The Enhancing Kenya Women participation in 2012 political processes training was a five month project designed for grassroots women who desired to participate in peace processes and political participation in the 2012 general elections in Kenya. This was a joint project with Peace Women Across the Globe (PWAG) a partner organization based in Switzerland who provided the technical support of the project and funded by IFA Ministry of Cultural Relations under the Zivik programme. Two capacity building trainings were carried out; the first one targeting 20 women leaders from Uasin Gishu and Trans Nzoia Counties was held from 3rd to 12th October 2011 at the Eldoret wagon Hotel and the second training targeting women from Bungoma and Trans Nzoia Counties was held from 21st November to 1st December 2011 at the same venue.
The trainings focused on:
1. Understanding Conflict, Peace and Conflict Resolution strategies
2. Understanding the UN SCR 1325
3. Gender gains in the New Constitution and Strategies of Political participation
4. Understanding Gender
5. Leadership Skills in Peace Building and Political processes.
The objective of training the 40 women was to ensure that after the training the women were able to roll out civic education forums to reach out to more rural women, enhancing their capacity and knowledge on their rights as detailed in UN SCR 1325 and the Gender gains in the New Constitution, and to ensure that the rural women are active participants in the implementation of the National Action Plan of the UN SCR 1325 and acquire skills on peace building and conflict resolution. Other areas of importance were on Gender, Leadership skills, Political processes and voter registration.
Participants of the 1st training in Eldoret from 3rd to 12th October 2011
Soon more information to come as well as a book based on the stories of women leaders
Conflict Analysis and Peace Building training- UNDP Ethiopia
COPA's Conflict Analysis and Peace Building training was a 3 day tailor made course financially facilitated by UNDP Ethiopia for officials working in the African Union’s Peace and Security departments. The training content was largely driven by the growing need within the African Union to ensure that peace, stability and security are maintained among member states. This training was one way of ensuring that the responsible staff members have capacities to not only monitor and analyse conflicts and political developments in member countries, but to also advise and develop workable stabilization strategies.
In total, 19 members of staff were trained in the following areas:
- Understanding the concepts of conflict, violence and peace
- Introduction to conflict analysis; its rationale and the different tools for use
- Introduction to conflict resolution methods with a deeper emphasis on mediation as a 3rd party skill
- Peace building strategies
- Building sustainable peace; with emphasis on Conflict Early Warning and Response and gender in peace building.
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A Piece of Peace- Issue 2
The second Issue of COPA's Newsletter :' A Piece of Peace' is now out
With this new publication we aim to provide grassroots peacebuilders and community members with a forum where they can express their views on peace and development issues becoming thereby more involved in the process of chance. The publication is disseminated to our partners, networks and members enabling the voices and views of the authors to reach policy makers, NGO and international institutions representatives at all levels. The publication includes also recent news of COPA.
In the II issue we present the work, challenges and successes of a grassroots lawyer from Trans Nzoiaworking towards the empowerment and protection of women. In this issues we are also announcing our upcoming trainings and present the outcome of past ones. Finally in A Piece of Peace issue II we are briefly presenting our new book : ‘Achievements, challenges and opportunities for women in the conflict zones of Kenya’s Uasin Gishu, Trans Nzoia & Mount Elgon: A Dissection of the UN SCR 1325 & Kenya’s New Constitution'.
Download : A Piece of Peace- issue 2
