Project: Young Women as Drivers of Peace: Providing 360° Support to Emerging Women
Donor: United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF)
Implementation Period: The pilot project was implemented from 5 December 2019 to 5 June 2021
In a context where young women are already marginalised and the potential role they can play in peacebuilding is limited to rhetoric, implementing actions to strengthen their capacities is important. Equipping young women with the necessary knowledge and tools and supporting the creation of a conducive environment can lend towards addressing some of these issues.
In terms of knowledge and skills on conflict resolution, YWLs have reported an improvement. Even though there were some challenges in terms of understanding key concepts such as the problem tree and conflict mapping, a high percentage of trained YWLs agree that their knowledge has increased since the training. This includes knowledge on conflict drivers (72 percent), conflict assessment tools (78 percent) and conflict resolution (83 percent). Furthermore, the knowledge and skills required to design project interventions also improved. 86 percent of YWLs believe that they have gained knowledge and skills on proposal development, 81 percent on setting targets for achievements and 73 percent believe they gained knowledge on developing budgets.
The Young Women Ladders successfully managed and implemented 20 small grant initiatives by monitoring and measure the changes by themselves.
