Religious Engagement in Nigeria Enhanced by Women (I-RENEW)
Overview The I-RENEW project focuses on enhancing religious engagement in Nigeria by empowering women and youth to promote FoRB and peaceful coexistence in Plateau and Kaduna States. The project employs a Common Ground Approach to build capacities, foster collaboration, and reshape societal norms through media and advocacy. Key interventions include…
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Réduire la violence intercommunautaire et renforcer la cohésion sociale dans les régions du Centre Nord et du Sahel au Burkina Faso
Search for Common Ground (Search) met en œuvre le projet « Woumtaaba » de 18 mois visant à réduire la violence intercommunautaire et renforcer la cohésion sociale dans les régions affectées par les déplacements de population au Burkina Faso (Centre-Nord et Sahel), financé par le programme pour la stabilisation et…
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Voices of Peace: Insights from Women Peacebuilders
This email series highlights voices of peace from around the world, to help you find yours. This month’s Voice of Peace features highlights from Search’s recent virtual event, “The Power of Women in Peacebuilding.” Below are a few powerful quotes that stuck with us. “Two main factors contribute to the…
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Sahelian Women in Digital Spaces
Tilwate Peace Network is producing a dedicated study on Sahelian women in online spaces in partnership with the Bamako Forum on Digital and Social Cohesion. Based on a literature review and key informant interviews with women in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali about their online experiences, this paper provides insight…
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Empowering the Next Generation of Female Journalists in Pakistan
“Focus on the work and don’t focus on how people see you. You can do good work.” Maryam, a female journalist from Pakistan’s Balochistan province, advises. She knows from experience how societal norms can prevent women from participating in a profession. In Balochistan and its neighboring province Khyber Puktoon Kha…
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Je na we mw’iterambere : Accroître le rôle socio-économique des femmes au Burundi, et renforcer leur autonomie
Dans un Burundi où les femmes sont confrontées à des normes sociales et des barrières culturelles limitant leur participation économique, le projet “Je na we mw’iterambere : Accroître le rôle socio-économique des femmes au Burundi, et renforcer leur autonomie” vise à transformer cette réalité. Financé par le Gouvernement Belge –…
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Peace Rewards
Peace Rewards is a five-year project funded by KinderNothilfee (KNH.) Commencing in July 2022, the overall goal of this project is to strengthen the contribution of women’s civil society groups to foster a more peaceful Sri Lanka for children. This objective will be achieved through empowering women’s civil society groups…
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Enhancing Women in Learning and Leadership (WILL) -Scaling -up WILL Clubs
Context and Background: Female politicians face structural barriers that limit their ability to meaningfully contribute to local and national politics in Sri Lanka. They face overwhelming resistance from male candidates within and outside of their political parties, as well as from men in their communities and families. For example, many…
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Women Community “Sheroes”: Advancing Women Leadership in Repatriation and Reintegration
Search for Common Ground started implementing the project Women Community “Sheroes”: Advancing Women Leadership in Repatriation and Reintegration (R&R) in February 2023. Funded by the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues (S/GWI), the project is implemented by Search for Common Ground together with its two local partners, Public Fund DIA…
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Inspiring the Next Generation of Independent Media in Pakistan
Search for Common Ground (Search) supported the implementation of the project ‘Inspiring the Next Generation of Independent Media in Pakistan,’ to support the growth of independent and diverse media in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. With a planned project duration of two years, the project implementation period was cut short to…
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