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Women’s International Peace Centre

Africa Peace and Environment Summit August 2024

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Women as Front Runners

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Women’s International Peace Centre (The Peace Centre), is a feminist organisation founded in 1974 in Geneva Switzerland, relocated to Uganda in 1993.

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Focus on women, peace and security in Africa and Asia.

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Case : Karibu Jeunesse Nouvelle

- Bukavu, DRC

- An initiative founded by a Peacebuilder

- Mobilising youth and women to play a key role in maintaining community peace.

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Waste Management

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Cleaning campaigns

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Currently; Cleaning Campaign

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- Raising awareness among women on management of household waste

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- Cleaning the banks and sorrounding of Lake Kivu

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Food Security

- Collective gardening on rented land

- Harvested food a source of family nutrition

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** most productive land bought off by politicans for exploitation of minerals and timber

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Tree Planting

- Source of cooking energy

- Fruits

- Rebuilding green cover

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Briquette Making (IDPs in Goma)

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Engaging Policy spaces

- Roundtable dialogues on Peace and Climate Change

- Media campaigns to raise awareness