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The African Centre for Women, Information
and Communications Technology (ACWICT) is implementing the
Gender and Post Election Peace Building initiative funded
by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).
ACWICT is among three partners in the Media
and Public Communication cluster. The cluster is charged
with generating and disseminating peace messages aimed at
healing rifts caused by post election violence that rocked
the country after the disputed presidential elections in
December 2007.
ACWICT’s participation in this initiative
comes upon a backdrop of its previous work with UNIFEM as
an implementing partner in the Gender and Governance Programme
(GGP) Phase II. ACWICT will deploy an ICT strategy in generating
and disseminating peace building messages.
The objectives of the Gender and Post Election
Peace Building Initiative are:
- To promote women’s participation and influence
within the mediation and justice processes
- To improve gender justice within national responses
and budgeting to early recovery and protection efforts
and in particular to survivors of VAW and displaced women.
- To enhance women’s short term economic recovery,
security and rights.
There are various partner organizations
implementing the peace building initiative throughout the
country. All of them are addressing critical gender issues
within key areas of the crisis namely:
- Humanitarian/Relief
- Protection/Gender Based Violence
- Early Recovery/Livelihoods
- Mediation/Justice Issues
- Peace Building
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