Peace Committees Archives - Gender in Kenya

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Shamsa Abukakar Is Working With The Private Sector And Civil Society To Support Programmes To Reform Youth In Mombasa County. Her Current Programme Is Targeting Over 1,000 Youths, Providing Them With Counselling And Vocational Training To Give Them Alternatives To Violent Crime.

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From Where I Stand: “These children should be in school, instead they are being killed. I ask myself: where have we failed as families?”

May 25, 2022

Originally published on UN Women Africa Shamsa Abubakar is a Kenyan peacebuilder and the first chairlady of the newly established National Women’s Peace Committee Network in Kenya, supported by UN Women. She is a passionate community leader in Mombasa, a…

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To avoid conflict, we try to teach our women – Amina Samuel

October 29, 2019

Amina Samuel, 45, from Kenya's Kwale County began her involvement in conflict resolution in 1992. She has spent 27 years working for Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organization a non-profit focused on enhancing gender equality in Kenya. She is also a member…

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