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Founded in 1998, the Forum for Kalongo Parish Women Association (FOKAPAWA) was esablished with the aims of alleviating the condition of women and young people who have suffered so much as a result of the prolonged war in the Acholi region of Uganda. Women, children, and young people had suffered most because of the war and yet [...]
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Forum for Kalongo Parish Women Association (FOKAPAWA)
Women for Women International – DR Congo
Women for Women International provides women survivors of war, civil strife and other conflicts with the tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty to stability and self-sufficiency, thereby promoting viable civil societies. Women for Women International currently work in 8 different countries affected by conflict. They have a strong commitment to local capacity [...]
Femmes Pour La Paix et le Developpement (FPD)
Created in 2008 and involving 15 staff, Women for Peace and Development (FPD) and its partners are trying to find a way to bringing vulnerable women and victims of violence in eastern DR Congo together to form associations, with the aim of helping them to overcome trauma, helping them spiritually and materially for their self-development. [...]
Thailand Research Fund – Alternative Activity Research (AAR)
The Thailand Research Fund (TRF) is a national body that provides budgetary support to young researchers, aiming to build research capacity in Thailand. In the Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala, Songkhla provinces of South Thailand, the TRF runs a programme called ‘Alternative Activity Research’ (AAR). This programme aims to support women and children who have been affected [...]
Women of Liberia Peace Network (WOLPNET)
The Women of Liberia Peace Network (WOLPNET) was founded in June 2003 in Accra, Ghana, during peace talks on the conflict in Liberia. At that time Liberia faced a grim future as the various warring factions adopted belligerent positions that threatened further fighting. The Liberian refugee women in the Buduburam camp, near Accra, having suffering [...]
Athwaas
Athwaas is an alliance of women in Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh, facilitated by the WISCOMP organisation. Athwass has set up Samanbals– centres for women of all communities, ages and backgrounds to meet and share their concerns whilst learning income generating skills. With several Samanbals now in operation they have become a powerful network for promoting [...]
Rural Development Foundation (RDF)
RDF aims to improve the social and economic situation of people in underdeveloped areas of rural Sri Lanka. Their organisational objectives focus on instilling mutual understanding among different ethnic groups and promoting the ethics necessary for a harmonious life in a multi-cultural environment. They try to achieve this through educational programs, involvement in reconciliation activities, [...]
Jaffna Social Action Centre (JASC)
Working mainly women and children, often in displaced communities, JASC provide vocational training, housing, and assistance. JASC recognise the importance of joint programmes between displaced and host communities in preventing conflict, and focus on developing cross community links that reach across ethnic stereotypes and divisions. Vocational Training for Women Affected by War Working in collaboration [...]
Power Foundation
Power Foundation mainly works at a grassroots level amongst the tea plantation workers in central Sri Lanka. It acts to promote awareness of gender equality, to ease ethnic conflict, and to conduct peace building-building activities between the plantation workers and neighbouring villages. They conduct ‘cultural sharing’ programs and educational programs to promote ethnic cooperation between Sinhalese, [...]
Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation
The Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation is devoted to peacebuilding and reconciliation in Ireland, North and South, Great Britain and beyond. The organisation’s programmes build peace and foster reconciliation by facilitating dialogues, creating peace education resources, and much more. Glencree offer a safe and neutral space, extensive facilities and the support of its membership, [...]
