CRS staff addressing the community in Hashaba village, West Darfur, Sudan.
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Inclusive peacebuilding: Empowering women as agents of peace

We need the voices of women at the table, not as victims but as stakeholders in society
Peace and Security

Lack of jobs eclipses religious ideology as the main driver of violent extremism in Sub-Saharan Africa

New UNDP report findings challenge traditional assumptions about what drives people to violent extremism, and highlight urgent need to move away from security-driven responses to development-based approaches focused on prevention
UNDP
By UNDP
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Stabilizing Somalia: a new chapter begins

A “make or break” point for the country’s new leaders
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Security reform key to protecting women

Training, recruitment and prosecutions can reduce violence
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Security for the highest bidder

Shoddy policing for the many, costly private protection for the few
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Setting foreign fighters on the road home

Repatriation of ex-combatants vital to securing regional peace
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Wanted: jobs for Africa’s youth

Seeking urgent solutions for armies of young unemployed
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