Ghana: National Peace Council Trains Members on Gender Roles in Peacebuilding

Dec 15, 2019 | Modern Ghana
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As part of the mandate of the National Peace Council to facilitate measures to prevent, manage and resolve issues that threaten the development and peace of the country, the council in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has urged its members to be sensitive to roles men and women play in governance and peacebuilding.

At a training programme organized to well equip its members, the council reiterated the need to critically look at what both genders play during conflict situations.

It emphasized the need to ensure that men and women are actively involved in conflict resolution and peacebuilding as both genders play distinct roles in this regard.

According to the Ashanti Regional Executive Secretary of the National Peace Council, (Name) indicated that women should be actively involved in peacebuilding processes.