SN Outcome 3.2: Women and youth are more resilient and promote peace (aligned to SP Output 13)
This outcome will contribute to strengthened cooperation between the Bougainville Women’s Federation (BWF), the National Council of Women (NCW) and other groups at community ward level, to enable them carry out Referendum awareness outreach activities in PNG and Bougainville. This includes women’s increased participation and engagement with District Peace and Security Committees to strengthen social cohesion and peacebuilding.
SN Outcome 3.2: Women and youth are more resilient and promote peace (aligned to SP Output 13)
Output 3.2.2: Increased opportunities and incentives for women, youth, and persons with disabilities to support social cohesion, peace and security in broader peacebuilding processes in Bougainville.
SN Outcome 3.2: Women and youth are more resilient and promote peace (aligned to SP Output 13)
During the reporting period UN Women through the Creating Condition for Peace in Hela and Southern Highlands and Sustainable, empowered women and youth with knowledge and skills on conflict resolution, peacebuilding and prevention of violence against women and girls. Women and youth developed confidence, survival skills to tacle conflict related violence and recover from conflict. UN Women engaged women and youth around 10 Learning Empowerment Programmes 5 Hela province and 5 Southern Highlands Province.Lyn, a former UN Women LEP Coordinator in Hoeibia stood out as a champion for peace when she visited 2 (Maragima and Hiri) mediate the conflict and rescued the women and children, bringing them to a safer place. In Bougainville, UN Women ensured that both the population in and out of Bougainville were informed and feel included in the process. At the community level, more women were given the opportunity to lead in various capacities. Merceline Kokiai, found peace after attending peace building trainings says “The peace building training has done a lot of changes within me. The way I see things, the way I approach issues, and the way I talk and interact with people changed. I used to be violent. I became more violent after seeing my brother being shot to death during the war in Bougainville. I swore to revenge on everyone who was involved. For many years, this did not take me anywhere. It only made me more bitter. When I attended the peace building training, I learnt to forgive, I started seeing things differently and reconciling with others. I found peace and moved on.” Merceline is one of the women peacebuilders in Bougainville.Disclaimer and notes
References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).