The overall objective of the training was to build capacity of 30 Women Peace Group members identified from Busiro North and East, Gombe and Nabweru Divisions. The Women Peace Group members were trained on civic education, mediation skills and how to identify early warning signs of conflict and Response in a four-day training workshop from 20th – 23rd April, 2021 at Hotel OK along Sir Apollo Kagwa Road. Other objectives of the training were to equip Women Peace Groups with knowledge and skills on conflict and violence prevention, to use when sensitizing people at the grass root levels in their respective communities and equipped them with knowledge and skills in data collection.
The training also involved a participatory approach on conflict and violence prevention, conflict early warning and response mechanisms, gender-based-violence prevention, response and referral pathways.
