South African Women Lead Grassroots Peace Initiative

The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) in South Africa initiated a transformative project, In My Backyard: A South African Peacebuilding Initiative, to empower women as crucial peacebuilders, addressing gender violence and promoting women's rights. This aligns perfectly with South Africa's vision of "a better South Africa, a better Africa, and a better world".

The women are key players in peacebuilding and conflict resolution and will address vital matters such as gender violence while promoting human rights for women as integral to sustainable peace.

AllAfrica's peacebuilding reporting, featured on AllAfrica and freely available to online, print and broadcast media, is supported by funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, a philanthropic organization.An element of AllAfrica's peacebuilding initiative is organizing interactions among peace and security scholars, non-governmental organizations, policy makers and print and broadcast journalists across Africa.