Danish Refugee Council

Purpose

This project seeks to strengthen a pool of existing regional female experts made up of 30 women from women’s organizations that are members and partners of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), the project’s partner, in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, by sharing knowledge and adapted tools on Security Sector Reform (SSR) with them. This knowledge gets passed on at the community level, giving civil society organizations a stronger voice and enhancing communities’ access to information about SSR processes. At the same time, the activity will enable this pool to network with national security institutions, enhancing its contributions and leading to positive changes in attitudes about more inclusive governance of security.