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The program contributes towards gender mainstreaming, debate and policy development in the field of women, gender, peace and security and in so-doing enhances the dialogue around women’s effective participation in peace and security in the midlands province and between communities, protection in time of conflict and recognition in the post-conflict phase. It will also include men in the empowerment of women in all issues and activities of the country. Conflicts have devastating consequences, including in widening gaps between women and men. Women often have fewer resources to protect themselves and, with children, frequently make up the majority of displaced and refugee populations. Though women have been, and are, active agents in peace and reconciliation efforts at all levels, women and gender analysis are regularly excluded from peace-making processes and decisions.
At the grassroots level, women peacebuilders play integral roles in lessening violence, challenging and changing systems of injustice, educating for peace, and promoting human security in their communities every day. Midlands Peacebuilding and Community Development Forum (MPCDF) believes that the exclusion of women, women’s rights and gender remains a key impediment to the attainment of sustainable peace and human security, and must not be ignored. When women fully participate and control their destiny, they contribute to lasting development and reduce poverty in the process. The program seeks to promote gender equality and emancipate young women from the cycle of gender based violence, abuse of their sexual and reproductive health rights, exploitation and manipulation.