. EDUCATION FOR PEACE .
An announcement from the Julius Nyerere Leadership Centre
Championing A Culture of Peace: A Training Toolkit on Conflict Prevention, Transformation and Peace Building. The Curriculum builds on lessons learned by the Eminent Women in the WSR-Uganda* (2016), whose work confirmed that a culture of peaceful elections needs to be inculcated in the country.
Author and publisher: Women’s International Peace Centre
Publication date: November 8, 2024
(The publication is online here.)
CONTENTS
Introduction
Customised Curriculum Overview
Structure of the Curriculum
Content and Process of the Curriculum
1. Election Framework And Procedures
What Is Democracy
Understanding Multiparty Democracy
Women and Governance
The Electoral Cycle
Actors And Agents of Electoral Conflict
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Culture of peace curricula: what are some good examples?
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2. Early Warning
Understanding Early Warning
Dynamics in Conflict Monitoring
The Conflict Monitor
Basics Of Monitoring and Information Gathering
3. Understanding of Conflict and Tools for Analysis
What Is Conflict
Perceptions
Interpersonal Conflict
Conflict Dynamics
Needs, Interests And Positions
Governance Systems and Conflict Triggers
Sysmptom vs Root Cause
Conflict and Natural Resources
Natural Resource Conflict in War and Post War Societies
4. Communication and Disemination of Human Rights
Violations, Threats, Instability
What to Report About
Tools for Conflict Reporting
5. Conflict Prevention Early Response
Institutionalised Early Warning Mechanisms for Conflict Prevention
Disaster Preparednss: Warning & Response Mechanism in Uganda
Civil Society-Led Initiative
Human Rights Defenders Rapid Response
Women’s Situation Room on EWER To Election Violence (Early Warning Early Response)
6.Peace Building and Security
Pillars of Peace
Lobbying and Advocacy
Negotiation Skills for Peace Builders
African Traditional Mechanisms for Peace Building
Feminist Leadership and Movement Building
*The WSR (Women’s Situation Room was started in 2011 by Angie Brooks International Center, mobilising women, youth and media to reduce tension and ensure peaceful elections in Liberia. The model has had success in different parts of Africa. The WSR was set up in Uganda elections of 2016 as a model approach to mitigation of election related violence.
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