Lessons Learned On Integrating Gender In Human Rights And Peacebuilding Programming

This brief highlights key strategies and lessons from the Strengthening Civil Courage (SCC) Programme—a five-year, multi-country initiative on human rights, conflict transformation, and peacebuilding. Funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Power of Voices Partnership, SCC is led by PAX in collaboration with ABAAD, Amnesty International Netherlands, and DefendDefenders. The program works with over 80 local civil society partners across 13 conflict-affected countries in Africa and the Middle East, and includes international advocacy. Social inclusion and gender equality are central to its work, with efforts to ensure gender-sensitive and, where possible, gender-transformative approaches.

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