AFRICA
INITIATIVES BY COUNTRY
REGIONAL INITIATIVES

S.O.S. Violences Sexuelles
SOS Violences Sexuelles est une Organisation Non Gouvernementale, laïque, apolitique et à but non lucratif qui a vu le jour en Juillet 1997 à la suite de notre constat d’une très forte émergence des abus sexuels à Abidjan et dans ses environs. L'organisation qui est une grande première en Afrique, se propose de combattre ce fléau et les autres maux qui les accompagnent (traumatismes psychologiques, grossesses non désirées, MST/VIH/SIDA…) et d’apporter une assistance morale, psychologique et juridique aux personnes victimes.

Request for Publications from Africa Peace Point
Africa Peace Point is an umbrella organization of grassroots peace initiatives working towards creating a culture of peace within the local communities. They are undertaking a peacebuilding and reconciliation course targeted towards youth, women, and grassroots peace institutions.

The African Youth Petition for Peace in Africa
A petition from Africa Youth Peace Call (AYPC) which is an organization founded and managed by African youth. The mission of AYPC is to empower the youth of Africa to work together to bring about peace and development in Africa. They believe youth can make a difference in Africa, but only if we take positive and nonviolent action to bring about change.

Flamme (a Women Action campaign)
Flamme is a network of African sisters online committed to strengthening the capacity of women through the use of ICTs to lobby, advocate and participate in the Beijing +5 process regionally and globally.

Women Sow Seeds of Peace in the Horn of Africa
This campaign is supported by a network of organizations from the Sudan, Somalia, and Eritrea that are working to promote women's roles in peace building, political participation, and human rights.

African Women's Committee on Peace and Development
Aims to bring women into the mainstream of the Continent's efforts to prevent, manage and resolve conflicts while ensuring the full and active participation of women in decision-making for sustainable development.

UNIFEM's Africa Campaign to Eliminate Violence Against Women
UNIFEM's goal is to increase information via media programmes in order to transform public attitudes and put in place policies that will ensure a violence free life for women and girls.

Centre for the Strategic Initiatives of Women
Various programmes throughout the Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Eritrea which work to develop constituencies for peace and increase women's political participation in all sectors of society.

Life and Peace Institute: Horn of Africa Programme
LPI's largest conflict transformation programme combines traditional research projects and targeted action research with practical support for grass roots peace building initiatives in the region: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia/Somaliland and Sudan.

FEMNET - The African Women's Development and Communication Network
Through communication and information dissemination, FEMNET promotes networking and enhances women's empowerment. FEMNET ensures a quick and efficient flow and exchange of information on the organisation's programmes, on inter-NGO and inter-regional collaboration with respect to women's developmental issues.

WOUGNET
Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) is a non-governmental organisation initiated in May 2000 by several women's organisations in Uganda to develop the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) among women as tools to share information and address issues collectively.