African Girls Can Code Initiative AGCCI 2018-2022 aims to close the digital gender gap in Africa by equipping young girls with digital literacy, coding, and personal development skills. It trains young girls and places them on track to for an education and career in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and coding, through coding camps targeting … Continued
The Sahel region is deeply impacted by insecurity, climate change and displacement. UN Women’s ‘Buy From Women’ project aims to strengthen women farmers’ resilience and leverage digital tools to connect them to better information, finance and markets. In Mali, where women’s empowerment is crucial to strengthen the ongoing peace-building process, the initiative helps farmers enhance … Continued
Inuka! empowers ordinary people in four coastal counties of Kenya to develop locally-owned strategies to prevent violent extremism. In a context of deep mistrust between citizens and security forces, aggravated by a fishing ban that jeopardized the survival of communities, Inuka! rebuilt relationships between security actors and the people they serve, and deployed innovative tech-based … Continued
Youth Assemblies is a concept initiated in Mombasa, Kenya, which engages youth to take an active part in driving peaceful, democratic change in society. The concept builds on local mechanisms for dialogue and consultations, using parliamentary structure and procedures where issues of concern for the youth and suggested solutions, are brought forward to the duty-bearers … Continued
Wan Fambul Framework is designed to facilitate inclusive governance, community-centered, sustainable rural development leading to resilient and cohesive communities across Sierra Leone. The process has built structures to resolve long-standing conflicts and engage communities to champion their own recovery and development.
The ILO is implementing the project Combating Child Labour in the Cobalt Supply Chains in the DRC in Lualaba Province, with funding from the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) of USD 2.5 million for 36 months. The project aims to strengthen the efforts of the government and key actors in the fight against child … Continued
The IMAGINE program partners with Congolese government, the private sector and civil society to improve access to clean water for vulnerable populations in two cities, Goma and Bukavu. Funded by DfID, IMAGINE is improving water infrastructure by rehabilitating and expanding water networks, strengthening water service provision with a commercially viable business model for distribution and … Continued
Electronic waste (WEEE) is an invaluable source of strategic raw materials. It contains 50 times more gold than natural ores. But it is very toxic, and its poor management has considerable impacts on health and the environment, but also global warming. Africa is now used as a dumping ground for the WEEE of developed countries. … Continued
With over six decades of experience working with the private sector in emerging markets, including in some of the most challenging places, IFC has been exploring innovative private sector solutions to respond to the refugee crisis by creating new markets for refugees and host communities through different initiatives. In 2018, IFC, in collaboration with UNHCR, … Continued
Elect The Council is an international campaign for the reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). In addition to engagement with UN member states, support and participation is being solicited from civil society, churches, business, non-governmental organizations and regional groupings. Elect The Council is working towards an enabling resolution to effect UNSC reform by … Continued
