20 young women peacebuilders from around the world were in Georgia for a four-day workshop. Supporting leading women's organizations from conflict and post-conflict countries for peacebuilding, strengthening the leadership skills of young women peacebuilders, and developing their capacities - peacebuilders selected from 4,500 applicants joined the pilot program.
During the busy four-day (20-23 March) workshops, such issues as peacebuilding and peacekeeping were discussed; Women, Peace, and Security (WPS), Youth, Peace and Security (YPS).
Young women gathered in Georgia from different countries, strengthened their project management skills, and discussed and received information on fundraising, donor relations, reporting, and effective communication.
The goal of the program is in a dynamic and participatory format, to create a safe space with discussions, sharing of experiences, and the challenges that the participants face in their countries. As well as sharing their points of view on solutions, and good practices.
A document on the results of the workshop will be prepared and sent to other youth organizations within the scope of the Global Coalition for Peace and Security.
One of the panels of the four-day workshop was to share the experience of Georgia as the main actor in establishing and maintaining peace. At the panel, the young leader of "The Women's Information Center", Ana Nemsadze, shared with the young peacebuilders the challenges in this direction in our country and the good practices of the organization.
The program is implemented by UN Women, in partnership with the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).