Ms. Phibia E. Kamaan, Advisor Partnerships, Gender and Children Affairs, Turkana County Government outlined the experiences of working in the Turkana-South Omo corridor. Her talk, summarised below, demonstrates an important link between culture, peace and development....
ICPAC launches Drought Watch System The East Africa Drought Watch (https://droughtwatch.icpac.net/) is the very first public transboundary system that uses near-real-time Earth Observation and Weather Information to monitor drought conditions in a region in Africa....
“When I was young, in my community, gender-based violence was the order of the day, and somehow it appeared like a normalised practice. No one was bothered about it. As time went by, I realised that culture was harshly blamed because of these practice,” said Ms. Betty...
“We found out that there are high levels of gender inequalities on land, and women tend to be more marginalised,” said Ms. Joselyn Bigirwa, Gender and Land Expert, IGAD Land Governance Programme, as she started her talk, which covered gender gaps and the...
IGAD organised a Gender and Resilience Knowledge Share Fair on 16-18 September 2021 in Bishoftu, Ethiopia under the theme Good Practices in Mainstreaming Gender in Cross-Border Resilience Interventions in Karamoja and Mandera Clusters. H.E. Dr. Fikru Regassa, the...