Nabad: Promoting women-led grassroots peacebuilding towards social reconciliation

The aim of the project is to enable women to sustainably contribute to grassroots peacebuilding in southcentral Somalia. To do so, Nabad – which means “peace” in Somali - will provide institutional management, financial and peacebuilding capacity to eight targeted women-led CSOs in South West State and Jubaland on institutional management and peacebuilding. The intervention will then support the women-led CSOs to conduct a peacebuilding campaign within their community, while conducting a regional awareness campaign on the role of women in social cohesion. In addition, Nabad will work on strengthening the links among women-led CSOs and provide them with knowledge, skills and resources to financially sustain themselves in the long run. The intervention adopts a bottom-up approach and is investing highly on social acceptance, by working closely with communities in eight conflict-prone locations: Kismayo, Garbaharey, Dollow, Dhobley, Baidoa, Xudur, Berdale and Barawe.