Inclusive mechanisms of governance and justice targeting youth to counter violent extremism in the IGAD region
This project’s objective is to examine opportunities for youth involvement and active engagement in preventing violent extremism in two member states of the Inter-Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD): Kenya and Uganda. The overall impact would be to create a situation where youths in the IGAD region are more actively engaged in decision-making processes to directly inform policies and debates that affect them related to countering violent extremism. It is expected that when efforts are informed by critical consideration of youth inputs, needs, interests, and voices, this will contribute to more inclusive safety and security interventions.
The Organisation for Social Science Research in East and Southern Africa (OSSREA) will lead this project and will work closely with PeaceNet, a Kenya-based civil society organization, and the IGAD Capacity Building Program against Terrorism (ICPAT). To promote the interface and collaboration amongst various stakeholders to counter violent extremism (CVE), the project will target male and female youth, government officials, religious leaders, political elites, and non-state actors.
The project will use a participatory approach, which emphasizes longitudinal action-oriented research to collect gender-disaggregated data on the structural factors that underpin youth exclusion, injustice vis-à-vis violence, extremism, and radicalization. The project will identify and analyze the factors that predispose youth, male and female, to engage in violent extremism in Uganda and Kenya, identify avenues and strategies for creating as well as deepening interventions to engage and empower youth in CVE interventions, and generate evidence to influence the existing and emerging processes and mechanisms related to CVE to ensure that they engage youths and incorporate gender.
Project ID
108483
Project Status
Active
Duration
36 months
IDRC Officer
Martha Mutisi
Total Funding
CA$ 556,200.00
Location
Kenya
Uganda
Programs
Democratic and Inclusive Governance
Governance and Justice
Institution Country
Ethiopia
Project Leader
Sunday Angoma
Institution
Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern Africa and Southern Africa
Institution Website
Outputs
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Youth inclusive mechanisms for preventing and countering violent extremism in the IGAD region : learning alliance (LEA) workshop report - Kampala, Uganda Report
The learning alliance (LEA) is youth-led with the aim of youth being given the space and voice to express themselves as change agents. The participants of the Uganda Learning Alliance came from three counties where the research took place: Gulu, Mayuge and Kampala. The Learning Alliance (LEA) workshop in Kampala was organized based on the research findings, a LEA guide note (attached as an annex in this report along with the LEA workshop manual). Brief presentations on various issues concerning youth engagement in preventing and countering violent extremism were made. This report outlines the workshop programme, discussion activities and outcomes. Author(s): OSSREA Language: English |
Youth inclusive mechanisms for preventing and countering violent extremism in the IGAD region : Mombasa, Kenya Report
The participants of the Kenya Learning Alliance came from the three counties where the research took place: Nairobi, Garissa and Mombasa. The Learning Alliance (LEA) workshop in Mombasa was organized based on the research findings, a LEA guide note (attached as an annex in this report along with the LEA workshop manual). LEA is youth-led, with the aim of youth being given the space and voice to express themselves as change agents. This report outlines the workshop programme, discussion activities and outcomes. Author(s): OSSREA Language: English |
Youth inclusive mechanisms for preventing and countering violent extremism in the IGAD region : dissemination workshop report Report
The research aims to inform policy debates and practices in mechanisms for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) and interventions within the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda) in order to engage and empower youth. This workshop was successful in attaining the outcomes stipulated in the project implementation plan towards youth-inclusive mechanisms in preventing and countering violent extremism in the IGAD region. Highlights from presentations are included, along with the scheduled meetings agenda Author(s): OSSREA Language: English |