The purpose of this project is to increase the understanding, visibility, preference for, and advocacy on the application of various research findings and good practices around unarmed civilian protection (UCP) in the management of conflict by state and non-state actors. To do so, it uses strategic media platforms and engages with practitioners, media houses, and civil society organisations (CSOs) in Kenya in advancing the importance of UCP.
The activities designed to help realize this purpose include:
(1) Conduct radio programmes to create awareness on, advocate for, and educate communities on the approaches and benefits of UCP to communities, state actors, development partners, and CSOs as a conflict management approach at the local and national levels. The radio shows will be aired on Kitwek FM Station that broadcasts to UasinGishu and other counties, and Ghetto FM radio that broadcasts in Nairobi, especially targeting populations in the informal settlements and low-income areas of the city.
(2) Conduct two trainings of two days each to build the capacity of selected media practitioners working in two counties – Uasin Gishu and Nairobi – on UCP and how to use the gained knowledge to promote UCP as an approach to conflict management. The selected journalist will be those who reported on conflict before. The trained journalists will be key in disseminating the findings of the N+ projects and UCP good practices by Rural Women Peace Link (RWPL) and Peace Tree Network (PTN).
(3) Document and showcase in-depth stories of change of how UCP approaches have been used to successfully manage conflicts in Uasin Gishu and Nairobi counties.
Project team
- Arthur Okwemba, African Woman and Child Feature Service (project lead)
- Ruth Omukhango, African Woman and Child Feature Service
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