Giving Women a Voice in Guinea
Africa peace through women
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Summary
The project aims to increase women's leadership in addressing and managing local conflicts through non-violence. It will help women voice their peace messages through media and training.
How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $8,432 was raised for this project. |
Received $8,432 from 22 donations from people like:
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Guinea is at a critical juncture where newly emerging political, social and economic issues are threatening peace and security, with severe implications for the most vulnerable groups, especially women. Simmering tensions jeopardize the rights of Guinean women to fully express and share their experiences in preventing and managing conflicts as they occur locally. Search for Common Ground will support women’s efforts to manage local conflicts and improve their leadership in peace building.
Activities
-Train women in conflict prevention and resolution skills; -Build women’s confidence through sharing and networking; -Partner with local radio stations to include women’s voices in their programming; -Create local forums to discuss peace messages.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $8,432
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $8,432 . The original project funding goal was $12,000.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Through these conferences women learn new skills and return to their communities as empowered educators and promoters of non-violent conflict resolution.
Project Message
“I saw a group of people watching a policeman strangle a street seller. A young woman stepped between and yelled, "It is your mother who talks to you; your sister who begs you; don’t pour blood.'”
- Spès Manirakiza, Guinea Coordinator, SFCG
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Spès Manirakiza
Guinea Coordinator, SFCG
Search for Common Ground West Africa
Conakry,
Guinea
N/A
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Project Sponsor
Organization
Search for Common Ground
1601 Connecticut Ave, NW
Suite 200
Washington,
DC
20009
United States
1-202-265-4300
http://www.sfcg.org
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Guinea
and can also be found under 
Women and Girls.
For more information about Guinea, read the Human Development Report on Guinea or the Wikipedia entry for Guinea.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on December 17, 2008.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 29, 2004
Latest Update from the Field
April 2006 Update
By Search for Common Ground - SFCG, April 19, 2006 04:02 PM
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