Meeting with community leaders in Karbala Governorate on conflict prevention and the importance of involving women in conflict resolution mechanisms.

Karbala Governorate 8 Sep 2022 9 ( 4 male and 5 female). The identities of the social groups that attended the women’s empowerment departments in the governorate varied, civil society organizations, activists, lawyers, women Meeting topics:

• gender based violence concept
• Conflict (types and basics of its resolution)
• Peace concept
• mediation
• negotiation
  The aim of the meeting was to create an opportunity to empower and engage societal mechanisms with local authorities to enhance social cohesion and adopt the issue of peaceful conflict resolution away from abuse and violence, especially issues that concern women, including the sacrifices made by women and girls as a result of a tribal or religious community reconciliation that is at the expense of women, taking from her right and making her the victim. This prompted us to adopt with the partners important strategies characterized by convictions based on human rights and far from intolerance, extremism and hatred.