While speaking at a women’s peace brigade training in Bensonville, organized by Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa in collaboration with EU/UN Women Spotlight initiative and the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund, Patience recounted how she successfully intervened in a case involving a man, who nearly killed his wife. At the Caldwell community, 10 women peace brigades sat under the voice of Cllr. She added that “political violence normally happens, during political campaigns and rallies and sometimes youth enter violence due to peer pressure”. The Gbowee Peace Foundation and partners said the training of the women is to sustain peace by mobilizing and empowering women in peace advocacy when addressing social vices in Montserrado, Lofa and Grand Gedeh Counties. We can also advise political parties to do away with political violence.”

Source: Front Page Africa August 21, 2020 05:37 UTC