Learn More / Do More
1. DONATE
Visit Peace Girl at www.givemeaning.com and donate directly to Peace Girl initiatives.
Each dollar you spend will go directly to support the peer support associations identified needs, serving hundreds of former soldiers, their children and communities in war-displaced refugee camps.
Just indicate on the givemeaning page if you wish your dollars to go to Uganda or DRC.
2. CONTACT YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES
Let your MPs, Congresspersons, Prime Ministers, Presidents and others know that it's time to make women peacebuilders a policy priority.
Click here to contact your MP (Canada)
Click here to contact your MP (UK)
3. HOST YOUR OWN FUNDRAISER
Fundraising can be an easy and fun way to help young war-affected women in Africa. Tell local business, organisations, teachers, friends and family about Peace Girl and get them involved. You could host a party, have someone sponsor you on a fun-run, organize a fundraising drive at work, have a cake-walk or sleepover at your school, or create your own unique event. The possibilities are limitless!
4. EDUCATE YOURSELF AND SPREAD THE WORD
Visit these links to learn more about young women's work for peace in Africa:
http://www.stolenangelsbook.com/Site/homepage.html
‘Stolen Angels – The Kidnapped Girls of Uganda’ is a new book by Canadian journalist Kathy Cook
The PeaceWomen Project monitors and works toward rapid and full implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security.
UNIFEM is the women’s fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women’s empowerment and gender equality.
Lara Rosenoff is a photographer who documents the lives of war-affected girls in northern Uganda.
http://www.peacebuild.ca/working/?load=gender
The Gender and Peacebuilding Working Group (GPWG) is a network designed to strengthen collaboration among Canadian organizations, activists, and academics by providing a forum for the exchange of resources, facilitating dialogue between and among civil society and government, and contributing to the direction of programming and policy.
UN Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict (UN Action) unites the work of 12 UN entities to prevent all forms of gender-based violence, including sexual violence in conflict.
AllAfrica.com contains news links about women and gender issues in Africa
http://www.justiceandreconciliation.com
The Justice and Reconciliation Project (JRP), our mother organization, works with marginalized and war-affected communities to strengthen locally-owned approaches to the reintegration of ex-combatants, justice and reconciliation in war-torn northern Uganda.
