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Terms of Reference Reporting to the Director of Peace and Security, the incumbent will have the overall responsibility of leading and coordinating M&E activities of the Division.He/She will closely liaise with the M&E Team at the IGAD Secretariat in Djibouti, M&E Working Group and M&E expertwithin the different Units and the ADA team. Overall objective: To strengthen the result based reporting mechanism of the Peace and Security programs and offices through a proper follow up system at the leve...

National Small Arms Commission Holds Two-day Stakeholders’ Validation Session to Amend the Firearms and Ammunition Control Act of 2015 and the Act Creating the Commission National Small Arms Commission Holds Two-day Stakeholders’ Validation Session to Amend the Firearms and Ammunition Control Act of 2015 and the Act Creating the Commission Share Monrovia – Liberia is leading the reform efforts within in West Africa to conform to provisions of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) by ensuring the va...

Opinion | Is the Revitalized Government of National Unity (RTGoNU) ready for reforms and move this country forward? The Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan (RARCISS) is a clear roadmap to transform and transition South Sudan into peaceful, democratic, and economic prosperity. The agreement was signed and regarded by many as the reform agenda for South Sudan just like the Uganda reform agenda in early 2000 spearheaded by the Opposition Leader Dr. Kizza Besigye and ...

The Ministry of Defence celebrated the International Women’s Day, presided over by the Cabinet Secretary (CS) Ambassador Dr. Monica Juma alongside her counterpart from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Mr Keriako Tobiko at Ngong’ Forest as a build up to national events on Monday, 8 March 2021. Themed “Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World” the Ministry of Defence adapted the theme as “Choose to Change” in line with the ministry�...

William H. Webster Profiles in Leadership Awards Program Established by the Nonpartisan National Economic Security Alliance Nonprofit Share Article With the current state of issues in our Country, there is no better time than now to highlight and recognize truly exceptional leaders in Government. This awards program not only honors Judge Websters unparalleled record of seven decades of leadership roles in patriotic service to a country and people he so dearly loves, but is also focused at thos...

Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. PSI Awarded $8.8 Million U.S. Army Europe’s Installation Access Control Support Services Contract Planned Systems International, Inc.March 9, 2021 GMT ARLINGTON, Va., March 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Planned Systems International, Inc. (PSI)—a leading provider of enterprise information technology (IT) solutions and services to the federal government—announced today it has been awarded the Ins...

Iraq’s Ministry of Interior and UNDP launch E-Learning Platform for Iraqi Local Police [EN/AR/KU] Format Baghdad, 22 February 2021 - The Iraqi Ministry of Interior and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Iraq today launched an E-Learning Platform for the Iraqi local police to improve opportunities for training, career development, and specialised education. The Platform offers easy access and enrolment to all police officers in Iraq and is the first of its kind initiative in th...

January 25, 2021 The new Gender and the Security Sector (GSS) Lab is using an interdisciplinary, social scientific approach to study the role of gender in security forces – including police, military and peacekeeping forces. Launched Jan. 4 by Sabrina Karim, the Hardis Family Assistant Professor of government in the College of Arts and Sciences, the lab applies a comprehensive framework, developed by Karim with a previous grant, to assess barriers to women’s meaningful participation in Unit...

Languages: English, French, Russian, Spanish | Format: Zoom Webinar Join a panel of experts from Latin America and the Caribbean, the Pacific, Europe, and West Africa for a discussion on the intersections between gender-based violence (GBV) and climate security, and the ways through which the security sector can contribute to minimizing GBV related to climate change. Itzá Castañeda, Gender and Sustainable Development Special Adviser, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Kavit...

About Us Search  Share What is Justice Info? Justice Info is an independent website in French and English covering justice initiatives in countries dealing with serious violence. It is a media outlet of Fondation Hirondelle, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, financed by its readers and by public and private donors. Our work covers Transitional Justice, a term still not widely understood by the public. It means Justice Info covers, for example: trials for war crimes, crimes against humanity and g...