Gender-responsive approaches to prevent violent extremism & counter-terrorism PVE/CT
Mainstreaming gender in PVE entails among other things, designing programs that empower local women and women activists from grassroots to create premises for the development of more peaceful and cohesive communities. Women-led initiatives can help shape comprehensive and gender-sensitive CVE policies and programmes that ensure a participatory approach to women empowerment. This policy brief describes a variety of gender-responsive approaches that women-led CSOs, local activists and stakeholders, including international organizations, could take into consideration when tailoring gendered-responsive P/CVE and peacebuilding programmes.